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Willem Schrijver
Willem Schrijver (Leiden, 1608 – Amsterdam, October 17, 1661) was a Dutch patrician and politician of the Dutch Golden Age. Biography Willem was born in the city of Leiden, the son of the important philologist Pieter Hendricksz Schrijver, aka Petrus Scriverius, and his wife Anna van der Aar. Willem grew up in Amsterdam and held various positions in the city, becoming a lieutenant in the citizen guard in 1651 and a captain in 1653. In 1655, he became commissioner of the city of Amsterdam, and between 1656 and the year of his death in 1661 he was part of the Vroedschap. Between 1658 and also 1661, he was a councilor to the '' Admiraliteit van West-Friesland en het Noorderkwartier''. In 1645, Willem married the extremely wealthy patrician daughter Wendela de Graeff, daughter of burgomaster Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aaltje Boelens Loen and widow of Pieter van Papenbroek. Due to this marriage he became a brother-in-law to statesman and Amsterdam burgomaster Cornelis de Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiden
Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046 (31 January 2023), but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Statistics Netherlands, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn, at a distance of some from The Hague to its south and some from Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Dircksz De Graeff
Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, ''Free and high fief of Zuid-Polsbroek, free lord of Zuid-Polsbroek'' (Emden 1571 – Amsterdam, 6 October 1638) was an illustrious member of the Dutch Republic, Dutch Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician De Graeff family. He belonged to States Faction and was an influential Amsterdam regenten, regent and burgomaster (mayor) of the Dutch Golden Age. De Graeff was known for his "free-thinking", "republican" attitude but also for his "fame-seeking".Pieter C. Vies: (PDF; 2,7 MB) Together with his nephew Andries Bicker, he campaigned for the recognition of the Remonstrants in Amsterdam. After the political collapse of Reynier Pauw in 1627, the management of the city government fell into the hands of the "Arminian clique" around De Graeff and Bicker, who contollef the city's politics in close cooperation to each other.Google''Geschiedenis van Holland'', Part 2, book 2, from Eelco Beukers/ref> This also gave new impetus to the republican "states party", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobility From Amsterdam
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary and patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, but nobility also existed in such regimes as the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1661 Deaths
Events January–March * January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them. * January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a British nobility title is created. * January 30 – The body of Oliver Cromwell is exhumed and subjected to a posthumous execution in London, along with those of John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton. * February 5 – The Shunzhi Emperor of the Chinese Qing Dynasty dies, and is succeeded by his 7-year-old son the Kangxi Emperor. * February 7 – Shah Shuja, who was deprived of his claim to the throne of the Mughal Empire by his younger brother Aurangzeb, then fled to Burma, is killed by Indian troops in an attack on his residence at Arakan. * February 14 – George Monck’s regiment becomes ''The Lord General's Regiment of Foot Guards'' in England (which later becomes the Coldstream Guards). * March 9 – Following the death o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1608 Births
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Johan Engelbert Elias
Johan Engelbert Elias (18 August 1875 – 1 August 1959) was a Dutch historian known mostly for his important work on the history of Amsterdam's regency ("Vroedschap van Amsterdam"). He is considered the father of genealogical research in the Netherlands. Biography He was born in a canal house at Keizersgracht to Gerbrand Pieter Elias, wealthy member of the Amsterdam regency family ''Elias'', and Johanna Engelberta ter Meulen. From 1892 to 1905 he worked as volunteer documentalist for the Amsterdam City Archives. During this time he collected data on Amsterdam regency members from the start of the Dutch republic in 1578 until the French occupation in 1795. He was able to collect data on 14,000 people, which he published in 1903 and 1905 as a two-volume work called ''De vroedschap van Amsterdam 1578-1795''. The introduction to the first volume was published separately as ''Geschiedenis van het Amsterdamsche Regentenpatriciaat'' in 1923. It shows the various relationships among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries De Graeff
Andries de Graeff (19 February 1611 – 30 November 1678) was a regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam and leading Dutch statesman during the Golden Age. He came from the De Graeff family, which, together with the Bicker family by marriage, held political power in Amsterdam, Holland, and ultimately in the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. He was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, the Dutch States Party, as opposed to the Orangisten and opponent of the political ambitions of the House of Orange. At the height of the Dutch Golden Age, during the First Stadtholderless Period from 1650 to the Rampjaar 1672, political power within Holland rested primarily with two republican and state-minded families. In Amsterdam this lay with the brothers Andries and Cornelis de Graeff, and in The Hague with the brothers Cornelis and Johan de Witt, the leaders of Holland's pro-state facti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trip Family
