Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, ''
free lord of Zuid-Polsbroek'' (
Emden
Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528.
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1571 –
Amsterdam
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, 6 October 1638) was an illustrious member of the
patrician
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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 ce ...
family. He was a powerful politician of the
States Faction
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,
regent
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and
mayor
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of
Amsterdam
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after the political collapse of
Reynier Pauw
Reyer or Reynier Pauw, (Amsterdam, July 29, 1564 - February 19, 1636 ) was an influential Amsterdam regent of the Golden Age. Pauw was pensionary and eight times mayor of Amsterdam. He was involved in the Compagnie van Verre, the VOC, and the tr ...
in 1627.
In the mid 17th century, during 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 Dutch art, ...
, De Graeff controlled the city's politics in close cooperation with his nephew
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.
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.
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''Geschiedenis van Holland'', Part 2, book 2, from Eelco Beukers
/ref> Jacob de Graeff was very critical of the Orange
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family's influence. He was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican
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Political ideology
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political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, the Dutch States Party
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, as opposed to the Royalist
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s.
Biography
Political background
During the Dutch Golden Age
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, the De Graeff and Bicker families were very critical of the Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
family's influence in the Netherlands. Together with the Republican-minded brothers and their cousins Andries Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew.
Given name
People with this name include
* Andries van Artvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter
* Andries Beeckman (1628–1664), Dutch painter
* Andries Bekk ...
, Cornelis
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Cornelis (Kees) an ...
and Jan Bicker
Jan Gerritsz. Bicker (1591–1653) was a merchant, a mayor (burgomaster) and a member of the Bicker family, an influential patrician family from Amsterdam.
De Bickers were part of the ''staatsgezinde partij'' (the pro-republican party) and oppone ...
, the family De Graeff strived for the abolition of stadtholder
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ship. They desired the full sovereignty of the individual regions in a form in which the Republic of the United Seven Netherlands was not ruled by a single person. Instead of a sovereign (or stadtholder) the political and military power was lodged with the States General The word States-General, or Estates-General, may refer to:
Currently in use
* Estates-General on the Situation and Future of the French Language in Quebec, the name of a commission set up by the government of Quebec on June 29, 2000
* States Genera ...
and with the regents of the cities in Holland. Jacob de Graeffs two sons Cornelis
Cornelis is a Dutch language, Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius (name), Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees (given name), Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Cornelis (Kees) an ...
and 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 ...
became the strongest Dutch regents during the First Stadtholderless Period
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.[Pieter C. Vie]
Andries de Graeff (1611-1678) `t Gezagh is heerelyk: doch vol bekommeringen
Family
Image:Descendants of Knight Andries Boelens (1455-1519).jpg, Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam
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oligarchy
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between the regent
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-dynasties Boelens Loen
The Boelens (also ''Boel'') and Boelens Loen were a Dutch Republic, Dutch Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician family of Amsterdam. The family figured in the city's government lists between the years 1360 and 1680. They were considered to be q ...
, 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 ce ...
, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen Witsen is a Dutch surname and may refer to:
*Members of the Witsen family:
** Cornelis Jan Witsen
**Nicolaes Witsen
** Willem Witsen
*10653 Witsen
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and Johan de Witt
Johan de Witt (; 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), ''lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere'', was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the Fi ...
in 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 Dutch art, ...
Image:Descendants of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen.jpg, Descendants of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen
Jacob Dircksz de Graeff was born in Emden
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, Lower Saxony, the Exile of his parents Dirck Jansz Graeff
Dirck Jansz Graeff, also Diederik Jansz Graeff, Lord of the manors Valckeveen and Voorschoten, Vredenhof (Amsterdam 1532 – 27 July 1589), was a Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician, wholesaler, shipowner, politician and large landowner. ...
and Agnies Pietresdr van Neck. He grew up in Emden and later in Amsterdam, at the house De Keyser in the Niezel, a small street not far from the Oude Kerk. In 1597 he married to Aaltje Boelens Loen
The Boelens (also ''Boel'') and Boelens Loen were a Dutch Republic, Dutch Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician family of Amsterdam. The family figured in the city's government lists between the years 1360 and 1680. They were considered to be q ...
(27 February 1579 at Emden; † 29 August 1630 at Amsterdam), daughter of the politician Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen
Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen (* 1552 in Amsterdam, † 1584 there) was a Dutch statesman and Councilor from the time of the Dutch Revolt.
Family
His father was Andries Cornelisz Boelens Loen (1517-1573), his great-grandfather Andries Boele ...
, descendant of Andries Boelens
Andries Boelens (Amsterdam, 1455 – there, 1519), also: ''Boelenz'',
''Boelensz., Andries Boel Dircksz.'' or ''Andries Boelen Dircksz'', was an alderman and mayor of Amsterdam. In the period from 1496 to 1517 he was mayor fifteen times. The ter ...
