Cornelis de Graeff
Dutch Statesman, Amsterdam Regent (1599-1664) · Netherlands · On the map · Politicians · Died at 64
Cornelis de Graeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime, was an influential regent and Burgemeester of Amsterdam, statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of the United Netherlands at the height of the Dutch Golden Age.
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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 during the Dutch Golden Age
William I and the mayoral council of Amsterdam: William the Silent (prins van Oranje), Cornelis de Graeff, heer van Zuid-Polsbroek, Joan Huydecoper van Maarseveen (I), Jan van de Poll (1597-1678) and Hendrick Dircksz. Spiegel. (silver penning by Wouter Muller, 1655)
Cornelis de Graeff (left) as captain of the Amsterdam Citizens Guard (1642), painted by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Jacob de Graeff laid the foundation stone for the new city hall on the Dam in 1648, painted by Barend Wijnveld Jr. (19th century)About this person
He was the most illustrious member of the De Graeff family, which in the Golden Age originally held political power together with the Bicker family and by marriage in Amsterdam Holland and finally the Dutch Republic.
