Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Albermarle
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Albermarle
	The Earl c. 1700
Born	Arnold Joost van Keppel; January 1670; Zutphen, Dutch Republic
Died	30 May 1718 (aged 48)
Spouse	Geertruid Johanna Quirina van der Duyn
Issue; Detail	Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; Sophia van Keppel;
Father	Oswald van Keppel
Mother	Anna Geertruid van Lintelo
Military career
Allegiance	Dutch Republic
Service years	1702–1718
Conflicts	Nine Years' War; War of the Spanish Succession Capture of Liège; Battle of Elixheim; Battle of Ramillies; Siege of Ostend; Battle of Oudenarde; Siege of Lille; Crossing of the Scheldt; Siege of Tournai; Battle of Malplaquet; Siege of Aire; Bombardment of Arras; Battle of Denain; ;

Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (January 1670 – 30 May 1718) was a Dutch States Army officer who fought for William III of England and became the first Earl of Albemarle. He had a very close relationship with William and proved a capable cavalry commander. In the latter stages of the War of the Spanish Succession he sometimes assumed Dutch supreme command in absence of Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly.