The Dutch, in this coordinated by Cornelis and Andries de Graeff, tried to placate the king with prodigious gifts, such as the Dutch Gift of 1660.

When Andries Bicker and Cornelis de Graeff, the great regents of the city of Amsterdam refused some mayors he appointed, he besieged Amsterdam.

Hooft was also the uncle of Cornelis and Andries de Graeff.

From 1660 to 1792 Urk and Emmeloord belonged to the municipality of Amsterdam, and ruled from 1660 to 1672 / 1678 by Andries de Graeff.

In 1650 William II became involved in a bitter quarrel with the province of Holland and the powerful regents of Amsterdam, like Andries Bicker and his cousin Cornelis de Graeff over troop reduction following the Treaty of Münster.

He was already well-known even then in the patrician circles over which the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff and the alderman Jan Six presided ; he was on terms of intimacy with the poet Vondel and the treasurer Uitenbogaard.

* Andries de Witt ( 1573 – 1637 ), Grand Pensionary of Holland

De Witt became a relative to the strong republican-minded brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff, and to Andries Bicker.

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 William's education to ensure he would acquire the skills to serve in a future — though undetermined — state function.

This edict was added by Gaspar Fagel, then Pensionary of Haarlem, Gillis Valckenier and Free Imperial Knight Andries de Graeff, two prominent Amsterdam regents, which abolished the stadtholderate in Holland " for ever ".

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Young stars such as Jacque de Swart, Andries van der Merwe ( junior 110m hurdles champion of the world ) and Gerhard de Beer ( Junior Championship Bronze Medalist ).

Apart from his three sons, he had several apprentices: Michiel Verstylen, Alexander Coosemans, Thomas de Klerck, Lenaert Rougghe, Theodor Aenvanck, Andries Benedetti, Elias van den Broeck, Jacob Marrel, Hendrik Schoock and Abraham Mignon.

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He was the son of Jacob de Witt and the older brother of Johan, and also a close relative to the great Dutch regents Cornelis and his brother Andries de Graeff and their cousin Andries Bicker.

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* Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff

* Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff

By 1648 large areas of the Southern Netherlands had been lost to France and despite many military successes Andries Bicker, Cornelis de Graeff and many others wanted to sue for peace.

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More and more farmers settled here during the mid to late 1800, such as the families of Abram Swanepoel, Abram de Villiers, Karel Weyer, Hans de Beer, the Oosthuizens, Van den Bergs, Krugers, Ludicks, Redelinghuys ', Pretorius ', Steinmans, Sneyders ', Viljoens.

* Andries Pretorius

* 1838 – Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza ( Nzobo ) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Pretoria is named after Andries Pretorius.

Statue of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) in Pretoria

Pretoria itself was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius.

Andries Pretorius also negotiated the Sand River Convention ( 1852 ), in which Britain acknowledged the independence of the Transvaal.

The first president of the South African Republic was Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, elected in 1857, son of the famous Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, who commanded the Boers to victory at the Battle of Blood River.

These were joined in 1848 by Andries W. J. Pretorius, who became commandant of the Potchefstroom settlers.

On the death of Andries Pretorius his son Marthinus W. Pretorius ( q. v.

The Great Trek consisted of a number of mass movements under a number of different leaders including Louis Tregardt, Hendrik Potgieter, Sarel Cilliers, Pieter Uys, Gerrit Maritz, Piet Retief and Andries Pretorius.

Andries Pretorius filled the leadership vacuum hoping to enter into negotiations for peace if Dingane would restore the land he had granted to Retief.

Pretoria was named after the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius.

The justness of Sir Harry Smith's measures and his popularity among the Boers gained for his policy considerable support, but the republican party, at whose head was Andries Pretorius, did not submit without a struggle.

On December 16, 1838 a 470-strong force of Andries Pretorius confronted about 12, 000 Zulu at prepared positions.

After Andries Pretorius was recruited to fill the leadership vacuum created by the deaths of Piet Retief and Gerhard Maritz, he initially offered to negotiate for peace with Dingane if he were to restore the land he had initially offered to Retief.

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa.

Statue of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) in Pretoria

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