Pieter Dircksz Graeff

Pieter Dircksz Graeff (* 1574 in Amsterdam, † 27 July 1645 ibid) was a descendant of the Dutch regent family De Graeff. The Lord of Engelenburg was born as the third son of Dirk Jansz Graeff and Agniet Pietersdr van Neck.[2]

A document with the places visited by Pieter Dircksz Graeff in 1613 on his journey to the Holy Land[1]

Life

Pieter Dircksz Graeff remained unmarried. In contrast to his Protestant family, he may was a follower of the catholic Religion.[3] In Amsterdam he lived in a town house on the Fluweelenburgwal. In 1620 he bought the castle of Engelenburg (near Herwijnen at Gelderland) together with the associated manor[4] from Jonker Willem Johansz van Gent.[5] On December 30 of that year he was enfeoffed with this knightly court (Ridderhofstad) and seigniory.[6] After his death, the husband of his niece Christina de Graeff (1609-1679), Jacob Bicker, was bequeathed the rights to the estate.[7]

In 1613 he had made a journey to the Holy Land.[8] In Jerusalem he received a document, which was prepared by the Franciscan friar Angelus a Messana, and which describes his visit to Christie's tomb. The document also includes the names of a number of the religious sites he visited there.[9] Today the same is in the Amsterdam City Archives of the De Graeff family.[10] He also traveled the historic caravan route from Jerusalem to Cairo with the Swiss Hans Jakob Ammann and two Italian travel companions.[11] His burial place is in the Oude kerk.[12] In his book Ammann named him "Edel und Vest Herr Peter Graffe" (noble and firm lord Peter Graffe).[13]

Coat of arms
Coat of arms of origin. Note: Since 1620, Graeff, as owner of the lordship of Engelenburg, has increased this with a blue Heart shield, charged with a silver castle, from which emerges a rising silver angel with outspread wings.

Pieter Dircksz Graeff's ancient coat of arms was quartered and showed the following symbols:

  • field 1 (left above) the silver shovel on a red background of their paternal ancestors, the Herren von Graben
  • field 2 (right above) it shows a silver falcon on a blue background. The origin of the falcon lies in the possession of the Valckeveen estate (later the Valckenburg estate) in Gooiland
  • field 3 (left below), same as field 2
  • field 4 (right below), same as field 1
  • helmet covers in red and silver
  • helm adornment shows an upright silver spade with ostrich feathers (Herren von Graben)
  • motto: MORS SCEPTRA LIGONIBUS AEQUAT (DEATH MAKES SEPTRES AND HOES EQUAL)

Since 1620, Graeff, as owner of the lordship of Engelenburg, has increased this with a blue Heart shield, charged with a silver castle, from which emerges a rising silver angel with outspread wings.

Trivia
  • Pieter Dircksz Graeff (Pieter Dircksz de Graeff van Engelenburg) was mistakenly named as mayor of Amsterdam (as were other people in his family).[14] He was not a member of the Vroedschap, the council or any other municipal government office.[15]
  • There is a painted portrait of Graeff with his coat of arms.[16]

Notes
  1. Stadsarchief Amsterdam, "Naar het Heilige Land"
  2. Biography of Dirck Jansz Graeff at "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek" . Deel 2 (1912) by P.J. Blok, P.C. Molhuysen
  3. Stadsarchief Amsterdam, "Naar het Heilige Land"
  4. Biography of Dirck Jansz Graeff at "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek" . Deel 2 (1912) by P.J. Blok, P.C. Molhuysen
  5. Engelenburg at EBIDAT - Die Burgendatenbank
  6. Geschiedenis van het Amsterdamsche Regentenpatriziats, p 100, by Johan Engelbert Elias (1923)
  7. Engelenburg at History of Herwijnen, part 1
  8. Biography of Dirck Jansz Graeff at "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek" . Deel 2 (1912) by P.J. Blok, P.C. Molhuysen
  9. Stadsarchief Amsterdam, "Naar het Heilige Land"
  10. Stadsarchief Amsterdam: Archief van de familie De Graeff
  11. Reiß in das Gelobte Land, Zürich 1618
  12. De Neederlandse Leeuw, 1898, Genealogie van het geslacht "De Graeff", p 132
  13. Ammann, Hans Jakob: "Hans Jakob Amman genannt der Thalwyler Schärer und seine Reise ins Gelobte Land". P 158. Zürich: Polygraph. Institut A. G. 1919 (Faksimile of the book from 1630)
  14. Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republiek, p 83, by Y. Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-Smeets
  15. Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, haar eerste oorspronk uyt den huyze der heeren ... (1665)
  16. Catalogus der tentoonstelling van portretten en voorwerpen betrekkingen ..., p 281

Literature
  • Ammann, Hans Jakob: "Hans Jakob Amman genannt der Thalwyler Schärer und seine Reise ins Gelobte Land". Zürich: Polygraph. Institut A. G. 1919 (Faksimile of the book from 1630)
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