Jan Gillisz Valckenier

Jan Gillisz Valckenier (* 1522 in Kampen ; † 1592 in Amsterdam ) was a merchant and Dutch envoy to Denmark and Holstein.

biography

His father was Jelis ( Gillis ) Valckenier, who carried out the profession of Falckner for the Duke of Geldern . Jan Gillisz first lived in Norway, settled in Amsterdam as a merchant in 1557 and thus became the ancestral lord of the Amsterdam Valckeniers . He was a commercial agent of the King of Denmark and politically active as the Dutch envoy to the courts of Denmark and Holstein. Valckenier married Maria Tengnagel, with whom he had nine children. The eldest son Gillis Jansz Valckenier (1550-1613) was councilor of the Admiralty of Amsterdam and captain of the civil guard . He was married to Clara Pauw, sister of the regent Reinier Pauw , and had 16 children, including the Amsterdam Mayor Wouter Valckenier .

Individual evidence

Remarks

↑ Margaretha married Roelof Egbertsz de Vry , Catharina became the wife of the printer Jan Commelin (1548–1615), the father of Isaac Commelin and the son Cornelis married Eva Boom, a daughter of Cornelis Boom .

personal data
SURNAME	Valckenier, Jan Gillisz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Merchant and Dutch envoy in Denmark and Holstein
DATE OF BIRTH	1522
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kampen
DATE OF DEATH	1592
Place of death	Amsterdam

[1] Short biography

[2] Jacobus Kok and Jan Fokke: Vaderlandsch woordenboek, Volumes 29-30 , page 75

[4] Het korporaalschap van kapitein Gillis Jansz Valckenier en luitenant Pieter Jacobsz Bas

[3] Margaretha married Roelof Egbertsz de Vry , Catharina became the wife of the printer Jan Commelin (1548–1615), the father of Isaac Commelin and the son Cornelis married Eva Boom, a daughter of Cornelis Boom .