Catharina Hooft
Catharina Pietersdr Hooft (born December 28, 1618 in Amsterdam , † September 30, 1691 at Ilpenstein Castle ), Vrouwe of the High Glory of Purmerland and Ilpendam , was a personality from the Dutch Golden Age .
Life
Catharina Hooft came from the noble patrician family of the Hooft . She was born as the daughter of Pieter Jansz Hooft , who was the brother of the Amsterdam regent Cornelis Hooft and the uncle of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft , the eminent writer. She was also related to Frans Banning Cocq , the captain of Rembrandt van Rijn's painting The Night Watch , and to Volkert Overlander , the builder of Ilpenstein.
At the age of 17, Catharina Hooft married the widower Cornelis de Graeff, who was 19 years her senior . At the side of this powerful man, Catharina's change to one of the first women in the country took place. The couple had two sons, Pieter and Jacob de Graeff . The two young De Graeffs played in the summers in Graeff's country house Paleis Soestdijk with the young Prince Wilhelm III. of Orange-Nassau , the later king-governor of England and the Netherlands . In the municipality of Baarn , not far from the property on the Zoestdijk , the regent family Bicker lived in their country houses De Eult and Hooge Vuursche , this family was closely related to Catharina, as was the great Dutch statesman Johan de Witt , who was her biological nephew.
Her husband, Cornelis, died in 1664. Shortly after his death, Jacob wanted to marry Anna Christina Pauw van Bennebroek, the only daughter of the President of the Hof van Holland , Adriaen Pauw . But since Catharina Hooft didn't like the Pauw family at all , she did everything possible to prevent this marriage. She even took the help of Johan de Witt to dissuade her son from this connection. With success, in 1666 Jacob married Maria van der Does the daughter of a regent of The Hague.
When in Rampjaar in 1672 the political system of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt broke up against the internal and external enemies of the republic, Catharina put her two sons on the new governor Wilhelm III. swear by Orange-Nassau.
In 1674 Soestdijk was sold to the Prince of Orange, and her son Jacob later took off as an officer in the battle of Bonn against the German imperial princes.
Miscellaneous
Catharina Hooft was portrayed at a young age, at the age of three she was painted by Frans Hals together with her wet nurse . This painting remained in the possession of the De Graeff family at Ilpenstein Castle until 1870 . Likewise, Catharina Hooft, sitting with her husband in a carriage, was painted by Jacob van Ruisdael and Thomas de Keyser when she arrived in Soestdijk .
In 1678, Catharina von Frans Banning Cocq's widow Maria Overlander inherited the rule of Purmerland and Ilpendam, north of Amsterdam. In 1691, Catharina Hooft died at her retirement home in Ilpenstein.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stamboomdelen - Hooft
- ↑ Catharina Hooft in Vrouwen van Soestdijk (nl) ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dispereert niet: twintig eeuwen historie van de Nederlanden, Volume 2
- ↑ Biography of Jacob de Graeff in the Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 2
- ↑ possession story of Frans Gybing painting Catharina Hooft with her nurse
- ↑ The Arrival of the De Graeff couple in Soestdijk , painting by Ruisdael and De Keyser
- ↑ Catharina Hooft on Heren van Holland ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Zandvliet, Kees De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw - Kapitaal, power, familie en levensstijl (2006 Amsterdam; Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers)
- Graeff, P. de (P. Gerritsz de Graeff and Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek ) Genealogy van de familie De Graeff van Polsbroek , (Amsterdam, 1882)
- Bruijn, JH de Genealogie van het geslacht De Graeff van Polsbroek 1529/1827
- Moelker, HP De heerlijkheid Purmerland en Ilpendam (1978 Purmerend)
Web links and commons
- The medallions created by Artus Quellinus with the portraits of Cornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Vrouwen van Soestdijk (nl)
- Brief history of the painting by Ruisdael and De Keyser / I (nl)
- Brief history of the painting by Ruisdael and De Keyser / II (nl)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Overlander ( widow of Frans Banning Cocq ) |
Mistress of Purmerland and Ilpendam 1678–1691 |
Pieter de Graeff |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hooft, Catharina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hooft, Catharina Pietersdr (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch mistress of the golden age |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1618 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1691 |
| Place of death | Ilpendam |