Bicker is a Dutch patrician family, it has been a patrician family since 1390. The family has played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They led the Dutch States Party and were at the cent
Dirk Jansz Helmer († 1468) acted as the direct ancestor of the 2nd line, the later female line of the Bicker family
Pieter Meeus Doosz Bicker (1430–1476), father of Machteld Pietersdr Bicker (1455–1526) acting as male progenitor of the upfollowing Bicker family
Andries Bicker (1586–1652), Heer van Engelenburg, painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst (1642), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Cornelis Bicker van Swieten (1592–1654), Heer van Swieten, painted by Cornelis van der Voort in 1618
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
Bicker family
…long time and was mainly supported and carried by his three brothers Jacob, Jan and Cornelis Bicker, his uncle Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and his cousin Cornelis de Graeff. The Bicker brothers had a firm grip on world trade, trading on the East, the West, the North and the Mediterranean. Andries' uncle Laurens Bicker was…
Portrait by Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, (1636), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Signature of Cornelis de Graeff
Overview of the personal family relationships of the Amsterdam oligarchy between the regent-dynasties Boelens Loen, De Graeff, Bicker (van Swieten), Witsen and Johan de Witt during the Dutch Golden Age