(1455–1519), a famous regent of Amsterdam. The couple had six children reaching adulthood:
* Cornelis de Graeff
Cornelis de Graeff, also Cornelis de Graeff van (Zuid-)Polsbroek (15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664) was the most illustrious member of the De Graeff family. He was a mayor of Amsterdam from the Dutch Golden Age and a powerful Amsterdam regent after ...
(1599–1664), regent and burgomaster of Amsterdam, Dutch statesman
* Dirk de Graeff (1601–1637), Vroedschap and Schepen of Amsterdam
* Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek
Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek (Amsterdam
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(1603–1656), married Jan Bicker
Jan Gerritsz. Bicker (1591–1653) was a merchant, a mayor (burgomaster) and a member of the Bicker family, an influential patrician family from Amsterdam.
De Bickers were part of the ''staatsgezinde partij'' (the pro-republican party) and oppone ...
; her daughter Wendela Bicker
Wendela Bicker (Amsterdam, baptized 30 December 1635 – 1 July 1668) was the wife of Johan de Witt. She was one of the richest young female commoners of her time and she married one of the most influential republican politicians in the Netherl ...
married Johan de Witt
Johan de Witt (; 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), ''lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere'', was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the Fi ...
, while her daughter Jacoba Bicker married her full cousin Pieter de Graeff
Pieter de Graeff (15 August 1638 – 3 June 1707), was a member of the De Graeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam Regent during the late 1660s and the early 1670s, and held the titles as Lord of the semi-sovereign Fief Zui ...
* 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 ...
(1607–1652), painted by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...
für his painting Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
* Christina de Graeff (1609–1679), lady of Engelenburg (heiress to her uncle Pieter Dircksz Graeff) married in 1642 with Jacob Bicker and in 1648 to Pieter Trip
Trip may refer to:
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* Trip (''Pokémon''), a ''Pokémon'' character
* Trip (Power Rangers), in the American television series ''Time Force Power Rangers''
* Trip, in the 2013 film ''Metallica Through th ...
* 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 ...
(1611–1678), regent and burgomaster of Amsterdam, Dutch statesman
Feudality
On September 18, 1610, Jacob Dircksz de Graeff acquired the High Lordship of Zuid-Polsbroek from Charles of Aremberg, which was freely inheritable and sellable as an allod In the law of the Middle Ages and early Modern Period and especially within the Holy Roman Empire, an allod (Old Low Franconian ''allōd'' ‘fully owned estate’, from ''all'' ‘full, entire’ and ''ōd'' ‘estate’, Medieval Latin ''allodium ...
. Their acquisition increased the reputation and contributed to the aristocratization of the family, in which De Graeff and his heirs could be addressed as '' Vrijheer(en) van Zuid-Polsbroek'' ever since. De Graeff was also from 1604 Ambachtsheer (Lord of the manor
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) of Sloten, Sloterdijk, Nieuwer-Amstel
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The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages o ...
, Osdorp
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Neighborhood
The core neighborhood of Osdor ...
and Amstelveen
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The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages o ...
, but not the owner of these glories. Rather, the city of Amsterdam bought them in 1529 from Reinoud III van Brederode
Reinoud III van Brederode (4 September 1492, Brederode Castle, Santpoort – 25 September 1556, in Brussels), lord of Brederode and Vianen, burgrave of Utrecht, master of the woods and master of the hunt of Holland, member of the Council ...
, and then gave it in fief to one of their council members. He was also chieflandholder of the Zijpe
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Population centres
The former municipality of Zijpe consisted of the following cities, towns, villages ...
- en Hazepolder, Watergraafs- and Wiemermeer. He also had the tithe
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in fief at Rietveld, Poldertienden (Oliviersblok), Groot-Rietveld, Klein-Rietveld, Tournooisveld, Oudeland and Bredeveld (Bredeveld).
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff is quartered with a heart shield and shows the following symbols:
* heart shield shows the three silver rhombuses on red (originally from the family Van Woerdern van Vliet
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) of the High Lordship Zuid-Polsbroek
* field 1 (left above) shows the silver shovel on red of their paternal ancestors, the 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 fam ...
* field 2 (right above) shows the silver swan on blue of the Fief Vredenhof r that one (Waterland) of their maternal ancestors, the De Grebber">Waterland.html" ;"title="r that one (Waterland">r that one (Waterland) of their maternal ancestors, the De Grebber]
* field 3 (left below), same as field 2
* field 4 (right below), same as field 1
* helmet covers in red and silver
* helm adornment shows an upright silver spade with ostrich feathers (Herren von Graben)
* motto: MORS SCEPTRA LIGONIBUS AEQUAT (DEATH MAKES SEPTRES AND HOES EQUAL)
Image:Wapen De Graeff van Polsbroek als heren van Purmerland en Ilpendam.jpg, Full coat of arms as "Vrijheer van Zuid-Polsbroek"
Image:Grafzerk van Diederik Jansz Graeff.jpg, Gravestone of Jacob and his father Diederik Jansz. Graeff at Amsterdam's Oude Kerk
Career
Jacob de Graeff studied Classical language
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at Leiden University
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. In De Graeff was a merchant, and in 1598 became Schepen A schepen (Dutch; . ') or échevin (French) or Schöffe (German) is a municipal officer in Belgium and formerly the Netherlands. It has been replaced by the ' in the Netherlands (a municipal executive).
