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Poelgeest was the daughter of the court official Jan van Poelgeest and Aleid van Beest Gerbrandsdr. She is traditionally assumed to have served as a maid-of-honour to the spouse of Albert,
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On the night of 22–23 September 1392, she was murdered along with the "Meesterknaap" (a high court dignitary), William Cuser in The Hague by
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