Johan Bicker
Johan Gerritsz. Bicker (* 1591 in Amsterdam ; † 1653 there ) was a descendant of the influential Amsterdam patrician family of the Bicker , who was mayor of Amsterdam in 1653 .
Life
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Jan Bicker was the son of the wealthy patrician Gerrit Bicker and Aleyd Andriesdr Boelens Loen from the Boelens Loen family . He married Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek (1603–1656) - the sister of the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff . Their daughter, Wendela Bicker, married the influential pensioner Johan de Witt .
Political career
Like his ancestors, Johan Bicker was a wholesaler and traded with the Spanish on the Levant .
In 1647 he became councilor of the city of Amsterdam, and together with his brothers Cornelis and Andries exerted a great influence on the political climate in Holland . The Bicker family, also known as the Bickerse ligue , was strictly Protestant and keen on the economic upturn in Amsterdam. Therefore they urged an early end to the war with Spain and a reduction of the army. This attitude made them political opponents of the House of Orange and the governor Wilhelm II , who in 1650 wanted to make the city of Amsterdam compliant by means of a coup . The undertaking failed because the Prince's army was lured into the swamps around Amsterdam in stormy weather, and Wilhelm died shortly afterwards of smallpox . The aim of a balance between the power blocs Cornelis de Graeff caused the exclusion of the Bicker family from all public offices.
After Andries Bicker's death in 1652, Johan became mayor for a short time.
Miscellaneous
Jan Bicker owned several country estates near Amsterdam - De Eult and Hooge Vuursche in Baarn , as well as the country houses Akerendam and Duyn Wijck in Beverwijk . Around 1631 he had his own island within the city of Amsterdam - Bickerseiland - on which he had a tall tower built so that he could watch his ships entering and leaving the port.
Individual evidence
- ↑ De Eult on Kastelen in Utrecht
- ↑ Akerendam ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Kastelen in Nederland
- ↑ Buitenplaats Akerendam
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bicker, Johan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bicker, Johan Gerritsz. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Amsterdam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1591 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1653 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |