Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff

Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff (May 19, 1650 in Den Haag (The Hague) – October 16, 1678 in Den Haag) was a Dutch nobleman and a water board member of the Zijpe and Haze Polder.

He was a member of the family De Graeff and was the only son of Andries de Graeff and Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten, both from powerful patrician families of Amsterdam. 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). After he studied law at the University of Leiden he married in 1675 to Agneta Deutz (1657–1678). The married couple inhabited the city palace Huis van der Graeff, in the middle of the Gouden Bocht block in Amsterdam, at what is now Herengracht 446. 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, which was an apparent (or illegitimate) branch of the House of Meinhardin. That diplome dadet from 19 July 1677. Diplom loaned to Mr. Andries de Graeff and his son Cormelis, July, 19th 1677:

"Fide digis itegur genealogistarum Amsteldamensium edocti testimoniis te Andream de Graeff non paternum solum ex pervetusta in Comitatu nostro Tyrolensi von Graben dicta familia originem ducere, qua olim per quendam ex ascendentibus tuis ejus nominis in Belgium traducta et in Petrum de Graeff, abavum, Johannem, proavum, Theodorum, avum, ac tandem Jacobum, patrem tuum, viros in civitate, Amstelodamensi continua serie consulatum scabinatus senatorii ordinis dignitabitus conspicuos et in publicum bene semper meritos propagata nobiliter et cum splendore inter suos se semper gessaerit interque alios honores praerogativasque nobilibus eo locorum proprias liberum venandi jus in Hollandia, Frisiaque occidentale ac Ultrajectina provinciis habuerit semper et exercuerit."

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 and Jürgen Ovens.

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  Portrait of Cornelis de Graeff, painted by Gerard Terborch (1673)
• Coat of arms Cornelis de Graeff

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  De Graeffs Palais Huis van der Graeff at the Gouden Bocht (Herengracht 446)