Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek

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Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek (ca. 1663/64), painted by Wallerant Vaillant
Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy between the regent-dynasties Boelens Loen, De Graeff, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Dutch Golden Age

Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek (Amsterdam, 10 November 1603 – 3 or 4 March 1656), was a 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.[1] The couple had four daughters:[2]

  • Elisabeth Bicker married Jacobus , a wealthy arms dealer
  • Geertruida Bicker married , a very rich Banker of Amsterdam
  • Wendela Bicker married Johan de Witt[3]
  • married her full cousin Pieter de Graeff[4]

The couple lived at their country houses De Eult at Baarn, Akerendam and Duynwijck in Beverwijk. Between the city of Amsterdam they owned a cityhause at Herengracht and an island, called Bickerseiland. In 1663/64 Agneta was painted by Wallerant Vaillant.[5] Her tomb chapel is located at the Westerkerk.

References[]

  1. ^ "Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republik" (2015); herausgegeben von Y. Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-S meets, p. 71
  2. ^ De Gouden Eeuw van Soestdijk, by Thera Coppens
  3. ^ "De werken van J. van den Vondel", book 17, p. 173 (1888)
  4. ^ "De 500 Rijksten van de Republiek: Rijkdom, geloof, macht en cultuur", by Kees Zandvliet (2020)
  5. ^ Amsterdams Historisch Museum Archived March 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

Literature[]

  • Graeff, P. de (P. de Graeff Gerritsz en Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek) Genealogie van de familie De Graeff van Polsbroek, Amsterdam 1882.
  • Bruijn, J. H. de Genealogie van het geslacht De Graeff van Polsbroek 1529/1827, met bijlagen. De Built 1962-63.
  • Fölting, H.P., 'De landsadvocaten en raadpensionarissen der Staten van Holland en West-Friesland 1480–1795. Een genealogische benadering. Deel III' in: Jaarboek Centraal Bureau Voor Genealogie. Deel 29 (1975 Den Haag; Centraal Bureau Voor Genealogie) p. 210-269, (213)
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