Cornelis de Graeff II.
Cornelis de Graeff( 23 August 1671, Amsterdam – 16 February 1719, Ilpendam) was a member of the family De Graeff, a prominent regent family from the Dutch Golden Age.
His parents were Pieter de Graeff and Jacoba Bicker, his younger brother was Johan de Graeff, the Lord of the semisouverain Lordship Zuid- Polsbroek.
Cornelis never married.
Cornelis de Graeff was a Canon of St. Pieter at Utrecht.
Most of the time he resided at his castle Ilpenstein.
He also owned" Bronstee", a country estate near Heemstede.
At Ilpenstein castle De Graeff had a famous art collection, including Rembrandts" Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph"( the sitters were Wendela de Graeff and her two sons) and the" Portrait of Andries de Graeff".
The two famous paintings, both by Rembrandt, can be seen today at Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel.
De Graeff also owned Frans Halsens painting" Catharina Hooft with her Nurse".
Steven Matteo
Steven Matteo( born February 18, 1977) is the Council member for the 50th District of the New York City Council.
He is a Republican.
His district, the 50th, is located completely on Staten Island and encompasses the neighborhoods of Arrochar, Bloomfield, Bulls Head, Castleton Corners, Chelsea, Concord, Dongan Hills, Egbertville, Emerson Hill, Fort Wadsworth, Graniteville, Grant City, Grasmere, Heartland Village, Isle of Meadows, Lighthouse Hill, Manor Heights, Meiers Corners, Midland Beach, New Dorp, New Springville, Oakwood, Ocean Breeze, Old Town, Prall's Island, Richmondtown, Rosebank, Shore Acres, South Beach, Todt Hill, Travis, Westerleigh, and Willowbrook.
Jacob de Graeff
Jacob de Graeff( June 28, 1642 in Amsterdam – April 21, 1690), was a member of the De Graeff- family from the Dutch Golden Age.
He was an Amsterdam Regent and held the titles as 20.th Lord of the Free and high Fief Ilpendam and Purmerland.
Jacob de Graeff was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘ state oriented ’, as opposed to the Royalists.
Andries de Graeff
Free Imperial Knight Andries de Graeff( 19 February
1611 – 30 November 1678) was a very powerful member of the Amsterdam branch of the De Graeff- family during the Dutch Golden Age.
He became a mayor of Amsterdam and a powerful Amsterdam regent after the death of his older brother Cornelis de Graeff.
Like him and their father Jacob Dircksz de Graeff he opposed the house of Orange.
In the mid- 17th century he controlled the finances and politics.
Andries de Graeff followed in his father's and brother's footsteps and, between 1657 and 1672, was appointed mayor some seven times.
De Graeff was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘ state oriented ’, as opposed to the Royalists.
Andries was called the last regent and mayor from the dynastie of the" Graven", who was powerful and able enough to ruled the city of Amsterdam.
De Graeff was a Free Imperial Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, an Ambachtsheer( Lord of the manor) from Urk en Emmeloord, during the late 1650s chiefcouncillor of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, chieflandholder of the Watergraafsmeer and dijkgraaf van Nieuwer- Amstel.
Together with his broether Cornelis De Graeff became an illustrious Patron and Art collector.
Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff
Cornelis Andriesz de Graeff( May 19, 1650 in Den Haag( The Hague) – October 16, 1678 in Den Haag) was a Dutch nobleman and a water board member of the Zijpe and Haze Polder.
He was a member of the family De Graeff and was the only son of Andries de Graeff and Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten, both from powerful patrician families of Amsterdam.
Johan de Witt was a cousin of him.
Cornelis de Graeff grew up in Den Haag, while his father was advisor of finances and finance minister of Holland( Meester ordinaris van de Rekenkamer van Holland).
After he studied law at the University of Leiden he married in 1675 to" Agneta Deutz"( 1657 – 1678).
The married couple inhabited the city palace" Huis van der Graeff", in the middle of the Gouden Bocht block in Amsterdam, at what is now Herengracht 446.
In 1677 he was styled as a Free Imperial Knight of the Holy Roman Empire.
Cornelis and his father Andries said, that they descent from the Austrian noble family House of Graben von Stein, which was an apparent( or illegitimate) branch of the House of Meinhardin.
That diplome dadet from 19 July 1677.
Diplom loaned to Mr. Andries de Graeff and his son Cormelis, July, 19th 1677: Cornelis tomb chapel is to be found of at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.
Cornelis de Graeff was painted by famous artists like Gerard ter Borch and Jürgen Ovens.
Johan de Graeff
Johan de Graeff, also" Jan de Graeff"( October 29, 1673 in Amsterdam – April 12, 1714)- Lord of the semisouverain Fief Zuid- Polsbroek and Lord of the castle Ilpenstein- was a member of the De Graeff- family from the Dutch Golden Age.
Lenaert Jansz de Graeff
Lenaert Jansz de Graeff was a member of the family De Graeff and the son of Jan Pietersz Graeff, a rich cloth merchant from Amsterdam.
Lenaert Jansz de Graeff was one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation at Amsterdam, friend of Henry, Count of Bréderode, the" Grote Geus", and perhaps ident with" Monseigneur de Graeff", a captain of the Sea Beggars during the Capture of Brielle.
Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek
Gerrit de Graeff( I.) van Zuid- Polsbroek( February 27, 1711 in Amsterdam – November 10, 1752) was a member of the De Graeff – Family from the Dutch Golden Age.
De Graeff was" known for his wealth and notorious for his stinginess."
Cornelis de Graeff
Cornelis de Graeff, also Cornelis de Graeff van( Zuid) Polsbroek( 15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664) was the most illustrious member of the De Graeff family.
He was a mayor of Amsterdam from the Dutch Golden Age and a powerful Amsterdam regent after the sudden death of stadholder William II of Orange.
Like his father Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, he opposed the house of Orange, and was the moderate successor to the republican Andries Bicker.
In the mid 17th century he controlled the city's finances and politics and, in close cooperation with his brother Andries de Graeff and their nephew Johan de Witt, the Netherlands political system.
Cornelis de Graeff followed in his father footsteps and, between 1643 and 1664, was appointed mayor some ten times.
De Graeff was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘ state oriented ’, as opposed to the Royalists.
Cornelis de Graeff was also the founder of a regent dynasty that retained power and influence for centuries and produced a number of ministers.
He was Lord of the semisouverain Fief(" allodiale hoge heerlijkheid")
Zuidpolsbroek and an(" Lord of the Manor") of Sloten, Sloterdijk, Nieuwer- Amstel, Osdorp and Amstelveen, near Amsterdam, and castlelord of Ilpenstein.
De Graeff was also President of the Dutch East Indies Company, and a chiefcouncillor of the Admiralty of Amsterdam.
Like his brother, Andries De Graeff, he was an art collector and patron of the arts.
During his life De Graeff was often called Polsbroek or Lord Polsbroek.
Jacob Dircksz de Graeff
Jacob Dircksz de Graeff( 1579/ 1571 – 6 October 1638) was one of the most illustrious members of the De Graeff family.
He was a powerful member of the States Faction, regent and mayor of Amsterdam after the political collapse of Reinier Pauw in 1627.
In the mid 17th century, during the Dutch Golden Age, De Graeff controlled the city's politics in close cooperation with his nephew Andries Bicker.
Together with Bicker he was also the leader of the Arminian faction of the city.
Jacob de Graeff was very critical of the Orange family's influence.
He was a member of a family of regents who belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘ state oriented ’, as opposed to the Royalists.

Question: Who is older, Jacob De Graeff or Steven Matteo?
Answer: Jacob De Graeff