Samuel Pallache

Samuel Pallache
Borncirca 1550
Fez, Morocco
Died4 February 1616
The Hague, Netherlands
Burial placeBeth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
Other namesalternative spellings of surname: Palache, Palacio, Palatio, Palachio, Palazzo[1]
Years active1580s – 1616 (death)
Known forMoroccan-Dutch trade agreement (1608)
Notable workfirst Portuguese minyan Amsterdam[2]
Criminal chargePiracy
Criminal penaltyCase dismissed
SpouseReina (Hebrew Malca)
ChildrenIsaac (and Jacob/Carlos)
Parent(s)Isaac Pallache, rabbi
RelativesJoseph Pallache (brother) and nephews Isaac, Joshua, David, Moses, Abraham
FamilyPallache family

Samuel Pallache (Arabic: صامويل آل بالاتش, Samuil al-Baylash, Hebrew: שמואל פלאצ'ה, Shmuel Palache, c. 1550 – 4 February 1616) was a Jewish Moroccan merchant, diplomat, and pirate of the Pallache family, who, as envoy, concluded a treaty with the Dutch Republic in 1608.[1] [3]His antecedents fled to Morocco during the Reconquista. Appointed as an agent under the Saadi Sultan Zidan Abu Maali, Pallache traveled to the newly-independent Dutch Republic to discuss diplomatic terms with the Dutch against their mutual enemy, the Spanish. He died in the Netherlands, brought there due to the intervention of his ally, Maurice of Nassau, who helped him when he was arrested by the Spanish.[3]

  1. ^ a b García-Arenal, Mercedes; Wiegers, Gerard (2007). A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 12 (background, surname), 101–127 (descendants). doi:10.1353/book.14092. ISBN 9780801895838.
  2. ^ Kurlansky, Mark (2008). A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry. New York: Random House. p. 82. ISBN 9780307482891. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b ushi (2018-03-13). "Samuel Pallache - The Famous Jewish Pirate". Museum of the Jewish People. Retrieved 2024-01-03.