De Graeff

Cornelis de Graeff at Soestdijk, painted by Thomas de Keyser and Jacob van Ruisdael (1656-1660).

De Graeff, also known as Graeff, De Graef, Gräff, De Graeff van Polsbroek and De Graaff[1]) is the name of a Dutch patrician and aristocratic family that still exists today. The family peaked in Amsterdam and Holland in the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age.[2] Due clever tactics they become one of the most influential families in the Dutch Republic.[3]

  1. Der deutsche Herold: Zeitschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- u. Familienkunde, volume 3, p 91 (Berlin, 1872)
  2. Biography of Andries Bicker in the dutch DBNL
  3. Pieter C. Vies: Triumph of Peace

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