Henricus Popta
{{short description|Dutch lawyer (b. 1635, d. 1712)}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Henricus Popta
| birth_date = 3 May 1635
| birth_place = Leeuwarden, Friesland, Dutch Republic
| death_date = 7 November 1712
| death_place = Dêre
| resting_place = Marssum St. Pontianus Church
| nationality = Dutch/Frisian
| father = Tjebbe Jacobs Popta
| mother = Walcke Hendrix Hanenburg
| education =
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Henricus Popta (3 May 1635 – 7 November 1712){{Cite web|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/nnbw/#source=3&page=500&view=imagePane|title=Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW)|last=Visscher|website=resources huygens|language=nl|access-date=7 July 2019}} was a Dutch lawyer.
Early life
He was the second-oldest child. His older brother died before his birth. Born poor, he became rich.
His father, Tjebbe Jacobs Popta, was an alcoholic.{{Cite book |last=Prins |first=A. |url= |title=Poptaslot en Popta Gasthuis Midzomerpracht te Marsum |language=nl}}
He was baptized on August 20, 1654.{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-jellema/I31546.php|title=Hendrik Tjebbes (Henricus) Popta (1635-1712) » Stamboom Jellema » Genealogie Online|last=Jellema|first=Jan|website=Genealogie Online|language=nl|access-date=2019-08-16}}
Career
He became what in Dutch is called Advocaat bij het hof, a relatively high position.De Jong, H. Henricus Popta, advocaat bij het Hof (1659-1712) (in Dutch){{Cite book|url=https://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/binaries/cultureelerfgoed/documenten/publicaties/2001/01/01/leven-in-toen/Leven_in_toen_webA.pdf|title=Leven in toen|publisher=Uitgeverij Waanders b.v. and Stichting Manifestatie Historisch Interieur|language=nl|others=The ministry of education, culture and science of the Netherlands|isbn=9040095728}}
Poptaslot
In 1687, he bought what would later be known as the Poptaslot. He decided that after his death it would never be inhabited again.{{Cite web|url=https://www.friesland.nl/nl/locaties/156283028/poptaslot-of-heringastate|title=poptaslot-of-heringastate|website=friesland.nl|language=nl|access-date=9 July 2019}} He intended for it to be kept in the same state as when he died.{{Cite web|url=https://poptaslot.nl/|title=Poptaslot|website=Poptaslot|language=nl|access-date=7 July 2019}} To accomplish this he appointed four guardians,{{Cite web|url=http://www.statenstinzen.nl|title=Heringastate (Poptaslot)|website=Staten Stinzen|language=nl}} one of whom was his servant—an unusual choice in the period. The house became a museum. He provided housing for widows.{{Cite news|url=https://marssum.info/poptaslot/|title=Marssum.info|access-date=9 July 2019|language=nl}}
He also founded the charitable Poptagasthuis for women, which is now a monument.
Death
He died on November 7, 1712{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/810454737|title=Dr. Henricus Popta : over zijn leven en nalatenschap|date=2012|publisher=[Stichting het Dr. H. Popta-Gasthuis]|others=Oldersma, L. (Lourens), 1958-, Stichting het Dr. H. Popta-Gasthuis., Banda)|isbn=978-90-90-26753-1|location=Marsum|oclc=810454737}} in Leeuwarden.{{Cite web|url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/48242024|title=Henricus Popta|last=Visscher|website=BiografischPortaal|language=nl|access-date=7 July 2019}}
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