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De Graeff Family Tree
This is family tree of the Dutch (De) Graeff family (; also: ''Graeff'' and ''De Graeff van Polsbroek''). The De Graeff, House De Graeff is an alleged cadet branch of the Von Graben von Stein, House Von Graben that descended from the Austrian noble Wolfgang von Graben († 1521). Dutch family tree * ''Wolfgang von Graben'' († 1521) ** Peter von Graben aka Jan Pietersz Graeff#Progenitor Pieter Graeff, Pieter Graeff (born around 1450/1460) *** Jan Pietersz Graeff (before 1512–1553) **** Pieter Jansz Graeff (died around 1547) ***** Cornelis Pietersz Graeff **** Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (around 1525/30–before 1578) ***** Steyntje Leonardsdr de Graeff ***** Pieter Leonardsz de Graeff (named 1590) → ''Descendants'' ***** Jannetje Leonardsdr de Graeff (1554–1619) ***** Jan Leonhardsz de Graeff ***** Dirk Reynier de Graeff (named 1596) (?) ****** Reynier de Graaff (named 1641) ******* Reynardus de Graaff (named 1670) ******** Reynier de Graaff (named 1710) ********* Reynardus de G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Graeff
De Graeff (; also: '' De Graef, Graef, Graeff, Graaff'', Graaf and ''De Graeff van Polsbroek'') is an old Dutch patrician and noble family, The Amsterdam line of the family played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They were at the centre of Amsterdam and Holland public life and oligarchy from 1578 until 1672, and belonged to the Dutch States Party. During that time, members of the De Graeff family were also important patrons of art and artists such as Rembrandt, Govaert Flinck, Gerard ter Borch, Jacob van Ruisdael, Caspar Netscher, Gerard de Lairesse, Artus Quellinus and Joost van den Vondel. In 1677 they were made knights of the Holy Roman Empire. Since 1885 that line has been part of the Dutch nobility with the honorific of jonkheer. Origin According to an unconfirmed family tradition, the family descends from the Austrian Lords Von Graben. Allegedly one Wolfgang von Graben came 1483 to Holland. It is said that the family was founded by Pieter Graeff (born aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit Arnold Theodoor De Graeff
Gerrit is a Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard. People with this name include: * Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet * Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect * Gerrit Badenhorst (born 1962), South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor * Gerrit Battem (c. 1636 – 1684), Dutch landscape painter * Gerrit Beneker (1882–1934), American painter and illustrator * Gerrit Berckheyde (1638–1698), Dutch painter * Gerrit Berkhoff (1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector * Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996), Dutch theologian * Gerrit Berveling (born 1944), Dutch Esperanto author * Gerrit Blaauw (born 1924), Dutch computer engineer * Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist * Gerrit van Bloclant (1578–1650), Dutch Renaissance painter * Gerrit Bol (1906–1989), Dutch mathematician * Gerrit Braamcamp (1699–1771), Dutch distiller, timber merchant and art collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelis HrR Ridder De Graeff
''Knight'' Cornelis de Graeff (19 May 1650 in The Hague – 16 October 1678 in The Hague) was a Dutch nobility, nobleman and a Water board (Netherlands), water board member of the Zijpe and Haze Polder. Biography He was a member of the family De Graeff and was the only survived son of Andries de Graeff and Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten, both from powerful patrician families of Amsterdam. Johan de Witt was a cousin of him. Cornelis de Graeff grew up in The Hague, while his father was Statutory auditor of the Court of Audit (Netherlands), Court of Audit of Holland and West-Friesland ("Meester ordinaris van de Rekenkamer van Holland en West-Friesland"). After he studied law at the University of Leiden he married in 1675 to ''Agneta Deutz'' (1657–1678), daughter of Jean Jan Deutz and Geertruid Bicker, daughter of Jan Bicker and Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek, herself a full aunt of Cornelis. His brother-in-law Jean Jan Deutz, Vrijheer van Assendelft was married to Maria Boreel baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries De Graeff
Andries de Graeff (19 February 1611 – 30 November 1678) was a powerful member of the Amsterdam branch of the De Graeff - family during the Dutch Golden Age. He became a mayor of Amsterdam and a powerful Amsterdam regent after the death of his older brother Cornelis de Graeff. Like him and their father Jacob Dircksz de Graeff he opposed the house of Orange. In the mid-17th century, during the First Stadtholderless Period, they controlled the finances and politics. Andries de Graeff followed in his father's and brother's footsteps and, between 1657 and 1672, was appointed mayor some seven times. 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 Royalists. Andries was called the last mayor from the dynasty of the "Graven", who was powerful and able enough to ruled the city of Amsterdam. De Graeff was an Imperial Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, an Ambac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendela De Graeff
