Cornelis HrR Ridder de Graeff

Cornelis de Graeff, also Andriesz Cornelis de Graeff (May 19, 1650 in Den Haag – October 16, 1678) was a Dutch nobleman and chieflandholder 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.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, 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.

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