David Pallache (1598–1650) was born in Fez, Morocco, one of five sons of
Joseph Pallache and nephews of
Samuel Pallache. He came from the
Sephardic
Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and their descendant ...
Pallache family
Pallache, also de Palacio(s), Palache, Palaçi, Palachi, Palatsi, Palacci, Palaggi, al-Fallashi, and many other variations, is a prominent, Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jewish family from the Iberian Peninsula, who spr ...
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Career
Pallache worked with his father in trading activities and as an agent of Moroccan state at the time.
When his father traveled and stayed in Morocco, David served as his deputy in the Netherlands. In 1621, he helped negotiate a peace treaty for Morocco with France. From 1630 onwards, he took over from his brother Abraham as unofficial Dutch consul in
Safi,
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. In 1634, apparently to clear some debts, he became involved commercially with Michael Spinoza (father of philosopher
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 163221 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenmen ...
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He also served as agent to France, where in 1634 when
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
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demanded his father's extradition, after which David succeeded him in 1637.
Personal and death
The scholarly biography ''A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe'' did not find intermarriage between the Pallache brothers or sons and members of the Portuguese Sephardic community in the Netherlands. In fact, it documents the contrary, e.g., that sons Isaac and Joshua did not go make such marriages. "It seems significant that no male member of the Pallache family ever married a woman from the Portuguese community... it is surely significant that neither Samuel nor any of his heirs were ever to marry into the great trading families of 'the Portuguese nation'."
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] In September 2016, however, two 1643 marriage certificates were discovered for David Pallache and Judith Lindo of Antwerp, daughter of Ester Lindo Death details for David Pallache also confirm the marriage.
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] Further, three years later, in 1646, Samuel Pallache, nephew of David, married Abigail (born 1622), sister of Judith Lindo.
He died in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
in 1650 and was buried in
Ouderkerk in the family grave.
See also
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Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands
The community of Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands, particularly in Amsterdam, was of major importance in the seventeenth century. The Portuguese Jews in the Netherlands did not refer to themselves as "Sephardim", but rather as "Hebrews of the Po ...
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History of the Jews in the Netherlands
The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch cities, because the Netherlands was an unusual ...
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History of the Jews in Morocco
The history of the Jews in Morocco goes back to ancient times. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community, with the oldest irrefutable evidence of Judaism in Morocco dating back to the Roman period. After the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, ...
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Morocco–Netherlands relations
Relations between the Moroccans and the Dutch people of the Kingdom of the Netherlands span a period from the 16th century since the Dutch Revolt period and the era of the Dutch Empire and the Dutch Republic to the present day. The relations betwee ...
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Pallache family
Pallache, also de Palacio(s), Palache, Palaçi, Palachi, Palatsi, Palacci, Palaggi, al-Fallashi, and many other variations, is a prominent, Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jewish family from the Iberian Peninsula, who spr ...
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Pallache (surname) ''(Previously, this page expanded into a family history–now in separate entry: q.v. "Pallache family.")''
The Pallache (see Pallache family for many spellings of name) are a Sephardic Jewish family who originated on the Iberian Peninsula, spread ...
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Samuel Pallache
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Joseph Pallache
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Isaac Pallache
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Moses Pallache
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Juda Lion Palache
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Charles Palache
Charles Palache (July 18, 1869 – December 5, 1954) was an American mineralogist and crystallographer. In his time, he was one of the most important mineralogists in the United States.
Background
Charles Palache came from the Pallache famil ...
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Moroccan businesspeople
Businesspeople from Amsterdam
Dutch Sephardi Jews
1650 deaths
Moroccan diplomats
People from Fez, Morocco
17th-century Moroccan Jews
17th-century Moroccan people
17th-century Dutch businesspeople
Moroccan emigrants
Immigrants to the Dutch Republic
1598 births
Pallache family
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