The forgotten Anglo-Dutch War
This is another curious history relate dto de "Huydecoper van Nigtevecht " family about a forgotten war, a page on ( vlagblog.nl -Scilly Isles ) mentions the following:
"In 1986, a symbolic "peace" [related to the Isles of Scilly] was signed by Dutch ambassador Jonkheer Rein Huydecoper van Nigtevecht. This event was said to close a 335-year gap since a prior conflict, effectively declaring peace after centuries had passed since the last Anglo-Dutch war had officially concluded, though a formal peace may have been overlooked at some point."
There is also an explation how they discovered the forgotten war in 1986.
"Roy Duncan, historian and chairman of the Isles of Scilly Council, writes to the Dutch embassy in London to dispel the myth that the archipelago is still at war with the Netherlands. The embassy investigates and concludes that the myth is indeed based on truth (Whitelocke's letter)."
The 335 year long war ended with zero casualties, a unique achievement. The absence of any death could also be the reason why they forgot the war, afterall, nothing happens. There was no war declaration, so the peace went unnoticed. England was in turmoil during the Cromwell period and had other things on their mind. I think "The Long Boring Anglo-Dtch War" would be a more appropiate title. You can read the full history on ( vlagblog.nl -Scilly Isles ), translate the page to English. Really a nice piece of history!
The name is here mentioned in full as full "Huydecoper van Nigtevecht", not "Huydecoper Lord of Nigtevecht". But maybe Google AI is confusing it all a bit, it would be wrong to rely fully on AI results. There are families with the full name "Huydecoper van Nigtevecht", families like "Huydecoper" and families "van Nigtevecht" (even with some variants like "Nichtevegt, Nigtevegt" behind "van Nigtevecht" to indicating they may have used their names differently spelled. It is even possible that decendant "van Nigtevecht" has an ancestor with a name "van Nichtevegt or Nigtevegt".
Maybe a small few branched off from the nobility ending up as common nobodies married with a "van Nigtevecht", confusing the other who just tool the name "van Nigtevecht" which was the village of their origin and without any link at all. I assume that the Nobility Huydecoper family has a very well kept historical record close to their core, but not of descendants who branches of very far away from the Nobility line. It would means keeping record of possibly hundreds of people, maybe a thousand.
