Graef / Graeff / De Graaff / De Graaf / De Graeff van Polsbroek
noble and patrician family
"MORS SCEPTRA LIGONIBUS AEQUAT"
Parent house
Herren von Graben
Country
Netherlands, Germany, South Africa
Founded
~1484
Founder
Peter von Graben aka Pieter Graeff
Titles
knight, jonkheer
Style(s)
vrijheer (Free Lord) of Zuid-Polsbroek, Purmerland and Ilpendam
Estate(s)
Ilpenstein castle, Soestdijk Palace, House van der Graeff, Herengracht 573
Cadet branches
De Graeff van Polsbroek, Graeff, Graef, De Graaff, De Graaf
De Graeff (Dutch pronunciation:[dəˈɣraːf]; also: De Graef, Graef, Graeff, Graaff,[1] Graaf and De Graeff van Polsbroek) is an old Dutch patrician and noble family,
The family divided into different lines, in Holland, Prussia (Germany) and South Africa, but the most important one was the patrician-aristocratic line of regents at Amsterdam. This line played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age and were at the centre of Amsterdam and Holland public life and oligarchy from 1578 until 1672,[2] and belonged to the Dutch States Party. During that time, members of the De Graeff family were also important patrons of art and artists such as Rembrandt, Govaert Flinck, Gerard ter Borch, Jacob van Ruisdael, Caspar Netscher, Gerard de Lairesse, Artus Quellinus and Joost van den Vondel.
In 1677 members of the Amsterdam line were made knights of the Holy Roman Empire. Since 1885 the new founded Den Haag-line has been part of the Dutch nobility with the honorific of jonkheer.[3][4]
^Der deutsche Herold: Zeitschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- u. Familienkunde, Band 3, p 91 (Berlin, 1872)
^"Triumph of Peace". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
DeGraeff (Dutch pronunciation: [dəˈɣraːf]; also: De Graef, Graef, Graeff, Graaff, Graaf and DeGraeff van Polsbroek) is an old Dutch patrician and noble...
to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis deGraeff, he controlled the Dutch political...
Andries deGraeff (19 February 1611 – 30 November 1678) was a regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam and leading Dutch statesman during the Golden...
Cornelis deGraeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime (15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664) was an influential regent...
op den Graeff (van de Aldekerk), with whom he had a son, Herman op den Graeff. No substantial evidence of any relation between the Op den Graeff and the...
tree of the Dutch (De) Graeff family (Dutch pronunciation: [dəˈɣraːf]; also: Graeff and DeGraeff van Polsbroek). The House DeGraeff is an alleged cadet...
Johan de Witt. During the summers, the family spent a lot of their time at the Palace Soestdijk, and deGraeff's sons-Pieter and Jacob deGraeff-played...
Jacob deGraeff (28 June 1642 in Amsterdam – 21 April 1690 ibid) was a member of the DeGraeff-family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was an Amsterdam regent...
Pieter deGraeff (15 August 1638 – 3 June 1707) was a Dutch aristocrat of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the most influential pro-state, republican Amsterdam...
Jhr. Andries Cornelis Dirk deGraeff (7 August 1872 – 24 April 1957) was a Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies and a Dutch minister for foreign...
with DeGraeff's sons Pieter and Jacob deGraeff in the park of the country house in Soestdijk. In 1674 Wilhelm bought the estate from Jacob deGraeff, which...
hall was opened on 29 July 1655 by Cornelis deGraeff, the mayor of Amsterdam. DeGraeff's son Jacob deGraeff laid the foundation for this along with three...
Amsterdam burgomaster Cornelis deGraeff. Through his marriage Banninck Cocq got linked with the powerful Bicker and DeGraeff families of Amsterdam and also...
1585 with Anna op den Graeff (van de Aldekerk), with whom he had Herman. No substantial evidence of any relation between Op den Graeff and the Duke has ever...
already existing domains. On March 23 the Dutch Minister-Resident Dirk deGraeff van Polsbroek and the French Minister-Resident Léon Roches were the first...
descendant of the DeGraeff-Bicker-De Witt family of the Dutch Golden Age used Jan de Baen's painting of Cornelis in his painting "De Gouden eeuw" (The...
had tried to conquer Amsterdam, the main bastion of the Regents of the DeGraeff and Bicker clans. After negotiations, he succeeded in removing a number...
Jhr. Dirk deGraeff van Polsbroek (born Dirk deGraeff; named also Van Polsbroek or Polsbroek) (Amsterdam, 28 August 1833 – 27 June 1916, The Hague) was...
Christiaan deGraeff (11 December 1936 – 7 July 2017) was Jonkheer and a Dutch field hockey player. Egbert deGraeff was a member of the DeGraeff family...
Johan deGraeff, also Jan deGraeff (29 October 1673 in Amsterdam – 12 April 1714) - patrician of Amsterdam, Free Lord of Zuid-Polsbroek - was a member...
Wendela deGraeff, also called Wijntje deGraeff (Amsterdam, September 22, 1607 - there, February 27, 1652, ibid in childbirth) was a patrician of the...
Regnier de Graaf (English spelling), original Dutch spelling Reinier de Graaf, or Latinized Reijnerus deGraeff (30 July 1641 – 17 August 1673), was a...
patrons at the early stages of his career was Amsterdam statesman Andries deGraeff. Although they were by now affluent, the couple suffered several personal...
Dirk deGraeff (Amsterdam, February 1, 1601 - April 26, 1637 ibid) was a Dutch 17th-century regent who belonged to the States Party. Dirk was a scion...
an ensign by Thomas de Keyser (1626) Cornelis deGraeff with his wife Catharina Hooft and his two sons Pieter and Jacob deGraeff on arrival at Soestdijk...
in place by the rebels. On March 23 the Dutch Minister-Resident Dirk deGraeff van Polsbroek and the French Minister-Resident Léon Roches were the first...
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Netherlands, 
Germany, 
South Africa