Jacob Bicker

Jacob Bicker (Amsterdam 1588–1647) was a Dutch patrician and merchant. Between 1643 and 1647 he was lord of Engelenburg and a director of the Oostzeevaart, handling Dutch trade with the Baltic Sea.[1]

Engelenburg in 1732

Descendants of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aeltje Boelens Loen and relatives of Jacob Bicker

Life

Born in Amsterdam, he was a son of Gerrit Bicker and his wife Aleyd Andriesdr Boelens. He was a member of the Bicker family, a major trading family involved in the pelt trade with Muscovy and supplying ships and silver to Spain. Bicker married Christina de Graeff (1609–1679), daughter of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and of Aaltje Boelens Loen.

In 1643 Jacob Bicker inherited the castle and estate of Engelenburg near Herwijnen from his relative Pieter Dircksz Graeff. In the 1640s Jacob Bicker belonged to the Bickerse ligue, which opposed Stadholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Among his other posts, he held that of Schepen of Amsterdam. In 1647 he died in Amsterdam, shortly before the death of his brother Andries Bicker.

Besides some lands in 's-Graveland and Gooilust, Bicker also owned country houses in Baarn, Soest, Bilthoven and Hollandsche Rading buitenhuizen: 'De Eult', 'Pijnenburg' and Kasteel de Hooge Vuursche.

References

(in Dutch)Jacob Bicker in Heren van Holland

Sources

(in Dutch) Zandvliet, Kees, De 250 rijksten van de Gouden Eeuw. Kapitaal, macht, familie en levensstijl (2006 Amsterdam; Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers), p. 73
(in Dutch) Engelenburg in de Ebidat – Burgendatenbank des Europäischen Burgeninstitutes

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[1] (in Dutch)Jacob Bicker in Heren van Holland