Van der Does
Van der Does is the name of at least two Dutch genders who have no common origin and were not in family ties.
The noble family of Van der Does
The noble family Van der Does, also Van der Does van Noordwijk , is named after the "Huis ter Does". This was close to the southern Dutch municipality of Leiderdorp , in the area where the 'de Does' flows into the Rhine . This castle was probably built by Diederic van der Does shortly before 1300 . He was by the Dutch Count Floris V with a country on Does belehnt Service.
The most important family member is Jan van der Does , also known as Janus Dousa , he lived from 1545 to 1604 and was a driving force behind the Dutch war of liberation against Spanish rule. Van der Does also achieved great importance through his poetic, philosophical and historical impact.
Another family member is his cousin Pieter van der Does (1562-1599), who was an important Dutch general and fleet admiral . In 1588 he was involved as Dutch superintendent in the fight against the Spanish Armada .
In addition to these various political functions, the family has from time immemorial held the High and Free Glory of Noordwijk and various other, smaller, rights of rule. One of these gentlemen was Wigibold van der Does (1611–1669); he was general of the artillery of the United Netherlands , and governor of the Flemish frontier towns.
In the course of time, the family was related to various well-known Dutch noble families - such as the van Zuylen van Nijevelt , van Reede , van Egmond van de Nijenburg , van Wassenaer , Limburg-Stirum , van Nassau or the van Lynden .
The patrician family Van der Does
Simon van der Does (1507–1587) was the progenitor of the patrician family ; he was Mayor of The Hague between 1578 and 1581 .
Other family members such as Simon Willemsz van der Does (1584–1652) also went into the urban regent patriciate ; in addition to his political function as Amsterdam city councilor , he was a wealthy merchant and shipowner , who was thus able to rise to head of the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
The family was also represented in the Gouda city government, their best-known member was Johan van der Does (1694–1749), who had a brilliant career as the son of the ruling mayor Johan van der Does . He was appropriately married to Cornelia van der Heim . Van der Does was councilor at the High Council of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland and finance minister of the Republic of the United Netherlands .
The family carried the coat of arms of the (noble) family Van der Does, which they were able to acquire with the help of genealogical and heraldic falsifications in the course of the 17th century. The family had also participated in Amsterdam's city government . The Jonkheer family has been using the Jonkheer title since the beginning of the 19th century .
Van der Does de Willebois
This family was originally called (de) Willebois. It came from Louis Villebois who lived in Warneton , Hennau at the end of the 17th century . The children of the couple Pierre Joseph de Wille Bois (1768-1834) and from Gouda originating Adriana Cornelia Maria van der Does (1778-1823) put her name in the suffix "van der Does." The Dutch politician and Minister of State Pieter Joseph August Marie van der Does de Willebois (1816-1892) came from this family. The gender also bears the aristocratic title Jonkheer.