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Joan De Graeff
Joan de Graeff (March 11, 1735 in Amsterdam - March 31, 1754 in Geneva) was a Dutch patrician and held the feudal title Free Lord of Zuid-Polsbroek until his sudden death at the age of 19. Biography Joan was a scion of the De Graeff family and the only child of Gerrit de Graeff and his first wife Maria Elisabeth Sautijn (1709–1736), daughter from Jan Sautijn, burgomaster of Amsterdam and Constantia Catharina Munter. Through the Sautijns he was a cousin to the families Lampsins and Clifford. After his father's early death at late 1752, he became his successor as Vrijheer of Zuid-Polsbroek. Joan died unmarried while traveling at Geneva, where he is also buried. After his sudden death his younger half-brother Gerrit de Graeff (II) van Zuid-Polsbroek from his father second marriage with Elizabeth Lestevenon (1716–1766) succeeded him in Polsbroek. Coat of arms The personal coat of arms of Joan de Graeff is quarterd with a heart shield and shows the following symbols: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms De Graeff As Free Lords Of Zuid-Polsbroek, Purmerland And Ilpendam
A coat typically is an outer garment for the upper body as worn by either gender for warmth or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these. Other possible features include collars, shoulder straps and hoods. Etymology ''Coat'' is one of the earliest clothing category words in English, attested as far back as the early Middle Ages. (''See also'' Clothing terminology.) The Oxford English Dictionary traces ''coat'' in its modern meaning to c. 1300, when it was written ''cote'' or ''cotte''. The word coat stems from Old French and then Latin ''cottus.'' It originates from the Proto-Indo-European word for woolen clothes. An early use of ''coat'' in English is coat of mail (chainmail), a tunic-like garment of metal rings, usually knee- or mid-calf length. History The origins of the Western-style coat can be traced to the sleeved, close- ... [...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 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 Genoa (1005–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1754 Deaths
Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the RÃo de la Plata, the indigenous Guarani people residing in the Misiones Orientales stage an attack on a small Brazilian Portuguese settlement on the Rio Pardo in what is now the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The attack by 300 Guarani soldiers from the missions at San Luis, San Lorenzo and San Juan Bautista is repelled with a loss of 30 Guarani and is the opening of the Guarani War * February 25 – Guatemalan Sergeant Major Melchor de Mencos y Varón departs the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala with an infantry battalion to fight British pirates that are reportedly disembarking on the coasts of Petén (modern-day Belize), and sacking the nearby towns. * March 16 – Ten days after the death of British Prime Minister Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1735 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Alexander Pope's poem ''Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot'' is published in London. * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Ariodante'' is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. * February 3 – All 256 people on board the Dutch East India Company ships '' Vliegenthart'' and ''Anna Catherina'' die when the two ships sink in a gale off of the Netherlands coast. The wreckage of ''Vliegenthart'' remains undiscovered until 1981. * February 14 – The ''Order of St. Anna'' is established in Russia, in honor of the daughter of Peter the Great. * March 10 – The Russian Empire and Persia sign the Treaty of Ganja, with Russia ceding territories in the Caucasus mountains to Persia, and the two rivals forming a defensive alliance against the Ottoman Empire. * March 11 – Abraham Patras becomes the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) upon the death of Dirck van Cloon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Grebber
The De Grebber are considered to be one of the oldest noble families in Waterland and the city of Amsterdam. History The origin of the family, called ''De Grebber'' from the later 13th century, is said to be in Edam and Monnickendam, where they held extensive allod possessions. Their swan coat of arms indicates her descent from the old Lords of Waterland. Jacob de Grebber (born around 1235) was the progenitor of the family and was probably the first to bear the name Grebber. His son Claes (Klaas) Jacobsz de Grebber (d. 1313) was one of the nobles who led West Friesland to independence from Count Floris V of Holland in 1296. His brother Willem Jacobsz de Grebber is mentioned in 1315 as Baljuw of Waterland. Some of his descendants also held this office. At the end of the 14th century, a line of the De Grebbers came to Amsterdam and belonged to the local patriciate. The following members were burgomasters (mayors) of the city: * Gijsbert Jacobsz de Grebber, burgomaster in 1433 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterland
