ël ▁Leonard ▁van ▁O osten ▁S ling eland ▁was ▁Brand ' s ▁successor ▁as ▁Lord ship ▁of ▁the ▁villages ▁Cab au w ▁and ▁Ze v ender . ▁In ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁po ems ▁the ▁poet ▁rem embers ▁seeing ▁his ▁dead ▁ten - year - old ▁daughter ▁Isabel la . ▁As ▁a ▁singing ▁young ▁ang el , ▁Belle ▁desc ended ▁from ▁heaven ▁to ▁comfort ▁her ▁gr ieving ▁father . ▁ ▁Education ▁The ▁young ▁Just ine ▁Const ance ▁van ▁Mans vel t ▁lived ▁in ▁Sch oon h oven ▁and ▁The ▁H ague . ▁The ▁Van ▁Mans vel t ▁family ▁from ▁the ▁provincial ▁capital ▁of ▁U tre cht , ▁she ▁belonged ▁to , ▁already ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁was ▁an ▁upper - middle - class ▁family . ▁During ▁two ▁centuries ▁( since ▁ 1 6 0 1 ) ▁Van ▁Mans vel t ' s ▁were ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁U tre cht ▁city ▁council . ▁ ▁Just ine ▁was ▁taught ▁French ▁during ▁her ▁youth . ▁The ▁private ▁t utor ▁Marie ▁Made le ine ▁R ivo ire , ▁from ▁the ▁Italian ▁town ▁of ▁Torre ▁Pel lice , ▁began ▁her ▁Dutch ▁teaching ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁woman , ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 . ▁R ivo ire ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Northern ▁Italian ▁Protest ant ▁family ▁R ivo ire ▁( R ivo ir ) ▁of ▁the ▁medieval ▁religious ▁movement ▁of ▁the ▁Wald ens ians . ▁In ▁or ▁shortly ▁after ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁R ivo ire ▁moved ▁to ▁The ▁H ague , ▁where ▁she ▁taught