Born: November 17, 1587, Cologne, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 5, 1679, Am­ster­dam, Ne­ther­lands.

Buried: New Church, Am­ster­dam, Ne­ther­lands.

Van den Von­del is some­times called the “Prince of Dutch po­ets.”

Lyrics

  1. O Kersnacht