In modern Belgium, the ''schepen'' or ''éch ...
(alderman), from 1603 a member of the Vroedschap
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and in 1613–1638 mayor of Amsterdam six times.[P.C. Molhuysen and P.J. Blo]
Jacob Dircksz de Graeff at the "digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren" (DBNL)
/ref> He was first named as mayor of Amsterdam in 1611.
During his councillorship in the States of Holland and West Friesland The States of Holland and West Frisia ( nl, Staten van Holland en West-Friesland) were the representation of the two Estates (''standen'') to the court of the Count of Holland. After the United Provinces were formed — and there no longer was a c ...
(1615–1617) De Graeff get sympathy with Oldenbarnevelt. In 1618, as regent-mayor of Amsterdam, Jacob de Graeff was deeply involved in the political crisis that engulfed the Oldenbarnevelt Van Oldenbarnevelt is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619), Dutch nobility
*Willem van Oldenbarnevelt (1590–before 1638), Dutch nobility
*Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt
Reinier van Oldenb ...
regime and brought about its fall.[ Amsterdam was one of the Holland cities whose ]regents
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were partisans of the Remonstrants
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and had agitated for the Sharp Resolution of 1617 which authorized city governments to raise private armies, called ''waardgelders''. The Counter-Remonstrants (enemies of the Remonstrants) opposed this, and the stadtholder
In the Low Countries, ''stadtholder'' ( nl, stadhouder ) was an office of steward, designated a medieval official and then a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and H ...
, Maurice of Nassau
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viewed this policy as a challenge to his authority as commander-in-chief of the States Army. On 23 August 1618, by order of the States-General, Oldenbarnevelt and his chief supporters such as Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright.
A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delft ...
, Gilles van Ledenberg
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, Rombout Hogerbeets
Rombout Hogerbeets (Hoorn, 24 June 1561 — Wassenaar, 7 September 1625) was a Dutch jurist and statesman. He was tried for treason, together with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Hugo Grotius, and Gilles van Ledenberg during the political crisis of 1 ...
were arrested. Jacob de Graeff lost his political position in the government for some years. After the political collapse of the royalist Reynier Pauw
Reyer or Reynier Pauw, (Amsterdam, July 29, 1564 - February 19, 1636 ) was an influential Amsterdam regent of the Golden Age. Pauw was pensionary and eight times mayor of Amsterdam. He was involved in the Compagnie van Verre, the VOC, and the tr ...
in 1627 De Graeff returned to power again. During the late 1620s and the 1630s he controlled the city's politics in close cooperation with his nephew 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 ...
.[ Together with Bicker he was also the leader of the ]Arminian
Arminianism is a branch of Protestantism based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the ''Re ...
faction of the city.
De Graeff died in Amsterdam and his tomb chapel can be found in the Oude Kerk floor, plots number 108 and 109. After his death his son Cornelis de Graeff
Cornelis de Graeff, also Cornelis de Graeff van (Zuid-)Polsbroek (15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664) was the most illustrious member of the De Graeff family. He was a mayor of Amsterdam from the Dutch Golden Age and a powerful Amsterdam regent after ...
and his cousins, the hardcore republican brothers Andries and Cornelis Bicker
Cornelis Bicker van Swieten (25 October 1592 – 15 September 1654), heer (lord) Van Swieten and of Kasteel Swieten, was an Amsterdam regenten, regent of the Dutch Republic during the Dutch Golden Age, Golden Age and a governor of the Dutch West I ...
took over his role on the council
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.[
]
Trivia
Dirck Jansz Graeff play a role in the historic roman ''Krone der Welt'' by Sabine Weiß.''Krone der Welt'' by Sabine Weiß
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Notes
Literature
* Elias, Johan E. (1903–1905) ''De vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795'', p. 266
* Lademacher, Horst ''Phönix aus der Asche? Politik und kultur der niederländischen Republik im Europa des 17. Jahrhunderts'', Münster (2007, Waxmann Verlag), p. 228
* Israel, Jonathan I. (1995) ''The dutch Republic - Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall - 1477-1806'', Clarendon Press, Oxford,
* Burke, P. (1994) ''Venice and Amsterdam. A study of seventeenth-century élites.''
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