Whom did Hugo Grotius marry in 1608?

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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing. — Hugo Grotius Portrait of Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius), oil on panel by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, 1631; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

In 1608, Hugo Grotius married Maria van Reigersberch, the daughter of the burgomaster of Veere. She was an intelligent and courageous woman who remained a steadfast partner throughout his life, famously orchestrating his dramatic escape from Loevestein Castle in 1621 by hiding him in a chest of books.12