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Joan Geelvinck (1644-1707)
Joan Geelvinck may refer to: * Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707), Dutch merchant and politician * Joan Geelvinck (1737–1802), his great-grandson, mayor of Amsterdam See also * Geelvinck {{hndis, Geelvinck,Joan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707)
Joan Geelvinck (7 July 1644 – 21 May 1707) was a Dutch merchant and politician who followed his father Cornelis Geelvinck, Cornelis and younger brother Albert Geelvinck, Albert on the vroedschap, city council of Amsterdam. Geelvinck was born in Amsterdam. In 1663 he became an ensign (rank), ensign, in 1666 lieutenant, in 1676 Captain (land), captain and in 1688 colonel in the Schutterij, civic guard. In 1674 he married his full cousin Anna van Loon and became the father of the twins Lieve Geelvinck, later a mayor, and his sister Catharina Clara who married Willem Boreel, becoming ambassador in Paris. Joan Geelvinck lived at Singel (Amsterdam), Singel 460, designed by Philip Vingboons. The huge building, also used as his warehouse is nowadays better known as ''Odeon'', a discothèque, with an interesting interior; in the 19th century it was a music hall where Brahms and Chopin played. In 1688 Joan Geelvinck became one of the Heren XVII, 17 administrators of the Dutch E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Geelvinck (1737–1802)
Joan Geelvinck (August7, 1737 – July 2, 1802) was a mayor of Amsterdam for scarcely six months in 1787. He came to offices after two Orangist mayors were ejected in a radical way. Hendrik Daniëlsz Hooft, the father of Joan's brother-in-law, was the leader of the Amsterdam Patriots in the vroedschap. Geelvinck was the son of Nicolaas Geelvinck and the grandson of Lieve Geelvinck, both mayors of Amsterdam. In 1780 his brother Nicolaas became representative of the stadtholder in the West India Company. His sister was Agatha Theodora Geelvinck. Biography After graduating in law from Leiden University, Geelvinck was appointed to the city council of Amsterdam in 1759. He married Maria Elisabeth Beck in 1760. He resided in the Herengracht 456 building until 1762 when he inherited the Herengracht 466 building from Anna de Haze who was one of the richest women in Amsterdam. In 1765 he had it renovated, after his neighbor had taken out insurance on his transoms, because of the pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
