Adriaan Pauw
Knight Adriaan Pauw ( November 1, 1585 - February 21, 1653 ) was a Dutch politician and aristocrat. He came from the Pauw family , an important noble patrician family of the Golden Age , and held the titles of Vrijheer von Heemstede , Heeren von Bennebroek and Nieuwerkerk .
Life
In 1613 the eldest son of Reinier Pauw - who was a pensioner and mayor of Amsterdam as well as a trusted councilor of the governor Moritz von Orange-Nassau - was ennobled by the English king James I. Since 1611 he was a pensioner of the city of Amsterdam, from 1627 councilor and arithmetic master of the Dutch provinces of Holland and West Friesland . He was on a diplomatic mission in Europe since 1618, in 1634 he concluded, among other things, the state alliance that regulated France's entry into the Thirty Years' War against Spain . Between 1631 and 1636 Pauw was the council pensioner ( Raadpensionaris ) of the Dutch Republic .
In 1643 Pauw took part in the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia in Munster as a deputy for Holland , where he is regarded as the most important envoy from the Netherlands . In the well-known painting by Gerard ter Borch , he can be seen with his wife and granddaughter in a six-horse carriage with three pioneers.
In 1647 Pauw, Andries Bicker and the inner circle of power of the states of Holland came out for the first time for a drastic reduction of the Dutch armed forces (under the orders of the Orange governor). In 1651 Pauw became a council pensioner again. He died on February 21, 1653 and was buried in Heemstede . His large private library, Bibliotheca Heemstediana, with around 16,000 books was auctioned. The Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel received a small part .
His son Adriaen Pauw (1622-1697) was councilor and president of the Dutch court of justice - the Hof van Holland - and in 1672, the Rampjaar , was responsible for the litigation against Cornelis de Witt .
literature
- HWJ de Boer, H. Bruch: Adriaan Pauw. (1585-1653). Statesman en ambachtsheer. Onder red. van H. Krol. Vereniging Oud-Heemstede-Bennebroek, Heemstede 1985, ISBN 90-70712-02-4 .
- Jonathan Israel: The Dutch Republic. Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall. 1477-1806. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995, ISBN 0-19-873072-1 .
- Pieter Lodewijk Muller : Pauw, Adriaen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 301 f.
- JC Tjessinga: Schets van het leven van Adriaan Pauw. Vereniging Oud-Heemstede-Bennebroek, Heemstede, 1948 ( grandchildren against Adriaan Pauw en het slot van Heemstede 1).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Jacob Cats |
Pensioner of Holland 1631–1636 |
Jacob Cats |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Jacob Cats |
Pensioner of Holland 1651–1653 |
Johan de Witt |
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| SURNAME | Pauw, Adriaan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pauw, Adriaen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1585 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1653 |