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[[Master of Laws|Mr.]] '''Willem Frederik Ewald Marggraff''' (
▲[[Master of Laws|Mr.]] '''Willem Frederik Ewald Marggraff''' ([[Vught]], 9 June 1923 - Vught, 7 December 2003) was a controversial wealthy son of a famous Law- family of Dutch nobility.
Ewald Marggraff was the son of Mr. Dr. Lodewijk Marggraff and Catharina Schran. He studied law in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] and international private law in [[Paris]].
On 7 December 2003 his house ''Zionsburg'' was destroyed by fire, while Marggraff was in the house. He was buried in the gardens of
▲He studied law in [[Utrecht]] and international private law in [[Paris]].
With more than 500 estates (on a surface area of about
▲On 7 December 2003 his house ''Zionsburg'' was destroyed by fire, while Marggraff was in the house. He was buried in the gardens of ''[[Zionsburg]]''. In March 2006, the investigation of the accident and Marggraff's death was reopened, as there are reasons to believe the fire was not an accident, but arson.
In November 2007, both Marggraff and Zionsburg became the main subjects of a non-fiction book, ''The Secret of Zionsburg'' (''Het geheim van Zionsburg''). In it the authors, Joris van Os and Jurriaan Maessen, speculate liberally on the backgrounds of the estate and its potential role in Dutch history. One of the more notable connections offered in the book is the one between Zionsburg and medieval [[Grail]] lore. The presence of [[Teutonic Knights]] on the estate leads the authors to the hypothesis of Zionsburg being a potential resting place for a [[Crusades|Crusader]] treasure, possibly the [[Holy Grail]].
==References==
▲With more than 500 estates (on a surface area of about 7km² in total) Marggraff was probably one of the richest men of [[Noord-Brabant]], one of the Dutch provinces. His fortune was estimated in 1998 at 18 million euros (excluding his fortune outside the Netherlands).
*{{cite book|last=Os van|first=Joris|title=Het geheim van Zionsburg|year=2007|publisher=Tirion Uitgevers|___location=Baarn|isbn = 9043911208 |id= {{ISBN|9789043911207}}|page=493 p}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001075535/http://www.bastion-oranje.nl/Marggraff.htm Several articles about Marggraff in the Dutch press (in Dutch)]▼
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070921083206/http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/search.aspx?search=marggraff Several audio and video fragments about Marggraff (in Dutch)]▼
▲*[http://www.bastion-oranje.nl/Marggraff.htm Several articles about Marggraff in the Dutch press (in Dutch)]
▲*[http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/search.aspx?search=marggraff Several audio and video fragments about Marggraff (in Dutch)]
*[http://www.cubra.nl/specialebijdragen/verganeglorie/vughtzionsburg.htm Zionsburg before and after the fire in 2003 (in Dutch)]
*[http://ewaldmarggraff.expertpagina.nl/ private life, historical page with infrequent images and music (in dutch)]
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