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52-558: Secret Annex may mean: Act of Seclusion , also described as a secret annex to the Treaty of Westminster Anne Frank House , which contained the secret annex in which the Frank family lived in hiding Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Secret Annex . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

104-525: A heart shield and shows the following symbols: In 1633 Cornelis de Graeff married Geertruid Overlander van Purmerland (1609–1634), daughter of burgomaster Volkert Overlander and sister of Maria Overlander van Purmerland who was married to Frans Banning Cocq , the captain in Rembrandt 's Night Watch . She died only a few months later and he remarried with Catharina Hooft , nineteen years younger and his first wife's cousin (daughter of her aunt . She

156-545: A disaster for the Dutch. The subsequent Treaty of Westminster which ended the war meant that the Dutch were forced to give a number of concessions to England. In addition, Johan de Witt , Grand Pensionary of Holland , and Oliver Cromwell ensured that the Orangist regent faction would be much weakened. This strengthend De Witt's party , while English Republicans no longer needed to fear that William III (four years of age at

208-848: A yacht, the Mary, and furniture, which was presented to King Charles II of England by the States-General of the Netherlands in 1660. Most of the paintings and all the Roman sculptures were from the Reynst collection , the most important seventeenth-century Dutch collection of paintings of the Italian sixteenth century, formed in Venice by Jan Reynst (1601–1646) and extended by his brother, Gerrit Reynst (1599–1658). The gift reflected

260-461: Is still in the collections of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum . Poet Joost van den Vondel wrote his poem Bouwzang for this occasion. Van den Vondel also dedicated a poem in praise of his mentor and initiator of the building, Cornelis de Graeff, to this event. The history of the origins and the year of this first laying of the stone was recorded in Latin script by De Graeff on a black marble slab in one of

312-669: The Baltic Sea . Fortunately for the Netherlands, this war ended in Danzig being declared neutral. The four strong-headed mayors decided to send Coenraad van Beuningen to Copenhagen to incite Denmark into a war against Sweden. To everyone's amazement, in the middle of the winter the Swedish king crossed over from Jutland, across the Great Belt , to Copenhagen. In a second expedition to relieve Copenhagen, Witte de With participated in

364-688: The Battle of the Sound . Cornelis de Graeff was prepared to begin the fight against Sweden, against the advice of the Grand Pensionarys . When Charles X unexpectedly died in 1660, Sweden made peace. Amsterdam sent also admiral Michiel de Ruyter against the English, against the orders of the parliament of the Netherlands. Despite these differences in approach with De Witt, he and De Graeff stayed on good terms. De Witt in 1660 observed of Cornelis: "with

416-523: The Dutch Gift was organized by the regents, especially the powerful brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff. The sculptures for the gift were selected by the pre-eminent sculptor in the Netherlands, Artus Quellinus , and Gerrit van Uylenburgh , the son of Rembrandt's dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh , advised the States-General on the purchase. The Dutch Gift was a collection of 28 mostly Italian Renaissance paintings and 12 classical sculptures, along with

468-688: The High Lordship of Zuid-Polsbroek . The following year he became Schepen of Amsterdam and captain of the Amsterdam schutterij (Citizens' Guard) and it was his company that was painted in 1642 by Jacob Adriaenszoon Backer (to be seen in the Rijkmuseum Amsterdam ). Within the city government, Cornelis de Graeff was in covert opposition to the Bickers , particularly his cousin burgomaster Andries Bicker . In 1643 Cornelis de Graeff

520-694: The House of Orange . The proponents of the De Graeff family has shown they had an eye for national politics and tried to find some balance between the House of Orange and the Republicans. They were against too much influence of the church on political issues. After his death, his younger brother Andries de Graeff continued the De Graeff faction and its republican and more liberal politics. Cornelis de Graeff