Waterland () is a municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. It is situated north of Amsterdam, on the western shore of the Markermeer. It is well-known for comprising the touristy towns of Broek in Waterland and Marken. Population centres The municipality of Waterland consists of the following cities, towns, villages and districts: Topography ''Topographic map of the municipality of Waterland, 2013.'' Local government The municipal council of Waterland consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows: Notable people * Pieter Floriszoon (1602 or 1606 in Monnickendam – 1658) a Dutch Vice Admiral in the Battle of the Sound * Alexander Johan Berman (1828 in Zierikzee – 1886) the Dutch Reformed minister of Watergang * Pieter Groenhart (1894 in Ilpendam – 1965) a Dutch lichenologist, researched tropical Asian lichens * Wim Polak (1924–1999) a Dutch politician, lived in Ilpendam, Mayor of Amsterdam 1977/1983 * Peter Spier (1927â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herren Von Graben
Herren von Graben, also named ''von (dem) Graben'', ''vom Graben'', ''Grabner'', ''Grabner zu Rosenburg'', ''Graben zu Kornberg'', ''Graben zu Sommeregg'', ''Graben von (zum) Stein'', and ''ab dem Graben'' was the name of an old Austrian noble family. History Originally from Carniola, an apparent (or illegitimate) branch of the House of Meinhardin, the family spread in neighboring countries. The earliest known members of the Graben family, Konrad and his brother Grimoald von Graben, lived around 1170. During the middle ages family went on to rule some Carinthian, Lower Austrian, Tyrolian, East Tyrols, Styrian, Gorizian and modern Italian districts as '' Burggrafen'' (a sort of viscount) and ''Herren'' (lords) from the early Middle Ages until the 16th-17th centuries. The last member was Felix Jakob von Graben who lives in Tyrol; the family died out in 1776 or 1780. Coat of arms There are three forms of representation of the gender coat of arms, Von Graben, which have the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Woerdern Van Vliet
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially-equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages. Word origin and usage Van meaning a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. The earliest records of a van as a vehicle i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Shield
In heraldry, an escutcheon () is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a coat of arms. Escutcheon shapes are derived from actual shields that were used by knights in combat, and thus are varied and developed by region and by era. Since shields have been regarded as military equipment appropriate for men only, British ladies customarily bear their arms upon a lozenge, or diamond-shape, while clergymen and ladies in continental Europe bear their arms upon a cartouche, or oval. Other shapes are also in use, such as the roundel commonly used for arms granted to Aboriginal Canadians by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, or the Nguni shield used in African heraldry (likewise, Christian organisations and Masonic bodies tend to use the same shape, also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartering (heraldry)
Quartering is a method of joining several different coats of arms together in one shield by dividing the shield into equal parts and placing different coats of arms in each division. Typically, a quartering consists of a division into four equal parts, two above and two below (''party per cross''). Occasionally the division is instead along both diagonals ( party per saltire'') again creating four parts but now at top, bottom, left, and right. An example of ''party per cross'' is the Sovereign Arms of the United Kingdom, as used outside Scotland, which consists of four quarters, displaying the Arms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the coat for England repeated at the end. (In the royal arms as used in Scotland, the Scottish coat appears in the first and fourth quarters and the English one second.). An example of ''party per saltire'' is the arms of the medieval Kingdom of Sicily which also consists of four sections, with top and bottom displaying the coat of the Crow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit De Graeff (II) Van Zuid-Polsbroek
Gerrit de Graeff (II) van Zuid-Polsbroek (23 December 1741 in Amsterdam – 20 December 1811 at Ilpenstein) was a Dutch politician at local and national Level during the Patriottentijd and afterwards. He belonged to the patrician class of Amsterdam and held the feudal titles Free Lord of Zuid-Polsbroek as those of Purmerland and Ilpendam. Biography Gerrit de Graeff was a scion of the influential De Graeff family from Amsterdam. His parents where Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek (1711-1752) and his second wife Elizabeth Lestevenon (1716–1766). Gerrit was related through his father's marriages to the ambassador Mattheus Lestevenon and Apollonius Jan Cornelis Lampsins, nominally Baron of Tobago. After his father's death in 1752 his older brother Joan de Graeff inherited the title Free Lord (Vrijheer) of Zuid-Polsbroek, and after his sudden death in 1754 Gerrit succeeded him there. In 1766, after the death of his mother, he succeeded her as Free Lord of Purmerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
