Andries Bicker | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1642 | |
| Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam | |
| In office 1627–1649 | |
| Preceded by | Jacob Dircksz de Graeff |
| Succeeded by | Cornelis de Graeff |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | States Faction |
| Spouse | Catharina Gansneb von Tengnagel |
| Relations | Jacob Bicker (brother) Jan Bicker (brother) Cornelis Bicker (brother) Dieuwertje Bicker (older sister) |
| Residence(s) | Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Kloveniersburgwal, 's-Graveland, |
| Occupation | Regent / Mayor and Landlord of Amstelveen, Nieuwer-Amstel, Sloten, Sloterdijk, Osdorp, and Engelenburg |
| Profession | merchant, politician |
Andries Bicker (14 September 1586 – 24 June 1652) was a prominent burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam, politician and diplomat in the Dutch Republic. He was a member of the Bicker family, who governed the city of Amsterdam and with it the province of Holland for about half a century.[a] At that time, the Republic was at the height of its power.[1]
At the end of the Twelve Years' Truce he became a member of the city council and the leader of the Bickerse faction, after Reynier Pauw's political end in 1620.[1] Then the management of the Amsterdam city council fell into the hands of the tolerant Bicker and his uncle Jacob Dircksz de Graeff.[2] This also gave new impetus to the republican States faction, which had been weakened since the assassination of Land's Advocate Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.[3]
Andries Bicker was considered one of the strongest political adverseries of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange,[4] and controlled Dutch foreign policy. He, together with his brother Cornelis Bicker[5] and cousin Cornelis de Graeff, portrayed as Bicker-De Graeff league, was one of the main initiators of Peace of Münster effectively bringing an end to the Eighty Years' War.[6][7]
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- ^ a b Biography Andries Bicker at Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, Deel 10 (1937), by P.J. Blok and P.C. Molhuysen
- ^ Geschiedenis van Holland, Volume 2, Book 2, by Eelco Beukers
- ^ Jonathan I. Israel: The Dutch Republic – Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall - 1477-1806. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995, p 494. ISBN 978-0-19-820734-4
- ^ Seefahrer in schwedischen Diensten: Seeschifffahrt und Technologietransfer im 17. Jahrhundert, by Hielke van Nieuwenhuize, p 232 (2022)
- ^ Andries and Cornelis Bicker at Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid
- ^ Amsterdam: a brief life of the city. By Geert Mak, Harvill Press (1999), p 123
- ^ Buitenplaatsen in de Gouden Eeuw: De rijkdom van het buitenleven in de Republik. Herausgegeben von Y. Kuiper, Ben Olde Meierink, Elyze Storms-Smeets, p 71 (2015)