572-661: The Orange family’s influence. Together with the Republican political leader Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt , the De Graeff brothers strived for the abolition of stadtholdership . They desired the full sovereignty of the individual regions in a form in which the Republic of the United Seven Netherlands was not ruled by a single person. Instead of a sovereign (or stadtholder) the political and military power

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624-762: The Orangisten and opponent of the political ambitions of the House of Orange . He was one of the leading figures who sought to end the Eighty Years' War between the United Netherlands and the Kingdom of Spain, which took place in 1648 with the Peace of Münster . Inside Amsterdam De Graeff became the moderate successor to his ultra-republican cousin Andries Bicker . In the following era after

676-846: The House of Orange-Nassau). He honored the inheritance of his father, Dirck Jansz Graeff , who was on friendly terms with William the Silent of Orange . The young De Graeffs were influenced by their father's antagonistic attitude towards political issues. The relationship between the leading patriciat was very close. Four of Cornelis ' siblings married members of the Bicker family. One of his sisters Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek married Jan Bicker . The couple had Wendela Bicker and Jacoba Bicker among others; Wendela married to Grand pensionary Johan de Witt and Jacoba to his own son Pieter de Graeff . His close relatives included also Hollands writer and poet Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft as one of his uncles,

728-541: The Netherlands were completely left in the dark, as was the Frisian plenipotentiary at the negotiations, Allart Pieter van Jongestall . Only the two Holland representatives ( Hieronymus van Beverningh and Willem Nieupoort ) were in on the secret. Consequently, the States-General ratified the treaty on April 22, 1654, without the secret annex. The prime movers behind the Act of Seclusion, in which William III, Prince of Orange

780-579: The Province Holland. De Graeff communicated in a soft and exemplary way and was honest and open, a novelty for the young republic, and felt that it was De Witt who had brought Amsterdam and its interests to their present good fortune. Also De Graeff never drove Amsterdam's affairs onto the rocks, but had a good eye for the interests of the other towns of Holland and avoided a mode of power-politics that would have left Amsterdam isolated. The Dutch art historian and archivist Bas Dudok van Heel about

832-600: The Republic, but only a few years after the gift the two nations would be at war again in the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–1667. Cornelis's tomb chapel is to be found of in the Oude Kerk , and after his death his younger brother Andries and the cunning Gillis Valckenier took over his role on the council. After De Graeff's death Johan de Witt lost his power and reputation in Amsterdam and afterwards in

884-662: The States of Holland declared that the Act of Seclusion had thereby lost its validity since the Act had been concluded with the Commonwealth, which had ceased to exist. In 1667, De Witt and his partisans permanently barred the House of Orange from influence by the Perpetual Edict . However, in 1672, the States of Holland revoked the Edict and made William of Orange Stadtholder. Ironically, William III would later drive out

936-604: The Stuart King James II during the Glorious Revolution and thereby end moves in England towards absolutism . Cornelis de Graeff Cornelis de Graeff (15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664), often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime, was an influential regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam , statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of

988-749: The United Netherlands at the height of the Dutch Golden Age . He was most illustrious member of the De Graeff family, which in the Golden Age originally held political power together with the Bicker family and by marriage in Amsterdam Holland and finally the Dutch Republic. De Graeff belonged to the republican political movement also referred to as the ‘state oriented’, the Dutch States Party , as opposed to

1040-425: The ancient Amsterdammers had no habit of keeping genealogical records of their families, and knew no more of their generation than what they have learned from their fathers and grandfathers. The dates of his own family in Amsterdam do not go back very far: And first I'll start with the family de Graven from which I descended on my father's side. This is a family from Amsterdam, coming from the house 'de Keijser', that

1092-583: The capital. There they were warmly received by the then Swedish ambassador Hugo de Groot ( Latinized Hugo Grotius). In the same year the three young men returned to their home town via Flanders . In 1636 De Graeff's career began as one of the leaders ( Bewindhebber ), and later as President, of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1638 he took over his deceased father's seat in the Amsterdam Vroedschap and as his heir

