Cornelis de Graeff, also Andriesz Cornelis de Graeff (Den Haag, May 19, 1650 – October 16, 1678) was a Dutch nobleman and chieflandholder of the Zijpe and Haze Polder.[1]
He was a member of the family De Graeff and was the only son of Andries de Graeff and Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten.[2] Johan de Witt was a cousin of him. Cornelis de Graeff grew up in Den Haag, while his father was advisor of finances and finance minister of Holland (Meester ordinaris van de Rekenkamer van Holland).[2] After he studied law at the University of Leiden he married in 1675 to Agneta Deutz (1657-1678).[2] The married couple inhabited the city palace Huis van der Graeff, in the middle of the Gouden Bocht, at what is now Herengracht 446.[3] In 1677 he was styled as a Free Imperial Knight of the Holy Roman Empire. Cornelis and his father Andries said, that they descent from the austrian noble family House of Graben von Stein.[4] That diplome dadet from 19 July 1677.[2] Cornelis tomb chapel is to be found of at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.
Cornelis de Graeff was painted by famous artists like Gerard ter Borch[5] and Jürgen Ovens.
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Portrait of Cornelis de Graeff, painted by Gerard Terborch (1673) |
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Coat of arms Cornelis de Graeff |
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