Dirk de Graeff
Amsterdam regent (1601-1637)
Dirk de Graeff (Amsterdam, February 1, 1601 - April 26, 1637 ibid) was a Dutch 17th-century regent who belonged to the States Party.
Biography
Dirk was a scion of the De Graeff family and son of Amsterdam regent and burgomaster Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen (1579-1630), daughter of Cornelis Andriesz Boelens Loen. His godparents were Pieter Dircksz Graeff and Weyntje Dircksz (de) Graeff, both siblings of his father. He grew up in the house De Keyser in the Niezel street. Like his older brother Cornelis de Graeff he studied law in Leiden and received his doctorate there. In 1626 he undertook together with his brother Cornelis and Willem Nooms, Lord van Aarlanderveen (he was the father of an illegitimate daughter named Margaretha, whom he, together with Dirk's sister Wendela de Graeff had) an extensive Cavaliersreise, which took them to Paris, Orléans, Blois, Nantes, La Rochelle, Poitiers and in 1628 brought it back to the capital. There they were warmly received by the then Swedish ambassador Hugo de Groot (Latinized Hugo Grotius). In the same year the three young men returned to their home town via Flanders.
On February 5, 1630, Dirk de Graeff married his second cousin Eva Bicker (1609-1655), daughter of Jacob Jacobsz Bicker (1581–1626), advisor of Amsterdam, and Anna Roelofsdr de Vrij (1589-1626). Her father was first cousin with statesman and Amsterdam burgomaster Andries Bicker and Dirk de Graeff himself was a full cousin of the Bicker brothers around Andries.
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