Pieter Pietersz Bicker Explained

Pieter Pietersz Bicker (born 1522 in Amsterdam, died 1585 Amsterdam) was a Dutch brewer and politician.

Biography

Pieter Pietersz Bicker was the son of Pieter Gerritsz Bicker (1497–1567), Schepen of Amsterdam in 1534, and Anna Codde.^[1] His brothers were Dirk, Jan and Jacob Bicker. Pieter Gerritsz himself was a son of Machteld Pietersdr Bicker (circa 1455–1516) and Gerrit Dirkse (Helmer) van den Anxter (around 1450–1521/26)^[2] and had taken the family name Bicker from his mother, and therefore became the ancestor of the important Amsterdam patrician family Bicker.

Pieter Pietersz Bicker married to Lijsbeth Banninck [an ancestor of [[Frans Banninck Cocq]]] and had three sons with her:^[3]

• Gerrit Pietersz Bicker, (1554–1604), international trader and merchant, politician
• Jacob Pietersz Bicker (1555–1587) married Aeff Jacobsdr de Moes
  • Jacob Jacobsz Bicker (1581–1626), merchant, advisor and commissioner of Amsterdam, Heemraad van Nieuwer-Amstel^[4]
    • later noble branch of the family Bicker
• Laurens Bicker (1563–1606), traveller, Admiral, trader

His daughter Dieuwer Jacobsdr Bicker (1584-1641) came from his second marriage. She was married to Jan van Helmont and painted by Jacob Adriaensz Backer.^[5] In 1566 Pieter Pietersz Bicker was involved as Amsterdam's envoy in the trade dispute with Danzig.^[6] In 1575 he undertook a journey to Friesland. On his return to Amsterdam he was banished from the city on suspicion of being in league with the Geuzen,^[7] but was pardoned a short time later because of his confession of the King of Spain as the legitimate Count of Holland and the Catholic religion.^[8] In 1576 he worked together with Dirck Jansz Graeff as a delegate of the Dutch States General in Hamburg and Bremen, where they were able to take out a loan of 600,000 guilders for the Dutch government.^[9]

Notes

1. [Simone van der Vlugt]
2. [Johan Engelbert Elias]
3. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/elias/#page=363&accessor=accessor_index&source=1&accessor_href=accessor_index%2Findex_html%3FSearchSource%253Autf-8%253Austring%3DDe%2520Graeff%2520&size=605&view=imagePane Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 178
4. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/elias/#page=549&accessor=accessor_index&source=1&accessor_href=accessor_index%2Findex_html%3FSearchSource%253Autf-8%253Austring%3DDe%2520Graeff%2520&size=605&view=imagePane Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 359
5. ICONOGRAPHIA BATAVA BEREDENEERDE LIJST VAN GESCHILDERDE EN GEBEELDHOUWDE PORTRETTEN VAN NOORD-NEDERLANDERS IN VORIGE EEUWEN online
6. Niederländische Akten und Urkunden zur Geschichte der Hanse und zur deutschen Seegeschichte: 1558–1669. (Eingeschränkte Ansicht, books.google.at online)
7. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/elias/#page=363&accessor=accessor_index&source=1&accessor_href=accessor_index%2Findex_html%3FSearchSource%253Autf-8%253Austring%3DDe%2520Graeff%2520&size=605&view=imagePane Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, Seite 178
8. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/aa__001biog02_01/aa__001biog02_01_0708.htm#b0708 dbnl.org Biography Pieter Bicker at Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, part II
9. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu02_01/molh003nieu02_01_1038.php dbnl.org Biography Dirck Jansz Graeff at Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, part II