Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff

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Portrait of Cornelis de Graeff, painted by Gerard Terborch (1673)

Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff (19 May 1650 in The Hague (Den Haag) – 16 October 1678 in The Hague) was a Dutch nobleman and a water board member of the Zijpe and Haze Polder.[1]

Biography[]

He was a member of the family De Graeff and was the only son of Andries de Graeff and Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten, both from powerful patrician families of Amsterdam.[2] Johan de Witt was a cousin of him. Cornelis de Graeff grew up in The Hague, while his father was advisor of finances and finance minister of Holland (Meester ordinaris van de Rekenkamer van Holland).[2] After he studied law at the University of Leiden he married in 1675 to Agneta Deutz (1657–1678).[2] The married couple inhabited the city palace , in the middle of the Gouden Bocht block in Amsterdam, at what is now Herengracht 446.[3] In 1677 he was styled as a Free Imperial Knight of the Holy Roman Empire. Cornelis and his father Andries said, that they descent from the Austrian noble family House of Graben von Stein,[4] which was an apparent (or illegitimate) branch of the House of Meinhardin.[5][6] That diplome dadet from 19 July 1677.[2] Diplom loaned to Mr. Andries de Graeff and his son Cormelis, 19 July 1677:

"Fide digis itegur genealogistarum Amsteldamensium edocti testimoniis te Andream de Graeff non paternum solum ex pervetusta in Comitatu nostro Tyrolensi von Graben dicta familia originem ducere, qua olim per quendam ex ascendentibus tuis ejus nominis in Belgium traducta et in Petrum de Graeff, abavum, Johannem, proavum, Theodorum, avum, ac tandem Jacobum, patrem tuum, viros in civitate, Amstelodamensi continua serie consulatum scabinatus senatorii ordinis dignitabitus conspicuos et in publicum bene semper meritos propagata nobiliter et cum splendore inter suos se semper gessaerit interque alios honores praerogativasque nobilibus eo locorum proprias liberum venandi jus in Hollandia, Frisiaque occidentale ac Ultrajectina provinciis habuerit semper et exercuerit."[7]

Cornelis tomb chapel is to be found of at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. Cornelis de Graeff was painted by famous artists like Gerard ter Borch[8] and Jürgen Ovens.

Gallery[]

  • Cornelis de Graeff, painted by Gesina ter Borch

  • Coat of arms Cornelis de Graeff (collection Matthias Laurenz Gräff)

  • Coat of arms Cornelis de Graeff
  • De Graeffs Palais Huis van der Graeff at the Gouden Bocht (Herengracht 446)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Oude kerk te Amsterdam, Graven op Internet. Water board member of the Zijpe: search about De Graeff and see under Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Biographie about his father Andries de Graeff at the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek, part II
  3. ^ Dudok van Heel, S.A.C. (1969) Het Maecenaat [Andries] de Graeff en Rembrandt, uit Genootschap Amsterlodamum, p.150. In: Maandblad Genootschap Amstelodamum.
  4. ^ Family De Graeff at the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek, part II. About his knightship in the Holy Roman Empire
  5. ^ Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva (1948): "Brixen - Reichsfürstentum und Hofstaat".
  6. ^ Google book search: Das Land Tirol: mit einem Anhange: Vorarlberg: ein Handbuch für Reisende. Von Beda Weber
  7. ^ Google books: Der deutsche Herold: Zeitschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- u. Familienkunde, Band 3, Nachrichten über die Familie de Graeff
  8. ^ Cornelis de Graeff painted by Gerard ter Borch

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