Eggert (noble and patrician family)

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The coat of arms of Pieter Meeuws Soossensz Bicker (1430–1476) and Aeltgen Eggert († approx. 1455)
Willem Eggert

The Eggert were a family of the Dutch patriciate and nobility.

history

Jan Eggebrechtsz de Lange († approx. 1371), who came from Waterland , bought his freedom in 1333 and swore the oath in 1371 . His son Jan Eggert († approx. 1365) was a poorter (city citizen) of Amsterdam. In 1361 he was one of the two Vroedschapen who represented the city during the reconciliation between Duke Albrecht and the nobles of the city of Geertruidenberg .

His son Johan Eggert was looked after in 1366 by Count Ludwig II of Blois with a fiefdom in Westzaan . His son was Willem Eggert , who was to make a great career as a Dutch statesman. His son Jan Eggert was one of the hooks in the hook-and-cod war . Willem Eggert's cousin, Jan Pietersz Eggert, was Schepen of Amsterdam in 1413/14 . His daughters married into the important Amsterdam patrician families Bicker and Van den Anxter .

Master list (extract)

  1. Eggebrecht
    1. Jan Eggebrechtsz de Lange († approx. 1371)
      1. Jan Eggert († approx. 1365)
        1. Johan Eggert
          1. Willem Eggert (around 1360-1417)
            1. Jan Eggert , ∞ with Jkvr. Janne van Doornik
            2. Imme Eggert, ∞ with Willem de Grebber ( Pauw family )
        2. Pieter Eggert, ∞ with Sasse
          1. Jan Pietersz Eggert, ∞ with Machteld Clemments
            1. Aeltgen Eggert († approx. 1455), ∞ with Pieter Meeus Doosz Bicker (1430–1476)
              1. Machteld Pietersdr Bicker (1455–1526) , ∞ with Gerard Dircksz Helmer van den Anxter († approx. 1521)
            2. Lijsbeth Eggert († approx. 1468), ∞ with Jan Dircksz Helmer
              1. Dirk Jansz Helmer (van den Anxter) († approx. 1468), ancestor of the (second) Bicker family ; ∞ with Geertruid Gerritsdr van den Anxter

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