Pieter Graeff

Pieter Graeff (born around 1484) was the first reported member of the De Graeff family of the Netherlands, and a person of unclear social rank.

Coat of arms Graeff (ancient). The family coat of arms with the silver spade on a red (Von Graben) and silver swan on a blue background (De Grebber) was first documented in 1542 or 1543 by Pieters son Jan Pietersz Graeff.[1]
530 years De Graeff - celebrating Pieters birth year 1484. Matthias Laurenz Gräff and HIH Archduke Karl of Austria (Karl von Habsburg), head of the House Habsburg-Lorraine, the former imperial and royal house of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria

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Pieter was probably born around 1484. His alleged father Wolfgang von Graben (1465-1521) was recorded in Holland in 1483,[2] and that he had Pieter as a son.[3] It cannot be determined whether Pieter was born in Amsterdam. Biographical cornerstones of his life cannot be determined, but it is reported that he married Griet Pieters(dr) Berents[4][5] in 1512,[6] a woman whose family came from the patriciate of Amsterdam and the low nobility of the area. She may was a daughter of Berend Berends, in 1509 advisor of Amsterdam,[7] himself a son or second line descendant (grandson, nephew) of Jan Berents, Lord of Randenbroek (Amersfoort), the son of Wouter Berensz and his wife Dieuwer Willemsdr de Grebber (born around 1385 or later), called Berents, of the De Grebber family, baljuws of the Waterland.[8][9] The Berents family inherited the fief Randenbroek from the De Grebber.[10]

Griet Pietersdr Berents came from the female line of this family, and through the marriage of her ancestor Willem Grebber Jonge Willem Grebberszoon (born around 1362–1434; father of Dieuwer Willemsdr de Grebber[11]) to Lijsbeth Willemsdr Eggert (born around 1390 or later; also named Imme Eggert), she was also a descendant of Lijsbeths father Willem Eggert (1360-1417), stadholder of Holland.[12][13]

Pieter and Griet had one son, Jan Pietersz Graeff, who continued the family line in Amsterdam.[14] His coat of arms from 1542 or 1543 shows the shovel of the Von Graben and the swan of the De Grebber family.[15]

About the family crest of Pieter's wife Griet: Jan Berents, Lord of Randenbroek, the ancestor of Griet Pietersdr Berents, had a coat of arms which hangs in a chapel in the Nieuwe Kerk of Amsterdam. It shows a quartered shield with the arms of the Berents, De Grebber, Eggert and Boel (Boelens Loen).[16] During the 15th and 16th centuries, these families were at the head of the Amsterdam patriciate and, with the exception of the Boelens, belonged to the knightly nobility.

References
  1. "De wapens van de magistraten der stad Amsterdam sedert 1306 tot 1672", Band 1, S. 94. Von Pieter Anthony Johan van den Brandeler
  2. Der deutsche Herold: Zeitschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- u. Familienkunde, Band 3, S. 91 / 92, von Verein Herold
  3. De Graeff at DBNL
  4. Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Bände 1895-1900, S. 130
  5. De Graeff at DBNL
  6. De werken van J. van den Vondel, Bände 29-30, S. 378, von Joost van den Vondel
  7. De werken van J. van den Vondel, Bände 29-30, S. 378, von Joost van den Vondel
  8. De vroedschap van Amsterdam 1578-1795, Teil 1, S. 85, von Johan Engelbert Elias (1963)
  9. Genealogie Pauw, Persijn, de Jong, en Verhee. Von Thijs Postma
  10. Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum, S. 46, 47 (1959)
  11. Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Jaarboek, deel 16, 1962, blz 55 e.v., 'De Grebber', door Ir. J. G. Kam.
  12. Genealogie Pauw, Persijn, de Jong, en Verhee. Von Thijs Postma
  13. De werken van Vondel. Deel 10. 1663-1674 (1937), Aen den hooghedelen heer Pieter de Graef, vryheer van Zuitpolsbroek, op den oorsprongk van het geslagt der graven
  14. De Graeff at DBNL
  15. De wapens van de magistraten der stad Amsterdam sedert 1306 tot 1672, Band 1, von Pieter Anthony und Johan van den Brandeler (1890)
  16. Veilingcatalogus, boeken van Slagregen, 20 oktober 1891, Amsterdamsche gebeurtnissen, S. 2
  • This article is based on the biography of Peter Graeff (Generation I) and the references given there, Graeff research.
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