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1144-702: The closeness of family affection and the mutual respect of two strong minds as De Graeff was De Witt's equal as no one else was in Dutch politics at the time. In 1653 De Graeff made Johan de Witt a ' Grand Pensionary ', a sort of chairman, of the States of Holland . Amsterdam and De Graeff were at the high point of their power and in 1656 mounted an expedition under Michiel de Ruyter to the Mediterranean Sea and - in Charles X Gustav of Sweden 's war against Poland - another under Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam to

1196-503: The courtrooms: In between, Cornelis de Graeff bought the burial place in Amsterdam's Oude Kerk for himself and his descendants. In the center of the stained glass windows of the De Graeffs' baptistery are the coats of arms of Cornelis and his wife Catharina Hooft. In 1648 Cornelis de Graeff was one of the prime movers behind the Peace of Münster . In the failed attack on Amsterdam in 1650, he realised that Andries, Cornelis and

1248-434: The family Boelens Loen , one of the oldest patrician families of Amsterdam and great-great-granddaughter of the important late medieval Amsterdam city regent and burgomaster Andries Boelens . His father was of free-thinking, republican sentiment, but also known for his obsession with fame. He was one of the leading Remonstrants and state-loving patricians, who was nevertheless not a principled anti- Orangist (supporters if

1300-452: The gentleman of Zuidpolsbroek, in nothing was to do something". In 1657, De Graeff and De Witt mediated the " Treaty of Raalte ", in which William III of Orange passed the stadholdership of Overijssel . On 25 September 1660 the States of Holland under the prime movers of De Witt, De Graeff, his younger brother Andries de Graeff and Gillis Valckenier resolved to take charge of Willem III of Oranges education to ensure he would acquire

1352-651: The impact of the Bicker [in particularly the brothers Andries and Cornelis Bicker] and the linked De Graeff family [in particularly the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff] and their missed (high) noble rank: In Florence families like Bicker and De Graeff would have been uncrowned princes. Here, in 1815, they should at least have been raised to the rank of count, but the southern Dutch nobility would not have put up with that. What you got here remained nothing half and nothing whole. Hajo Brugmans states that De Graeff's aims were nearly always administrative and political -

1404-404: The influential Amsterdam burgomasters and statesmen Andries , Cornelis , Jan Bicker who were his cousins, and burgomaster Frans Banning Cocq (captain of Rembrandt 's painting The Night Watch ), who was his brother-in-law. He was also linked to the noble family of Van Hogendorp by marriage and burgomaster Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen was his great cousin. Cornelis de Graeff said that

1456-616: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secret_Annex&oldid=871622244 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Act of Seclusion Seclusion is defined as the state of being private and away from other people. The First Stadtholderless Period had been heralded in January 1651 by States Party Regenten , among whom

1508-545: The other Bickers had to leave the vroedschap . He firced the Act of Seclusion in 1654, in which William III was excluded from the office of Stadtholder. He reached the height of his power as chairing mayor of Amsterdam, together with Johan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen . Cornelis de Graeff was brilliant not only in living languages, but also in Greek, Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic. He never went to church, but only for political reasons. It

1560-529: The peace negotiations with Spain at his side. In 1648 Cornelis de Graeff, together with his second cousin Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen initiated the construction of the new city hall on the Dam , today's Paleis op de Dam, that was inaugurated in 1655. In the Golden Age, rulership of the state was in the hands of regents and powerful merchants. Material wealth was considered God's grace and established

1612-439: The political heirs of the old regent family Boelens , whose main lineage, which had remained catholic, had died out in the male line in 1647. They had received the very significant first names Andries and Cornelis from their Boelens ancestors. As in a real dynasty, members of the two families frequently intermarried in the 17th century in order to keep their political and commercial capital together. Its great historical ancestor

