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Dutch nobleman
Knight
Cornelis de Graeff
(19 May 1650 in
The Hague
? 16 October 1678 in The Hague) was a Dutch
nobleman
and a
water board
member of the
Zijpe
and Haze Polder.
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Biography
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He was a member of the family
De Graeff
and was the only survived son of
Andries de Graeff
and his nice Elisabeth
Bicker van Swieten
(1623-1656), daughter of burgomaster
Cornelis Bicker (van Swieten)
and Aertge
Witsen
, both patents from powerful patrician families of
Amsterdam
.
[2]
Dutch Grand Pensionary
Johan de Witt
was a cousin of him, burgomasters
Cornelis Geelvinck
and
Lambert Reynst
his uncles. Cornelis de Graeff grew up in The Hague, while his father was
Statutory auditor
of the
Court of Audit
of Holland and West-Friesland ("Meester ordinaris van de Rekenkamer van Holland en West-Friesland").
[2]
A
After De Graeff studied law at the
University of Leiden
he married in 1675 to Agneta
Deutz
(1657?1678),
[2]
daughter of Jean Jan Deutz and Geertruid Bicker (daughter of
Jan Bicker
and
Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek
, herself a full aunt of Cornelis). His brother-in-law Jean Jan Deutz, Vrijheer van Assendelft was married to Maria
Boreel
,
[3]
member of an outstanding family. The married couple inhabited the Amsterdam city palace
Huis van der Graeff
, in the middle of the
Gouden Bocht
block in Amsterdam, at what is now Herengracht 446.
[4]
Three children came from this union, but they all died young before 1678. In 1677 he was styled as a
Imperial Knight
of the
Holy Roman Empire
. His father Andries said that they descent from the
Austrian
noble family
Von Graben
,
[5]
which was an apparent (or
illegitimate
) branch of the
House of Meinhardin
.
[6]
[7]
That diplome dadet from July 19, 1677.
[2]
Diplom loaned to Andries de Graeff and his son Cornelis:
- "Fide digis itegur genealogistarum Amsteldamensium edocti testimoniis te
Andream de Graeff
[Andries 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
[Pieter Graeff], abavum,
Johannem
[Jan Pietersz Graeff], proavum,
Theodorum
[Dirck Jansz Graeff], avum, ac tandem
Jacobum
[Jacob Dircksz de Graeff], 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."
[8]
Cornelis de Graeff and his wife both died after a banquet on the occasion of the
Peace of Nijmegen
and one and a half months before his father. His tomb chapel is to be found of at the
Oude Kerk
in Amsterdam. He was painted by famous artists like
Gerard ter Borch
[9]
and
Jurgen Ovens
. His sister
Alida de Graeff
, Vrijvrouwe of the high
Lordship Jaarsveld
, appeared as heir to the childless Cornelis.
Coat of arms
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Personal coat of arms a Imperial knight (1677)
Cornelis de Graeff's coat of arms of origin is quartered and shows the following symbols:
- field 1 (left above) shows the silver shovel on red of their paternal ancestors, the
Herren von Graben
- field 2 (right above) shows the silver swan on blue of the Fief Vredenhof
- field 3 (left below) shows the silver swan of their maternal ancestors, the
De Grebber
family of Waterland
- field 4 (right below), same as field 1
- helmet covers in red and silver
- helm adornment shows an upright silver spade with ostrich feathers (Herren von Graben)
- motto: MORS SCEPTRA LIGONIBUS AEQUAT (DEATH MAKES SEPTRES AND HOES EQUAL)
In 1677 Cornelis de Graeff was awarded the imperial knighthood and his coat of arms
increased
. His coat of arms was
crowned
, and the two shovels in the coat of arms were also gilded and additionally hung with golden crowns.
Gallery
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Notes
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"Oude kerk te Amsterdam, Graven op Internet. Water board member of the Zijpe: search about
De Graeff
and see under
Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff
"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-08-13
. Retrieved
2010-07-24
.
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a
b
c
d
Biographie about his father Andries de Graeff at the
Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek
, part II
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The Life of Governor Joan Gideon Loten (1710-1789): A Personal History of a Dutch virtuoso, p 573, by Alexander J. P. Raat
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Dudok van Heel, S.A.C. (1969) Het Maecenaat [Andries] de Graeff en Rembrandt, uit Genootschap Amsterlodamum, p 150. In: Maandblad Genootschap Amstelodamum.
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Family De Graeff at the
Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographisch Woordenboek
, part II. About his knightship in the Holy Roman Empire
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Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva (1948): "Brixen - Reichsfurstentum und Hofstaat".
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Google book search: Das Land Tirol: mit einem Anhange: Vorarlberg: ein Handbuch fur Reisende. Von Beda Weber
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Google books: Der deutsche Herold: Zeitschrift fur Wappen-, Siegel- u. Familienkunde, Band 3, Nachrichten uber die Familie de Graeff
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Cornelis de Graeff painted by Gerard ter Borch
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