Andries Bicker
Landlord, Politician
1586 – 1652
Who was Andries Bicker?
Andries Bicker was a wealthy merchant on Moscovia, a member of the vroedschap, the leader of the Arminians, an administrator of the VOC, representative of the States-General of the Netherlands and colonel in the Civic guard. He controlled the city's politics in close cooperation with his uncle Jacob Dircksz de Graeff an his brother Cornelis Bicker.
The Bicker family was one of the oldest patrician families of Amsterdam - consisting of Andries' father Gerrit, a grain merchant and beer brewer, and his three brothers, Jacob, Jan and Cornelis, had a firm grip on world trade, trading on the East, the West, the North and the Mediterranean.. In 1646, seven members of the Bicker family, called the Bicker's league, simultaneously held some political position or other. The Bickers provided silver and ships to Spain, and were very much interested in ending the Eighty Years War. This brought them in conflict with the stadtholder, some provinces, like Zeeland and Utrecht, and the Reformed preachers.
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- Born
- 1586
Amsterdam - Parents
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Canals of Amsterdam
- Amsterdam
- Died
- Jun 24, 1652
Amsterdam
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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