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1664-419: The political settlement with the other provinces. Cornelis de Graeff was considered a prudent and skilful statesman and diplomat who was concerned about the balance between the religious and political factions and was held in high esteem by the population. His political stance was characteristic of his family: on the one hand libertine and state-minded, on the other hand, if only to a limited extent, loyal to

1716-457: The power of Amsterdam in Holland, and the power of the Republic, was only as great as their social power, including the limitation of the power of the House of Orange . One point, however, is emphasised by Brugmans - that only De Graeff (out of all Amsterdam's politicians) was ever elected grand pensionary and then entirely successful in pleasing Amsterdam. The regent 's descendant Adriaen Pauw

1768-483: The power of the estates. The model was the noble Republic of Venice , which is why they created their building based on the Venetian Doge's Palace , which was considered the republican center of the republic and the seat of the mayor, the regent. His son Jacob de Graeff laid the foundation stone together with Gerbrand Pancras, Sybrant Valckenier and Pieter Schaep. His silver shovel decorated with his coat of arms

1820-461: The regents from Holland and in particular those of Amsterdam, controlled the republic. The city was flush with self-confidence and liked to compare itself to the famous Republic of Rome. Even without a stadtholder, things seemed to be going well for the Republic and its regents both politically and economically. Cornelis de Graeff grew up in the Niezel , a small street not far from the Oude Kerk . He

1872-675: The republican-minded brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff and their cousins Andries and Cornelis Bicker , during the Grote Vergadering (Great Assembly) in The Hague , a meeting of representatives of the States of each of the United Provinces. This meeting was convened after the death of stadtholder William II on November 6, 1650, when the States of Holland decided to leave the office of Stadtholder vacant in their province. The First Anglo-Dutch War had been

1924-399: The secret clause), as had been agreed beforehand. De Witt, managed to have the act ratified only with the greatest effort. The Gedeputeerde Staten (Delegated States) of Friesland (executive of the States of Friesland ) even demanded that the conduct of the Dutch plenipotentiaries be investigated. When the Act of Seclusion shortly afterward was leaked by De Witt's clerk Van Messem, it

1976-516: The skills to serve in a future—though undetermined—state function. During the summers the family spent a lot of their time at the Palace Soestdijk , and the sons of De Graeff played with the young William - who became later King of England, Scotland and Ireland and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands - at the lake and woods at Palace Soestdijk . After the rampjaar his son Jacob sold it to stadholder William III. In 1660

2028-498: The sudden death of stadholder William II of Orange , the First Stadtholderless Period , which was promoted by De Graeff, he and his nephew Grand pensionary Johan de Witt were regarded as the leading republican protagonists. The progressive cooperation between De Graeff and his protégé De Witt was an important political axis that ordered the political system within the republic. Both belonged now to

2080-654: The taste Charles II shared with his father, Charles I , whose large collection, one of the most magnificent in Europe, had mostly been sold abroad after he was executed in 1649. The collection was given to him to mark his return to power in the English Restoration , before which Charles had spent many years in exile in the Dutch Republic during the rule of the English Commonwealth . It was intended to strengthen diplomatic relations between England and

2132-453: The time) could become a strong Dutch leader who could bring the Stuarts to whom he was closely related through his mother Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange , back on the English throne . As the other provinces would have refused to sign the treaty if they had known of the secret clause, De Witt arranged that this clause would bind only the States of Holland. The States-General of

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2184-503: The two republican and state-minded families where political power within Holland rested primarily with. In Amsterdam this lay with the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff , and in The Hague with the brothers Cornelis and Johan de Witt. Until his death in 1664, De Graeff was Amsterdam's leading politician, then the republican center of the republic. However, he not only had the interests of these in mind, but also those of Holland and

2236-401: Was Andries Boelens (1455-1519), the city's most influential medieval mayor. Both families, Bicker and De Graeff, descend in the female line from Boelens. He was allowed to hold the highest office in Amsterdam fifteen times. Cornelis de Graeff's coat of arms of origin was quartered and showed the following symbols: The personal coat of arms of Cornelis de Graeff since 1638 is quarterd with

