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[[Master of Laws|Mr.]] '''Willem Frederik Ewald Marggraff''' ([[Vught]], 9 June 1923, -in Vught, 7 December 2003, in Vught) was a controversial{{how|date=April 2013}} wealthy son of a famous Law- family of Dutch nobility.
[[Image:Ewald199001.jpg|thumb|right|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]].
==Biography==
Ewald [[Marggraff]] was the son of Lodewijk Marggraff and Catharina Schran. His only brother Johan Lodewijk 'jantja'died at a age of 2,a sister died in ten days named Johanna,Ewald became 4 more sisters so when his father died he ruled alone over the heritage.
 
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]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}
He studied law in [[Utrecht]] and international private law in [[Paris]].
 
With more than 500 estates (on a surface area of about 7km7 km² in total) Marggraff was probably one of the richest men of [[Noord-North Brabant]], one of the Dutch provinces. His fortune was estimated in 1998 at 18 million euros (excluding his fortune outside the Netherlands). Marggraff's land is now owned by the ''Marggraff Stichting'' (a non-profit organization) and is open for the public (except for Zionsburg).
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]].
== Properties ==
 
[[Image:Zionsburg_195701.JPG|thumb|right|Zionsburg in 1957]]
==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}}
Marggraff's land is now owned by the ''Marggraff Stichting'' (a non-profit organization) and is open for public (except for Zionsburg, which is planned to be rebuilt in 2006).
ionsburg is planned to be rebuild. The company Six Architects had obtained a building permit from the community of Vught. It is not certain when building will start.Maybe the police will re-open the case, there's little money left on his accounts in the Netehrlands and in other country's.........
 
==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)]
*[http://www.vtv1.nl/tv/video/video.php?start_from=54&archive=&subaction=&id=&# small movie after the fire and interviw with a good friend 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://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marggraff the nobel family (in dutch)]
*[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewald_Marggraff longer history (in Dutch)]
*[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionsburg_Vught his Landhouse (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.brabantsdagblad.nl/brabant/article172571.ece New investigation of Marggraff's death (in Dutch)]
*[http://www.vtv1.nl/tv/nieuws/zoek.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1070805073,41131,&archive=1073325672&cnshow=news&start_from=& The history of Zionsburg (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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