Jhr. Jacob van den Eynde (early 16th century – 1629
) was a Dutch
Governor of
Woerden. He was the son of
Grand Pensionary Jacob van den Eynde
Jacob van den Eynde (c. 1515 – 8 or 12 March 1569) was a Dutch statesman, Pensionary of the Brugse Vrije, Pensionary of Delft, and Grand Pensionary of Holland.
Jacob van den Eynde was first Councilor and Pensionary of Delft. In 1560 he became ...
, and father of the
Zeelandic poet Jacob van den Eynde, better known as ''
Jacobus Eyndius
Jonkheer, Jhr. Jacob van den Eynde III (1575 – 11 September 1614) also known as Jacques van den Eynde, and better known as ''Jacobus Eyndius'', was a Dutch people, Dutch poet, scientist, historian, and captain. His best known work is the ''Chro ...
''.
Biography
Born in
Delft
Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
, he was a descendant of
Hugo van den Eynde
Hugo van den Eynde (1488 – around 1566) was a Dutch statesman, and Pensionary of Delft. He was succeeded in this position by his son Jacob van den Eynde.
Van den Eynde was born in Delft to Jacob Dircksz. van den Eynde. His father was an alder ...
, his grandfather. We encounter Van den Eynde as Governor of Woerden already in 1600, according to a letter sent by him to the
States.
This letter is mentioned by
Pieter Bor
Pieter Bor, or Pieter Christiaensz Bor (1559-1635) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and historian. His portrait was painted by Frans Hals in 1634, and it was engraved for his book in 1637.
Biography
He was born in Utrecht (city) and settled in Ha ...
.
In 1625, Van den Eynde was still Governor of Woerden, according to another letter written by him that surfaced later.
Van den Eynde was a learned man, who wrote
poetry in
Latin.
This is evinced in a manuscript that was in the possession of Dutch scholar
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn. The title of this book was ''Aenigmatum Liber unus, singula Aenigmata distichis singulis complexus''. Van den Eynde's son, Jhr. Jacob van den Eynde, better known as Jacobus Eyndius, became a renowned poet in
Zeeland.
Van den Eynde lived to a "very old age,"
dying in Delft in 1629.
Family
Van den Eynde was the son of Jacob, Grand Pensionary of Holland, who was the son of Hugo, Pensionary of Delft. He married Maria van Hogendorp, and had at least five children by her, including Jhr. Jacob van den Eynde, the Zeelandic poet and captain under
Maurice, Prince of Orange
Maurice of Orange ( nl, Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was ''stadtholder'' of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince o ...
.
Coat of arms
Van den Eynde is the first known person with this family name to use a coat of arms with three ducks; argent on field of blue (''in blauw drie eendjes van zilver'').
The Van den Eynde coat of arms was made famous on an international level by two
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, -born Van den Eyndes who moved to Italy,
Jan and
Ferdinand.
François Duquesnoy executed an
epitaph to the latter in
Rome. He included the family's coat of arms in the monument.
References
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1540s births
1629 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
16th-century Dutch politicians
People from Delft
Dutch nobility