Diederik van Veldhuyzen

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Diederik van Veldhuyzen (also Theodorus and Van Velthuysen ) (baptized December 18, 1651 in Utrecht , † July 20, 1716 ibid) was a Utrecht politician and aristocrat .

biography

His parents were Frederick van Veldhuyzen and Johanna van Straten (Straaten), a patrician and scholarly family who were well off to the House of Orange . In 1678 he married Alida de Graeff . There were no descendants from this marriage. Together with his wife he was also in the possession of the High Glory Jaarsveld . In 1680 he was bought for Heeren von Heemstede and Heemstede Castle . Here he laid out a baroque garden. Furthermore, Van Veldhuyzen had the interior of the palace refined by Daniel Marot in the Louis XIV style. In 1681 Van Veldhuyzen inherited the Willescop glory from his grandfather Van Straten.

Van Veldhuyzen was a canon in the cathedral chapter of Saint Pieter in Utrecht. From the 1680s he was one of the leaders of the Utrecht Orange Party. In 1685 he became councilor of the states of Utrecht . As a State Deputy , he was in office in 1690 and 1703. In 1699 he was councilor in the Hof van Utrecht (highest court of the province). In 1713 Van Veldhuyzen was appointed President of the States of Utrecht.

Van Veldhuyzen's grave monument is in the Reformed Church of Houten . It was made in 1716 by Jan Mast based on a sketch by Daniel Marot.

  • Frederick van Velthuysen (d. 1658) with his son Diederik van Veldhuyzen (1651–1716), painted by Thomas de Keyser (1660)

  • View of Heemstede Castle with its baroque gardens

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Google book search: Nature and art: Dutch garden and landscape architecture, 1650–1740, p. 70. By Erik Jong
  2. ↑ Google book search: Nature and art: Dutch garden and landscape architecture, 1650–1740, p. 69. By Erik Jong
  3. ↑ Heemstede Castle ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2012 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.castles.nl
  4. ↑ Heemstede (II)
  5. ↑ Google book search: Nature and art: Dutch garden and landscape architecture, 1650-1740, p. 74. By Erik Jong
personal data
SURNAME Veldhuyzen, Diederik van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theodorus van Velthuysen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION President of the States of Utrecht
DATE OF BIRTH baptized December 18, 1651
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1716
Place of death Utrecht