Coenraad van Heemskerck
Coenraad Reichsgraf van Heemskerck , Heer von Achttienhoven (born December 12, 1646 in The Hague ; † July 23, 1702 ibid), was a Dutch diplomat and politician.
biography
His parents were Mr. Johan van Heemskerck, Councilor of the High Council of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland , and Alida van Beuningen . He came from the Van Heemskerck family . In 1672 he appears as a volunteer with a crew he has equipped in De Ruyter's fleet. In the same year he was named Secretary of Amsterdam. In 1673 he became a pensioner of the city for a short time . In the same year appointed as envoy to Vienna. Two years later, Van Heemskerck was the Dutch envoy in Spain. In 1676 he married Cornelia Pauw (1648–1725), from whom he inherited the glories of Achttienhoven and Den Bosch. This marriage had three children.
In 1679 Van Heemskerck was councilor in the States of Holland . He was a confidante of governor Wilhelm III. and conveyed its warlike ambitions to the rulers of Amsterdam. In 1680 he was again at the head of the Dutch legation in Madrid. He mediated between Spain and Prussia. In 1686 he came back home, three years later to go to Hamburg as envoy to the Hanseatic cities to mediate between Denmark and Holstein. After another stay as the Dutch envoy in Spain, van Heemskerck went from 1690 to 1692 as an envoy to the imperial court in Vienna. He offered himself as a mediator between Emperor Leopold I and the Turkish Sultan Suleyman II . Van Heemskerck then traveled to the Ottoman Empire and brokered a trade agreement with Austria. Emperor Leopold was friendly towards him and in 1697 elevated Van Heemskerck to the rank of imperial count , who did not carry this high title out of modesty . In 1689 he became ambassador to France.
literature
- Thomassen, Thomas Inventoryis van gezantschapsarchieven van Coenraad van Heemskerck. Voornamelijk van zijn gezantschappen naar de Duitse keizer (1690-1697). Turkije (1692-1694) en Frankrijk (1698-1701) . The Hague, AR. 1983.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heemskerck, Coenraad van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heemskerck, Coenraad Reichsgraf van (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch diplomat and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1646 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1702 |
| Place of death | The hague |