Jeronimo de Haze de Georgio

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De Hazes town house in Gouden Bocht , the most elegant part of Amsterdam's Herengracht , painted by Gerrit Berckheyde

Jeronimo de Haze de Georgio, Lord of Stabroek (* 1651 in Amsterdam ; † 19 July 1725 ibid) was mayor of Amsterdam twelve times between 1695 and 1717 .

biography

De Hazes niece Anna de Haze with her second husband Lieve Geelvinck and a toddler, painted in 1733 by JM Quinckhard
Sub-article: Regent of Amsterdam

De Haze is the name of a native to Flanders entstamme ends patrician family , who settled the late 16th century in Amsterdam. His father, also named Jeronimo, left him a magnificent town house on Amsterdam's Herengracht , called De Arent , and designed by Philips Vingboons . Even Tsar Peter the Great was inspired by this building to build his summer house on the Neva .

Little is known about the politician De Haze; In addition to his position as city regent, he was also President of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC). In 1710 Jeronimo de Haze bought the high and free glory of Mijnden , as well as the sovereign rights of Loosdrecht, from the hands of a mayor of Utrecht . After his death in 1725, De Haze, who had remained childless, bequeathed his fortune of approximately three and a half million guilders as well as his noble titles to his niece Anna de Haze .

predecessor Office successor
Mayor of Utrecht Lord of the High and Free Glory of Mijnden and Lord of the two Loosdrechte
1710–1725 		Anna de Haze
predecessor Office successor
Johann van Waveren Hudde Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam
1695–1717, together with Joan Corver (1681–1715) and Gerbrand Michielsz Pancras (1702–1721) 		Jan Trip van Berckenrode
personal data
SURNAME Haze de Georgio, Jeronimo de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haze, Jeronimo de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Amsterdam
DATE OF BIRTH 1651
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1725
Place of death Amsterdam