Cornelis Geelvinck

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Cornelis Geelvinck (* 1621 in Amsterdam ; † 1689 ibid) became successful in politics after the end of the regime and the subsequent murder of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt . In 1673, 1675, 1684, 1688 and 1689 Cornelis Geelvinck was named as the ruling mayor of Amsterdam .

biography

Cornelis Geelvinck came from the newly rich by trading with peas and beans sex Geelvinck . His parents were Jan Cornelisz Geelvinck and Agatha de Vlaming van Oudshoorn . In 1643 he married - the granddaughter of the mayor Albert Burgh - Elisabeth Velecker (1622–1658), the couple had five children: Joan (1644), Albert (1647), Cornelis (1649), Brigitta (1651) and Coenraad and Dirck (1656). In 1662 he married his second wife Margaretha Bicker van Swieten (1619–1697) - the heiress of the Akerendam country house in Beverwijk - who came from one of the most important Amsterdam families and was the daughter of the Amsterdam regent Cornelis Bicker .

In 1664 Geelvinck bought the dominions of Castricum and Croonenburg for 33,000 and 25,000 guilders, respectively. In August 1666 he was sent by the Amsterdam government as a "vigilant heer" to Den Helder because an English attack had taken place there. In August 1672 he had to protect the Amsterdam regent Andries de Graeff with military aid from the raging people - which De Graeff was a nuisance as one of the republican statesmen.

Geelvinck stepped together with governor Willem III. for the war against the France of Louis XIV , but the two war advocates could not prevail against the strong Amsterdam regents Gillis Valckenier and Henrick Hooft . In 1688 Geelvinck was an opponent of the ships to be equipped for the planned invasion of England. Nicolaas Witsen and Johann van Waveren Hudde also raised doubts, but ultimately agreed to the planned invasion of Wilhelm III. from Orange to. Over the years Cornelis Geelvinck lost his political influence and died in 1689. After his death, his son Albert Geelvinck took over the seat in the Amsterdam city parliament. When Albert died in 1693, his older brother Joan Geelvinck followed him . He was married to Anna van Loon , and the future mayor Lieve Geelvinck was their son. The couple also had a daughter, Catharina Clara , who married Wilhelm Boreel , the son of the diplomat Jacob Boreel .

literature

  • Broersen, E. (1992) Akerendam, een buitenplaats in Beverwijk .
  • Molhuysen, PC, PJ Blok en KH Kossman (Red.) (1974) Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch woordenboek , page 546.
  • Troost, W. (2001) Stadhouder-koning Willem III. , Page 245.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelis Geelvinck on Heren van Holland  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.herenvanholland.nl  
  2. ↑ Heraldry of the World: Castricum
  3. ↑ Balbian Verster, JFL de (1930) De bocht van de Heer canal , in: Jaarboek Amstelodamum , page 235th
personal data
SURNAME Geelvinck, Cornelis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Amsterdam
DATE OF BIRTH 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH 1689
Place of death Amsterdam