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Andries Boelens
Andries Boelens (Amsterdam, 1455 – there, 1519), also: Boelenz, Boelensz., Andries Boel Dircksz. or Andries Boelen Dircksz, was an alderman and mayor of Amsterdam. In the period from 1496 to 1517 he was mayor fifteen times. The term of his office is the first to be characterized as a period with a rather closed government elite. Because of this he was one of the founders of the Amsterdam oligarchy. Boelens is considered the progenitor of the Amsterdam regents of the Dutch Golden Age such as the De Graeff and Bicker families who largely claimed descent and their political legality from him.
Andries Boelens was the most illustrious member of the Boelens, a wealthy and important patrician family of Amsterdam. He was the son of Boel Dirck Boelens, who was mayor of Amsterdam from 1470 and died there in 1483, and Lijsbeth (Elisabeth) Allertsdr, died 1 September 1482. Andries' grandfather Dirck Boelens was mayor of Amsterdam three times, in 1447, 1453 and 1457. On his death he left his family large estates in the Amsterdam area, three houses in the city and a significant sum of money.
Andries Boelens married Maria Jansdr Beth, daughter of longtime mayor Jan Jansz Beth. With her he had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. His daughter Geertruyd married Jan Martsz Merens (b. 1480). His daughter Lijsbeth was the wife of Cornelis Hendricksz Loen (1481–1547), who was mayor of Amsterdam three times between 1529 and 1533. This couple founded the Boelens Loen family line, from which several mayors of the city also emerged.
When Andries Boelens died in 1519, he left his son Albert Andriesz Boelens († 1551), mayor of Amsterdam nine times between 1520 and 1537, a fortune of 14,355 guilders, lands, ships and a house in Amsterdam. On 29 June 1525 Andries Boelen's wife Maria also died in Amsterdam.
Andries Boelens held the office of mayor of Amsterdam in the years 1496–1497, 1499, 1501–1502, 1504–1505, 1507–1510, 1512, 1514-1515 and 1517. In 1500 and 1503 he was a thesaurier ordinaris (treasurer) the city. He was supported by two brothers-in-law, Ruysch Jan Bethz and Floris Jansz den Otter, who were elected mayor twelve and thirteen times respectively.
Andries Boelens was therefore an important person in the politics of Amsterdam, but also the paterfamilias of the Boelens family, one of the most important families in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. He also represents another phenomenon in Amsterdam politics: if one of the first long-serving mayors, he co-founded an Amsterdam oligarchy, which ruled the town hall until 1795.
However, hardly anything is known about the significance of Andries Boelens for the city Amsterdam. Jan van Wieringen Ghijsbertsz believes in his study of the Boelens family that Andries has the right to wear the imperial crown on the coat of arms of Amsterdam obtained, because 'he lent to Emperor Maximilian, a good sum of gelts, by which he received des Emperor's favour, and for the City of Amsterdam, obtained the keyserlijcke crown on her weapons'. However, there is no evidence whatsoever of lending money to Maximilian of Austria by Boelens, let alone that Amsterdam has obtained the imperial crown at his Handys. The Dutch poet and writer Joost van den Vondel is the first to speak about the prestigious gift, which does not mean that his statements are wrong, but that no evidence has been found (yet) to support his claim.
The eminent mayors of the Dutch Golden Age, Cornelis (1599-1664) and Andries de Graeff (1611-1678) and their cousins Andries (1586-1652) and Cornelis Bicker (1592-1654), saw themselves as 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 was Andries Boelens, the city's most influential medieval mayor. Both families, Bicker and De Graeff, descend in the female line from Boelens.
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Andries Boelens
Andries Boelens (Amsterdam, 1455 – there, 1519), also: Boelenz, Boelensz., Andries Boel Dircksz. or Andries Boelen Dircksz, was an alderman and mayor of Amsterdam. In the period from 1496 to 1517 he was mayor fifteen times. The term of his office is the first to be characterized as a period with a rather closed government elite. Because of this he was one of the founders of the Amsterdam oligarchy. Boelens is considered the progenitor of the Amsterdam regents of the Dutch Golden Age such as the De Graeff and Bicker families who largely claimed descent and their political legality from him.
Andries Boelens was the most illustrious member of the Boelens, a wealthy and important patrician family of Amsterdam. He was the son of Boel Dirck Boelens, who was mayor of Amsterdam from 1470 and died there in 1483, and Lijsbeth (Elisabeth) Allertsdr, died 1 September 1482. Andries' grandfather Dirck Boelens was mayor of Amsterdam three times, in 1447, 1453 and 1457. On his death he left his family large estates in the Amsterdam area, three houses in the city and a significant sum of money.
Andries Boelens married Maria Jansdr Beth, daughter of longtime mayor Jan Jansz Beth. With her he had eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. His daughter Geertruyd married Jan Martsz Merens (b. 1480). His daughter Lijsbeth was the wife of Cornelis Hendricksz Loen (1481–1547), who was mayor of Amsterdam three times between 1529 and 1533. This couple founded the Boelens Loen family line, from which several mayors of the city also emerged.
When Andries Boelens died in 1519, he left his son Albert Andriesz Boelens († 1551), mayor of Amsterdam nine times between 1520 and 1537, a fortune of 14,355 guilders, lands, ships and a house in Amsterdam. On 29 June 1525 Andries Boelen's wife Maria also died in Amsterdam.
Andries Boelens held the office of mayor of Amsterdam in the years 1496–1497, 1499, 1501–1502, 1504–1505, 1507–1510, 1512, 1514-1515 and 1517. In 1500 and 1503 he was a thesaurier ordinaris (treasurer) the city. He was supported by two brothers-in-law, Ruysch Jan Bethz and Floris Jansz den Otter, who were elected mayor twelve and thirteen times respectively.
Andries Boelens was therefore an important person in the politics of Amsterdam, but also the paterfamilias of the Boelens family, one of the most important families in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. He also represents another phenomenon in Amsterdam politics: if one of the first long-serving mayors, he co-founded an Amsterdam oligarchy, which ruled the town hall until 1795.
However, hardly anything is known about the significance of Andries Boelens for the city Amsterdam. Jan van Wieringen Ghijsbertsz believes in his study of the Boelens family that Andries has the right to wear the imperial crown on the coat of arms of Amsterdam obtained, because 'he lent to Emperor Maximilian, a good sum of gelts, by which he received des Emperor's favour, and for the City of Amsterdam, obtained the keyserlijcke crown on her weapons'. However, there is no evidence whatsoever of lending money to Maximilian of Austria by Boelens, let alone that Amsterdam has obtained the imperial crown at his Handys. The Dutch poet and writer Joost van den Vondel is the first to speak about the prestigious gift, which does not mean that his statements are wrong, but that no evidence has been found (yet) to support his claim.
The eminent mayors of the Dutch Golden Age, Cornelis (1599-1664) and Andries de Graeff (1611-1678) and their cousins Andries (1586-1652) and Cornelis Bicker (1592-1654), saw themselves as 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 was Andries Boelens, the city's most influential medieval mayor. Both families, Bicker and De Graeff, descend in the female line from Boelens.
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