Elselina van Houwening
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Elselina van Houwening
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Elselina van Houwening, or Elsje van Houwing, was the maid who helped in the escape of Hugo Grotius from Loevestein Castle in a book chest. In 1619, when van Houwening was a maid for Hugo Grotius and Maria van Reigersberch in The Hague, Grotius was accused of treason and imprisoned in Loevestein Castle. She accompanied her employer in his confinement. Together with Grotius and his wife, a plan was hatched to smuggle Grotius out of the castle in a chest meant to be filled with books. Van Houwenin
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