Cornelis van Vlooswyck
Cornelis van Vlooswyck (also Van Vlooswijk ) (* 1601 in Amsterdam ; † 1687 ibid) was an Amsterdam ruler of the Golden Age .
biography
Cornelis comes from the noble family of Van Vlooswyck . He held the title of an army from Vlooswijk, Diemerdam and Paepekoop. In 1651 he was named commissioner for maritime affairs. In 1652 he became Schepen . His terms of office as mayor fell in the years 1656, 1660, 1661, 1666, 1668, 1669 and 1671. In 1667 he was also the city's treasurer .
In 1660 Van Vloosywyck was together with Johan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen , Coenraad van Beuningen and Pieter de Groot, Amsterdam's envoy to King Charles II to congratulate him on his accession to the throne in The Hague. At the beginning of 1671, the power struggle between the Orange Party Gillis Valckeniers and Van Beuningens and the state-minded Republican party around Andries de Graeff and Van Vlooswyck escalated to the extent that the victorious Republicans excluded the Orange- minded from the government. In Rampjaar 1672 Van Vlooswyck was, despite his republican sentiments, one of the few Amsterdam rulers who were given by Wilhelm III. were not removed from government by Orange .
The poet and poet Joost van den Vondel wrote a verse in Van Vlooswyck in 1660.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Google Book Search: Amsterdam, In Zyne Opkomst, Aanwas, Geschiedenissen, Voorregten ..., By Jan Wagenaar. Volume 3, p. 490
- ↑ Jonathan I. Israel (1995): The Dutch Republic - Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall - 1477-1806 . Pages 794/95. Clarendon Press, Oxford, ISBN 978-0-19-820734-4
- ^ DBNL, De Gids. Jaargang 14, pages 624/625
- ↑ Google book search: De werken van Joost van den Vondel , volumes 19-20, page 322
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vlooswyck, Cornelis van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vlooswijk, Cornelis van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Amsterdam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1601 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1687 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |