Geurt van Beuningen
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Geurt van Beuningen was a Dutch Golden Age merchant and burgomaster of Amsterdam who was one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company.
Painting by Jan Tengnagel (1613) of a rot (section) of 17 members of the Handboogdoelen civic guard under the command of Geurt van Beuningen, who is shown second from left on the bottom row.
Albert Burgh
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Albert Coenraadsz Burgh was a Dutch physician who was mayor of Amsterdam and a councillor in the Admiralty of Amsterdam.
Geurt van Beuningen
…had not reckoned with another opponent and was stunned to see him walking in. His son Dirk van Beuningen (1588–1648) married Catharina Burgh, sister of Albert Burgh. Dirk van Beuningen was active in the grain trade between Muscovy and the Levant, together with his brother-in-law Reynier Reaal. Dirk van Beuningen…
The house of Albert Burgh on Kloveniersburgwal