Trip may refer to: Arts and entertainment Books Fictional characters * Trip (''Pokémon''), a ''Pokémon'' character * Trip (Power Rangers), in the American television series ''Time Force Power Rangers'' * Trip, in the 2013 film '' Metallica Through the Never'' * Trip the Sungazer, in the video game '' Sonic Superstars'' * Trip Fontaine, in the novel ''The Virgin Suicides'' * Trip Tucker, in the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' Film and television Films * ''The Trip'' (1967 film), an American film directed by Roger Corman * ''The Trip'' (2002 film), an American gay romance film * '' A Trip'', a 2011 Slovenian film * ''Trip'' (film), a 2021 Indian Tamil-language film * ''The Trip'' (2021 film), a Norwegian action-comedy film * ''The Trip'' (upcoming film), an upcoming American psychological thriller film Television =Series= * ''The Trip'' (1999 TV series), a British documentary series * ''The Trip'' (2010 TV series), a British sitcom * ''Trip'', a comedy prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Blessing The Sons Of Joseph (Rembrandt)
''Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph'' is a 1656 oil painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn. It is said to have almost “a sculptural surface with a translucent glaze over paint”. This piece is housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Kassel, Germany. History The painting was commissioned by the Amsterdam patrician Willem Schrijver. It shows him with his wife Wendela de Graeff and their children as biblical persons. After Willem Schrijver's death in 1661, Wendela's brother Andries de Graeff, burgomaster of Amsterdam, took over her estate, including the Rembrandt painting discussed here. The painting belonged to the De Graeff family until 1752. After the death of Gerrit de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek, the family heirs sold the work through Anthony Rutgers, a Hamburg art dealer, to Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Kassel, who added it to his art collection at his Bellevue Palace in Kassel. Background ''Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph'' shows a scene from the Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Art of Europe, Western art.Gombrich, p. 420. It is estimated that Rembrandt's surviving works amount to about three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings and several hundred drawings. Unlike most Dutch painters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of styles and subject matter, from portrait painting, portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological subjects and animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age. Rembrandt never went abroad but was considerably influenced by the work of the Italian Old Masters and Bentvueghels, Dutch and Flemish artists who had studied in Italy. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herengracht
The Herengracht () is the second of four Amsterdam canals belonging to the canal belt and lies between the Singel and the Keizersgracht. The Gouden Bocht (Golden Bend) in particular is known for its large and beautiful canal houses. History The Herengracht was built starting in 1612 on the initiative of Mayor Frans Hendricksz. Oetgens, city carpenter Hendrick Jacobsz. Staets and city surveyor Lucas Jansz Sinck. Before that it was a moat (dug in 1585) for the companies located behind the Singel. The canal ran within the city wall parallel to the canal outside the city wall. The Herengracht therefore still has a kink at Driekoningenstraat, where the outer moat was routed around a stronghold at that height. When the ditch was widened into the present canal it was given the name Herengracht in 1612, after the ''Heren Regeerders van de stad Amsterdam'' (Gentlemen Governors of the city of Amsterdam). The part between Leidsegracht and the Binnen Amstel is part of the expansion afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Family
Six is a well-known Dutch family from Amsterdam. The family originally came from the region of Lille in the north of France. History The name Six is an abbreviation of Sixtus, a name given to the sixth child of a family. The first known member, Guillaume Six, was a linen weaver in Armentières and Lille. His son Charles Six moved the family to Amsterdam circa 1586. Charles Six's children were: * Guillaume Six (1563–1619), ancestor of the Six van Oterleek branch of the family * Chrétienne Six (1566–1645), married Nicolaus Mulerius (1564–1630), medic and astronomer * Jean Six (1575–1617), ancestor of the Six van Hillegom branch of the family Both branches of the family have been raised to the Dutch nobility at the rank of baron, with other members of the family carrying the honorific of Jonkheer. Six van Oterleek (1772–1833) served as Finance Minister of the Netherlands 1814–1821. He was raised to the nobility with the title Jonkheer in 1815, and raised to the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
