Cornelis de Graeff
Landlord, Politician
1599 – 1664
Who was Cornelis de Graeff?
Cornelis de Graeff, also Cornelis de Graeff van Polsbroek 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 the sudden death of stadholder William II of Orange. Like his father Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, he opposed the house of Orange, and was the moderate successor to the republican Andries Bicker. In the mid 17th century he controlled the city's finances and politics and, in close cooperation with his brother Andries de Graeff and their nephew Johan de Witt, the Netherlands political system.
Cornelis de Graeff followed in his father footsteps and, between 1643 and 1664, was appointed mayor some ten times. De Graeff was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, as opposed to the Royalists.
Cornelis de Graeff was also the founder of a regent dynasty that retained power and influence for centuries and produced a number of ministers.
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- Born
- Oct 15, 1599
Amsterdam - Also known as
- Mayor Cornelis de Graeff
- Parents
- Spouses
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- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Amsterdam
- Canals of Amsterdam
- Died
- Jan 30, 1664
Amsterdam - Resting place
- Oude Kerk
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on July 23, 2013
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