Jacob Bicker (

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1588–1647) was a Dutch patrician and merchant. Between 1643 and 1647 he was lord of Engelenburg and a director of the Oostzeevaart, handling Dutch trade with the

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Life

Coat of arms Andries Bicker, Lord of Engelenburg

Born in Amsterdam, he was a son of Gerrit Bicker and his wife Aleyd Andriesdr

Boelens Boelens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Larry Boelens (1942–1988), American television lighting consultant, electrician, gaffer, and photographer *Mischa Boelens (born 1995), Curaçao footballer * Boelens Loen, patrician f ...

. He was a member of the

Bicker family Bicker (also: Bicker van Swieten and Bicker Caarten) is a very old Dutch patrician family (''since 1390''). The family has played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They were at the centre of Amsterdam oligarchy from the beginning of ...

, a major trading family involved in the pelt trade with

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and supplying ships and silver to Spain. Bicker married Christina de Graeff (1609–1679), daughter of

Jacob Dircksz de Graeff Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, '' free lord of Zuid-Polsbroek'' (Emden 1571 – Amsterdam, 6 October 1638) was an illustrious member of the patrician De Graeff family. He was a powerful politician of the States Faction, regent and mayor of Amster ...

and of Aaltje

Boelens Loen The Boelens (also ''Boel'') and Boelens Loen were a Dutch patrician family of Amsterdam. The family figured in the city's government lists between the years 1360 and 1680. They were considered to be quite an influential Amsterdam family in their ...

. Jacob Bicker was one of the richest people of the

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and art an ...

and was estimated to have a fortune of 220,000

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in 1631. In 1643 Jacob Bicker inherited the castle and estate of Engelenburg near Herwijnen from his relative

Pieter Dircksz Graeff Pieter Dircksz Graeff (* 1574 in Amsterdam, † 27 July 1645 ibid) was a descendant of the Dutch Regenten, regent family De Graeff. The Lord of Engelenburg was born as the third son of Dirk Jansz. Graeff, Dirk Jansz Graeff and Agniet Pietersdr van ...

. In the 1640s Jacob Bicker belonged to the ''Bickerse ligue'', which opposed

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Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Frederick Henry ( nl, Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1625 until his death in 1647. In the la ...

. Among his other posts, he held that of

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. In 1647 he died in Amsterdam, shortly before the death of his brother

Andries Bicker Andries Bicker, ''lord of Engelenburg'' (Amsterdam, 1586 – 24 June 1652) was a powerful Amsterdam regent and Dutch politician during the Dutch Golden Age. He was the leader of the Bickerse league and controlled the city's politics in close c ...

. Besides some lands in

's-Graveland s-Graveland is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 4 km northwest of Hilversum. The former municipality of 's-Graveland merged with Loosdrecht and Nederhorst den ...

and Gooilust, Bicker also owned country houses in

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, Soest,

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and Hollandsche Rading buitenhuizen: 'De Eult', 'Pijnenburg', ''Gooilust'' and

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.Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republik. By Y. Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-Smeets, p 77
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References

Sources

* Zandvliet, Kees, De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw. Kapitaal, macht, familie en levensstijl (2006 Amsterdam; Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers), p. 73 *
''Engelenburg'' in de ''Ebidat – Burgendatenbank des Europäischen Burgeninstitutes''
17th-century Dutch people 1588 births 1647 deaths

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ...

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