Vendela is a feminine given name. It may refer to: * Wendla Åberg (1791–1864), Swedish dancer * Wendela Hebbe, Swedish journalist * Vendela Kirsebom, Turkish-Norwegian-Swedish model and actress * Vendela Skytte, Swedish poet * Wendela Gustafva Sparre, Swedish artist * Vendela Vida Vendela Vida (born September 6, 1971) is an American novelist, journalist, editor, screenplay writer, and educator. She is the author of multiple books, has worked as a writing teacher, and is a founder and editor of '' The Believer'' magazine. ..., American novelist and journalist * Vendela Zachrisson-Santén, Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist Other * Vendela (novel) {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik De Graeff
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Agneta De Graeff Van Polsbroek
Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek (Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ..., 10 November 1603 – 3 or 4 March 1656), was a Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician woman from the Dutch Golden Age. She became known as the mother-in-law of Johan de Witt. Biography Agneta was born as the oldest daughter of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen (?–1620). In 1625 she was married to Jan Bicker. The couple had four daughters: * Elisabeth Bicker married Jacobus Trip family, Trip, a wealthy arms dealer * Geertruida Bicker married Jean Deutz, a very rich Banker of Amsterdam * Wendela Bicker married Johan de Witt * Jacoba Bicker married her full cousin Pieter de Graeff The couple lived at their country houses ''De Eult'' at Baarn, ''Akerendam'' and ''Duynwij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk De Graeff
Dirk de Graeff ( Amsterdam, February 1, 1601 - April 26, 1637 ibid) was a Dutch 17th-century regent who belonged to the States Party. Biography Dirk was a scion of the De Graeff family and son of Amsterdam regent and burgomaster Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen (1579-1630), daughter of Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen. His godparents were Pieter Dircksz Graeff and Weyntje Dircksz (de) Graeff, both siblings of his father. He grew up in the house ''De Keyser'' in the Niezel street. Like his older brother Cornelis de Graeff he studied law in Leiden and received his doctorate there. In 1626 he undertook together with his brother Cornelis and Willem Nooms, Lord van Aarlanderveen (he was the father of an '' illegitimate'' daughter named Margaretha, whom he, together with Dirk's sister Wendela de Graeff had) an extensive Cavaliersreise, which took them to Paris, Orléans, Blois, Nantes, La Rochelle, Poitiers and in 1628 brought it back to the capital. There th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob De Graeff
Jacob de Graeff (28 June 1642 in Amsterdam – 21 April 1690) was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent and held the titles as 20.th Lord of the Free and high Fief Ilpendam and Purmerland. Jacob de Graeff was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, as opposed to the Royalists. Biography Jacob was the son of Cornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft, and the younger brother of Pieter de Graeff. In 1648 Jacob laid the foundation stone for the new city hall on the Dam. Joost van den Vondel wrote a poem to Jacobs Foundation stone. During the summers the family spent a lot of their time at the Palace Soestdijk, and he and his brother played with the young William III of Orange – who later became King of England, Scotland and Ireland and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands – at the lake and woods at Soestdijk. After he finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egbert De Graeff
Egbert Cornelis Christiaan de Graeff (11 December 1936 – 7 July 2017) was Jonkheer and a Dutch field hockey player. Biography Egbert de Graeff was a member of the De Graeff family. His father Was Herman Jacob de Graeff (1907-1978), and his grandfather Dirk Georg de Graeff. He played for many years for the field hockey club TOGO from The Hague. De Graeff appeared in the national hockey team several times and was active at the men's tournament during the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ... in Rome, where he took 9th place with the Netherlands. References External links * 1936 births 2017 deaths Dutch male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Georg De Graeff
A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Scots Gaelic "Dearg") where it was a personal weapon of officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of SailO'Brian, Patrick, ''Men-of-War: Life In Nelson's Navy'', New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1974), p. 35 as well as the personal sidearm of Highlanders. It was also the traditional sidearm of the Highland Clansman and later used by the officers, pipers, and drummers of Scottish Highland regiments around 1725 to 1800 and by Japanese naval officers. Etymology The term is associated with Scotland in the Early Modern Era, being attested from about 1600. The term was spelled ''dork'' or ''dirk'' during the 17th century,Head, T.F. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'' Oxford University Press (1996) presumed relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Jaap De Graeff
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * '' Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards) The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