2288-597: Was Free Lord of Zuidpolsbroek , Ambachtsheer ( Lord of the Manor ) of Sloten , Sloterdijk , Nieuwer-Amstel , Osdorp and Amstelveen and acted as President of the Dutch East Indies Company . Like his brother, Andries De Graeff, he was an art collector and patron of the arts. Cornelis de Graeff was the oldest son of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff , burgomaster of Amsterdam and Vrijheer of Zuid-Polsbroek, and his wife Aeltje Boelens Loen, member of

2340-638: Was appointed burgomaster for the first time. In the same year he was also the silent force behind the decision to get rid of Andries Bicker, who had become overpowering in the Vroedschap, by appointing him to the Council of States of Holland . Between 1645 and 1647 he was Amsterdam's Gecommitteerde Raad of the States General in The Hague . Here, De Graeff enjoyed the intimate trust of stadtholder Frederik Hendrik of Orange , who asked him to lead

2392-418: Was commonly assumed that De Witt masterminded it himself. In the 19th century, investigation of his secret correspondence appeared to show otherwise. Nowadays, different positions are taken in this matter stemming from the suspicion that De Witt may have manipulated the writings out of fear that they might fall into the wrong hands. When the English Restoration brought Charles II to the throne of England,

2444-487: Was crippled for life in the left arm by a childhood accident, as can be seen in his painting. In 1626 he undertook together with his younger brother Dirk de Graeff and Willem Nooms , Lord van Aarlanderveen (he was the father of a illegitimate daughter named Margaretha, whom he, together with Dirk's sister Wendela de Graeff had) an extensive Cavaliersreise , which took them to Paris , Orléans , Blois , Nantes , La Rochelle , Poitiers and in 1628 brought it back to

2496-472: Was excluded from the office of Stadtholder, were De Witt and his uncle Cornelis de Graeff . Then, the States of Holland debated the Act and passed it on May 4, 1654, over the opposition of the Holland ridderschap (delegates of the nobility, who had one vote in the States) and six of the cities (with one vote each). Only then did Oliver Cromwell , the English signatory to the treaty, ratify the treaty (including

2548-541: Was located at the Waeter (= now Damrak No. 91). This house shows the impression of its vaulted appearance, owned by Jan Pieters de Graeff , and then by Dirck Jans de Graeff , who also sold this house. My father Jacob de Graeff and his brothers were also born here. The De Graeff family has therefore never boasted about the age of their own family in Amsterdam. But Cornelis and his brother Andries together with their cousins Andries and Cornelis Bicker , saw themselves as

2600-481: Was lodged with the States General and with the regents of the cities in Holland. During the two decades the De Graeff family had a leading role in the Amsterdam administration, the city was at the peak of its political power. This period was also referred to by Republicans as the ‘Ware Vrijheid’ (True Freedom). It was the First Stadtholderless Period which lasted from 1650 to 1672. During these twenty years,

2652-476: Was probably due to his influence that Nieuwe Kerk was built without a tower. He was the patron of Vondel and Jan Vos and commissioned eight paintings from Govert Flinck for the city hall. Politically important as well as personally satisfying was De Graeff's ties with his niece Wendela Bicker 's husband Johan de Witt . De Witt eagerly sought De Graeff's advice and support and also enjoyed his clearness of mind and warm hospitality. Their relationship combined

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2704-538: Was the daughter of Pieter Jansz Hooft and Geertruid Overlander (1577-1653), sister of Volkert. She was family with Amsterdam burgomaster Cornelis Pietersz. Hooft and the renowned poet and writer P. C. Hooft of the Muiderslot . The couple De Graeff-Hooft had two sons: The married couple inhabited a fine building with precious woodwork, not far from the city hall, at what is now Herengracht 216. Both brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff were very critical of

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