Albert Burgh
Albert Coenraadsz Burgh (* 1593 probably in Amsterdam ; † December 24, 1647 in Novgorod ) was a doctor and Amsterdam mayor during the Dutch Golden Age . He was also one of the Remonstrant leaders of the city of Amsterdam in the time after Johan van Oldenbarnevelt's murder .
biography
Burgh came from the rich patrician and brewer family Burgh , and studied medicine at the University of Leiden . Subsequently, he was appointed Amsterdam City Doctor.
After Johan van Oldenbarnevelt's fall, Burgh was accepted into the Amsterdam city government as councilor by Reinier Pauw as a replacement for the Remonstrant-minded Jakob de Graeff Dircksz . In 1631 he traveled to Moscow as envoy of the Dutch States General to negotiate a trade agreement with Tsar Michael I , which should secure the monopoly of the Dutch in the grain trade - but this first attempt failed. Only a delivery of over 2,000 muskets could the Russian tsar change his mind. Burgh became mayor in 1638 and 1643, and in his first year in office he and Andries Bicker welcomed the French queen, Marie de Medici, to the city.
At the end of his life, Albert Burgh was Councilor of the States of Holland and West Friesland , President of the Dutch West India Company (WIC), Drost von Muiden and Councilor of the Admiralty of Amsterdam . When Burgh began his second diplomatic trip to Moscow, he died on Christmas Eve of 1647 in Novgorod . His remains were transferred to Amsterdam. His son Coenraad, who had accompanied him on his trip to Russia, married Christina, the daughter of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft . His daughter Anna married Dirck Tulp, the son of Nicolaes , who had also accompanied him on his trip to Moscow.
Albert Burgh - Burgh's grandson, a Franciscan in Rome - was in correspondence with Baruch Spinoza , and extensive religious and philosophical correspondence attests to this exchange. Another grandson of Burgh was Coenraad van Beuningen , who would become one of the great Dutch statesmen of the 17th century. Coenraad came from the marriage of Geurt van Beuningen's son Dirk (1588–1648) and Burgh's sister Catharina.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elias, JE (1903-1905, new edition 1963) De vroedschap van Amsterdam 1578-1795
- ↑ Wijnrok, E. (2003) Handel tussen Rusland en de Nederlanden, 1560–1640, (pages 237 and 323)
- ^ Letters between Albert Burgh and Baruch Spinoza (en)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burgh, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burgh, Albert Coenraadsz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch doctor and mayor of Amsterdam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1593 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1647 |
| Place of death | Novgorod |