Reinier Pauw (politician, 1591)
Reinier Pauw (born September 3, 1591 in Amsterdam , † January 20, 1676 in The Hague ) was a Dutch lawyer and president of the High Council of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland . He carried the titles of a knight and lord of ter Horst, Rijnenburg and Teylingerbosch.
biography
Reinier Pauw belonged to the originally from Gouda entstamme ends nobility - and patrician family of Pauw , which in the course of the Golden Age was on its political heyday on. As the son of the important politician and regent Reinier Pauw and his first wife Cornelia de Lange, he was able to embark on a lucrative career as a lawyer. The young Reinier Pauw studied philosophy at the University of Leiden and then in law. In 1618 he became Schepen of Amsterdam, in 1620 arithmetic master of the city and in 1621 councilor in the High Council of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland . on May 13, 1655 he was appointed President of the highest legal body of these countries. One of his other offices was that of a Hoofdingeland (highest rank in the dike administration ) of the Delftland . In 1634 he was by the French King Louis XIII. appointed Knight of St. Michael. On August 23, 1649, he laid the first stone for the construction of the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague . In 1650 he advised Willem II of Oranien-Nassau's attempt to subdue the city of Amsterdam militarily under the leadership of its republican regent Andries Bicker .
Reinier Pauw was married twice: first in 1617 to Clara Alewijn (1600–30), a daughter of Dirk Alewijn and Maria Schuurman, and in 1631 to Christina van Ruytenburch, wife of ter Horst (1591–1666). the first marriage had two children, Diederik and Cornelia Pauw, who was married to Adriaan Pauw , President of the Hof van Holland .
Reinier Pauw was painted by Thomas de Keyser , P. Moreelse and Dirck Dircksz Santvoort . These paintings are owned by the Pauw van Wieldrecht and the Hooft van Vreeland .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pauw, Reinier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pauw, Ritter Reinier (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer and President of the High Council of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1591 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1676 |
| Place of death | The hague |