Andries Bicker

Andries Bicker, lord of Engelenburg (14 September 1586 – 24 June 1652) was a prominent burgomaster of Amsterdam, politician and diplomat in the Dutch Republi

Andries Bicker
Andries Bicker
Portrait by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1642
Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam
In office
1627–1649
Preceded byJacob Dircksz de Graeff
Succeeded byCornelis de Graeff
Personal details
NationalityDutch
Political partyStates Faction
Spouse(s)Catharina Gansneb von Tengnagel
RelationsJacob Bicker (brother)
Jan Bicker (brother)
Cornelis Bicker (brother)
Dieuwertje Bicker (older sister)
ResidenceOudezijds Achterburgwal, Kloveniersburgwal, 's-Graveland,
OccupationRegent / Mayor and Landlord of Amstelveen, Nieuwer-Amstel, Sloten, Sloterdijk, Osdorp, and Engelenburg
Professionmerchant, politician

Andries Bicker, lord of Engelenburg (14 September 1586 – 24 June 1652) was a prominent burgomaster of Amsterdam, politician and diplomat in the Dutch Republic. The Bicker family where very powerfull republicans during the Dutch Golden Age.[1]

Bicker was the leader of the politically "Bickerse ligue". He ruled Amsterdam together with his uncle Jacob Dircksz de Graeff ("Bicker-De Graeff clan").[2] This gave new power to the republican States faction, which had been weakened since the death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.[3] Bicker was one of the strongest political adversaries of the dutch stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange,[4] and controlled Dutch foreign policy. He, together with his brother Cornelis Bicker[5] and cousin Cornelis de Graeff, was one of the main initiators of the Peace of Münster, the end of Eighty Years' War.[6][7]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Biography Andries Bicker at Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, Deel 10 (1937), by P.J. Blok and P.C. Molhuysen
  2. ↑ Geschiedenis van Holland, Volume 2, Book 2, by Eelco Beukers
  3. ↑ Jonathan I. Israel: The Dutch Republic – Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall - 1477-1806. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995,
  4. ↑ Seefahrer in schwedischen Diensten: Seeschifffahrt und Technologietransfer im 17. Jahrhundert, by Hielke van Nieuwenhuize, p 232 (2022)
  5. ↑ Andries and Cornelis Bicker at Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid
  6. ↑ Amsterdam: a brief life of the city. By Geert Mak, Harvill Press (1999), p 123
  7. ↑ Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republik. Herausgegeben von Y. Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-Smeets, p 71 (2015)
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