Gerrit Bicker

Gerrit Pietersz Bicker (* 1554 in Amsterdam ; † 1604 there ) was a wealthy patrician of the city of Amsterdam.

biography

Overview of the main family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy around the families Boelens Loen , De Graeff , Bicker (van Swieten) , Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Golden Age .

Gerrit came from the important Bicker family . He was born the son of the brewer and Amsterdam envoy in Danzig, Pieter Bicker (1522–1585) and Lijsbeth Banninck. His brothers were Laurens Bicker , Jacob (1581-1626) and Dieuwer Jacobs (1584-1641). Gerrit married Aleyd Andriesdr Boelens Loen , descended from Andries Boelens , in 1580 and was the father of the politicians Johan , Andries , Cornelis and Jacob Bicker. His brother-in-law was Mayor Jan Claes Boelens . In 1585 he was one of the richest entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. Gerrit Bicker lived in a town house on Oudezijds Achterburgwal and later on Niezel .

Gerrit Bicker became a Vroedschap member in the Amsterdam city government in 1590 . In 1594 he appeared as one of the founders and directors of the Compagnie van Verre . The following year he set up the Compagnie van Guinee together with his brother Laurens . In 1600 he sold his brewery and two years later he was one of the first to invest 21,000 guilders in the newly established Dutch East India Company . Gerrit Bicker was also one of the first traders to sail the White Sea . In 1603 he was appointed mayor of Amsterdam; the following year he appeared on behalf of the city as Ambachtsherr von Amstelveen and Nieuwer-Amstel.

literature

Kees Zandvliet: De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw. Capital, power, family en levensstijl. Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers, Amsterdam 2006, p. 73.

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Bicker, Gerrit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bicker, Gerrit Pietersz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mayor of Amsterdam, dealer
DATE OF BIRTH	1554
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH	1604
Place of death	Amsterdam

[1] Biography of his son Andries Bicker in the DBNL

[2] Bestuurders van Amstelveen