Boelens Loen

Family coat of arms of the Boelens

The Boelens (also Boel ) and Boelens Loen were a Dutch patrician family and city lords of Amsterdam . The family appeared on the city's government lists between 1360 and 1680. They were considered a fairly influential Amsterdam gender in their time and were deeply involved in the history of their hometown.

The oligarchy of the so-called Boelen-Heijnen - clan was between the years 1495 and 1538 leader in the Amsterdam city government .

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Andries Boelens on the painting De geboorte van Christus met de aanbidding der herders by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen from 1512, Naples , Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte .

Overview of the main family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy around the families Boelens Loen, De Graeff , Bicker (van Swieten) , Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Golden Age .

The first mayors from the Boelens family were Jacob Boel , mayor from 1420–1421 and Claes Jansz Boel , mayor from 1431 and 1434 in the 15th century .

The members of the Boelens family were able to form a solid oligarchic elite within Amsterdam through their long tenure in the city government . In 1495 they were able to take over power from the clan ("maagschap") of Jacob Jonge Jacobsz and in 1538 they had to hand them over to the clan of Hendrick Dirckszn and Joost Buyck (until around 1578). The reason for the loss of their prominent position was also due to the religious attitude of the family, also in the Baptist rebellion .

At the beginning of the development was Dirck Boelens who was able to give him room with his appointments as the ruling mayor in 1447, 1453, 1454 and 1457. When he died, he left his family with large estates in the Amsterdam area, three houses in the city, and a significant fortune. His son Boel Dirck Boelens continued this development with his appointments from 1470 to 1478. An outstanding family member is his son Andries Boelens who headed the city government in the years 1496–1497, 1499, 1501–1502, 1504–1505, 1507–1510, 1512, 1514–1515 and 1517. Due to his long term of office and the resulting concentration of power and development, Boelens is considered the progenitor of the rulers of the Golden Age of the Netherlands , who for the most part referred to a descent from this. In addition to Andries Boelens, Andries Dircksz Boelens also worked as mayor in the city government from 1501 to 1510.

Andries Boelens son Albert Andriesz Boelens inherited from his father a fortune of 14,355 guilders , land, ships and a magnificent town house in Amsterdam. He was able to carry on the political legacy without interruption and was elected mayor nine times between 1520 and 1537. With his death, the Boelens family died out in the male line. Andries Boelens daughter Lijsbeth Boelens married Cornelis Hendricksz Loen (1481–1547), who was three times mayor of Amsterdam between 1529 and 1533. She founded the Boelens Loen line from which several mayors of the city emerged and who were related to the great rulers of the Golden Age De Graeff and Bicker , who came to power after the Alteratie of Amsterdam in 1578. In the course of the 16th century, a dense network of related noble families arose in Amsterdam, who divided power and offices among themselves. The rulers of such families who ran for mayor's office and other important offices within the city were called regents. Lijsbeth's grandson Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen (1552–1584) was a trusted advisor to William I of Orange-Nassau .

Albert Andriesz Boelens grandson Jacob Andriesz Boelens stands out from the Boelens' lineage. In addition to his work as 13-time mayor of Amsterdam, he was also the State Councilor of Holland, Deputy of the Dutch States General and Dutch envoy to the court of the East Frisian ruler Count Edzard II , as well as in Denmark was with King Christian IV . Another mayor from the family was Jan Claes Boelens who carried out this office in 1600.

Master list (extract)

Jacob Boel , mayor from 1420–1421
Claes Jansz Boel , mayor in 1431 and 1434

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Boel Dircksz
1. Dirck Boelens († 1459), governing mayor of Amsterdam
  1. Mr. Gerrit Boelens († 1485), priest
  2. Hillebrant Boelens († 1501), Carthusian monk Andries Dircksz Boelens
  3. Boel Dirck Boelens († 1483), governing mayor of Amsterdam
    1. Claes Boelens († 1511), priest
    2. Andries Boelens (1455–1519) was the ruling mayor of Amsterdam for 15 years between 1496 and 1517
      1. Marie Andriesz Boelens, nun in the St. Lucien Convention
      2. Albert Andriesz Boelens († 1551), governing mayor of Amsterdam
        Andries Albertsz Boelens
        Jacob Andriesz Boelens († 1621), married Weyntje Dircksz de Graeff, ruling mayor of Amsterdam, politician, diplomat
      3. Geertruyd Andriesz Boelens, married to Jan Martszn Merens
      4. Lijsbeth Andriesz Boelens († 1551), married Cornelis Hendricksz Loen (1481–1547) and thus founded the Boelens Loen family
        Andries Cornelisz Boelens Loen (1517–1573), married to Alyd Claesdr Smit
        
        Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen (1552–1584), Councilor of Amsterdam, the States of Holland and William I of Orange-Nassau
        Aaltje Boelens Loen (1579–1630), married to Jakob Dircksz de Graeff (1571–1638)
        
        Alijd Andriesdr Boelens (Loen) (1557–1630), married to Gerrit Bicker (1554–1604)
    3. Floris Dirk Boelens († 1502), unmarried
    4. Margriet Boelens († after 1517), married one of the Den Otter family
      1. Claes Hillebrantsz Boelens Den Otter († 1540), Prior of the St. Cecilia Convention in Amsterdam
  4. Vechter Boelens († 1520), priest
  5. Jacob Boelens († 1501), Carthusian brother
  6. Duifje Boelens
  7. Agnes Boelens († 1463)
  8. Margriet Boelens

without connection (among others) :

Andries Dircksz Boelens , mayor in 1501, 1503–1505, 1507 and 1510
Jan Claes Boelens , Mayor in 1600
Andries Hendricksz Boelens († 1606), married to Elisabeth Jansdr Rijser, inherited the glory of Van der Does from his father

Cornelis Boelens († 1795)

Loen family

Claes Fransz Loen , mayor from 1538–1539, 1541, 1543 and 1545

Individual evidence

↑ Historical Geslachtswapens - Boelens

↑ Tijdschrift power en Elite.Uitgegeven door de Stichting power s elite. Redactie Joost van Steenis en Tom de Booij: Inleiding ( Memento from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Eenmaal elite, altijd elite

↑ Explanation of the picture De geboorte van Christus by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, on which Andries Boelens is depicted. ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ SAC Dudok van Heel In: Van Amsterdamse burgers dead Europese aristocrats. 2 volumes, 2008.
↑ Michiel Wagenaar: Van stadskern dead stadsgewest: stedebouwkundige geschiedenis van Amsterdam . Lost, Amsterdam 1984, ISBN 90-6550-300-5 , pp. 49 ( books.google.at ).
↑ Writing about the relationships and descent of various Amsterdam families from the Boelens house. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 3.8 MB).@1@ 2

↑ Genealogical lijst van in dit deel en in voorafgaande delen voorkomende leden uit de geslachten De Graeff, Boelens, Bicker en Witsen. ( dbnl.org ).

↑ JV Vondels Afbeeldingen der Stamheeren en sommige telgen van de Graven, Boelensen, Bickeren en Witsens , which is dedicated to Andries de Graeff. P. 676 ( dbnl.org ).

↑ De Oude Kerk - Graven op Internet (Boelens).

Web links

Commons : Boelens Loen - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Historical Geslachtswapens - Boelens

[2] Tijdschrift power en Elite.Uitgegeven door de Stichting power s elite. Redactie Joost van Steenis en Tom de Booij: Inleiding ( Memento from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Eenmaal elite, altijd elite