Andries Boelens
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Andries Boelens, also: Boelenz, Boelensz., Andries Boel Dircksz. or Andries Boelen Dircksz, was an alderman and mayor of Amsterdam. In the period from 1496 to 1517 he was mayor fifteen times. The term
Andries Boelens (1455-1519), longtime burgomaster of Amsterdam and the most illustrious member of the Boelens family
Descendants of Andries Boelens. Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam regent-dynasties Boelens Loen, De Graeff, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen and Johan de Witt in the Dutch Golden Age
Cornelis de Graeff
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Cornelis de Graeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van Polsbroek during his lifetime, was an influential regent and Burgemeester of Amsterdam, statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of t
Andries Boelens
…not mean that his statements are wrong, but that no evidence has been found (yet) to support his claim. The eminent mayors of the Dutch Golden Age, Cornelis (1599-1664) and Andries de Graeff (1611-1678) and their cousins Andries (1586-1652) and Cornelis Bicker (1592-1654), saw themselves as the political…
Portrait by Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, (1636), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Signature of Cornelis de Graeff
Ancient coat of arms