Andries de Graeff
| Andries de Graeff | |
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| Andries de Graeff (1661) by Artus Quellinus | |
| Finance minister of Holland | |
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In office 1652–1657 |
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| Preceded by | Adriaan Pauw |
| Succeeded by | Jacob de Witt |
| Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam | |
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In office 1657–1672 |
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| Preceded by | Cornelis de Graeff |
| Succeeded by | Gillis Valckenier and Coenraad van Beuningen |
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| Born | 19 February 1611 Amsterdam |
| Died | 30 November 1678 Amsterdam |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | States Faction |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten |
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Cornelis de Graeff (brother) Andries Bicker (cousin) Jan de Witt (nephew) Cornelis de Witt (nephew) Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (uncle) |
| Children | Cornelis, Alia and Arnoldina (Aertje) |
| Residence | Herengracht 446, Amsterdam, country houses Vredehof near Voorschoten and Graeffenveld near Oud-Naarden |
| Occupation | Regent / Mayor and Landlord |
| Religion | Remonstrants |
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.
Andries de Graeff was born in Amsterdam, the third son of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff and Aaltje Boelens Loen. His older sister Agneta who married Jan Bicker, was the mother of Johan de Witts wife Wendela Bicker. After he has been finished his study in Poitiers he was married to his niece Elisabeth Bicker van Swieten, daughter of the Amsterdam Mayor Cornelis Bicker van Swieten.
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