Jacob Boelens

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Family coat of arms of the Boelens

Jacob Andriesz Boelens (also called Boelesen and Boelissen ) (* in the 16th century in Amsterdam ; † 1621 ibid) was a Dutch statesman and diplomat and Amsterdam regent of the Golden Age .

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 .

His father was Andriesz Albertsz Boelens, his grandfather was Amsterdam's ruling mayor, Albert Andriesz Boelens . The Boelens family was deeply involved in the history of their hometown. In 1584 he married Weyntje Dircksz de Graeff, daughter of the Amsterdam regent Dirck Jansz Graeff .

Boelens was first entrusted with the office of mayor in 1595 . His further terms of office fell in the years 1598, 1599, 1606, 1607, 1609, 1610, 1612, 1614, 1615, 1618, 1619 and 1621. In 1599 he was Holland's deputy in Emden , to count in the dispute between the city and Ostfriesland Edzard II to convey. In the following years he was often traveling on diplomatic missions and as a deputy in the field. In 1607 he traveled as envoy of the Dutch States General to King Christian IV in Denmark. During these years Boelens was also the Dutch envoy at the court of the East Frisian ruler Edzard II. In 1618 and 1619 he was a member of the Dutch States General. Together with Hugo Muys van Holy, Boelens prepared a report on the Synod of Dordrecht to the States General.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tijdschrift power en Elite.Uitgegeven door de Stichting power s elite. Redactie Joost van Steenis en Tom de Booij: Inleiding ( Memento from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ WR Veder: Graeff, Dirck Jansz. de . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 2. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 497 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1912, reprinted unchanged).
  3. ↑ Biography in Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden
predecessor Office successor
Willem Bardens , Cornelis Florisz van Teylingen , Cornelis Hooft and Pieter Cornelisz Boom Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam
1595–1621 together with Pieter Cornelisz Boom (1583–1608), Cornelis Hooft (1588–1610), Barthold Adriaensz Cromhout (1591–1623), Frans Hendricksz Oetgens van Waveren (1598–1624), Reinier Pauw ( 1605–1620), Jacob Boelens (1606–1621) and Dirck Bas (1610–1637) 		Dirck Bas
personal data
SURNAME Boelens, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boelesen, Jacob Andriesz; Boelissen, Jacob Andriesz; Boelens, Jacob Andriesz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch diplomat and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH 1621
Place of death Amsterdam