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]
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]
^De Neederlandse Leeuw, 1898, Genealogie van het geslacht "De Graeff", p 132
^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)
^Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republiek, p 83, by Y. Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-Smeets
^Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, haar eerste oorspronk uyt den huyze der heeren ... (1665)
^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)
August 24, 2023
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