Geelvinck
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Geelvinck was a Dutch
surname. The family died out in the early 19th century.
Some notable members of the family include:
Dutch language
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surname. The family died out in the early 19th century.
Some notable members of the family include:
- Jan Cornelis Geelvinck, the son of a merchant in beans and peas, and involved in the West India Company. He was the first in the family who became burgomasterBurgomasterBurgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration...
or mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
in Amsterdam; - Jan Cornelis's son Cornelis GeelvinckCornelis GeelvinckCornelis Geelvinck was important in the city administration of Amsterdam that arose after stadholder William III came to power in 1672, both as administrator, and as mayor in the years 1673, 1675, 1684, 1688 and 1689.-Biography:Cornelis Geelvinck was the grandson of a peas and beans merchant who...
was also a burgomaster in Amsterdam and involved in the West India Company; - Cornelis's son Albert Geelvinck was a lawyer and involved in Surinam. He married a rich orphan: Sara Hinlopen, the daughter of Jan Jacobszoon HinlopenJan Jacobszoon HinlopenJan Jacobszoon Hinlopen was a rich Dutch cloth merchant, an officer in the civic guard, a real estate developer in the Jordaan, alderman in the city council and a keen art collector. He would have been elected as a burgomaster, if he had not died at the age of forty, an age considered acceptable...
. The Museum Geelvinck-HinlopenMuseum Geelvinck-HinlopenMuseum Geelvinck-Hinlopen is a canal-side mansion in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This patrician mansion, close to the Rembrandtplein, was built for Albert Geelvinck and Sara Hinlopen , then in an attractive and new laid-out section of the city towards the Amstel...
is named after this couple; - Cornelis's eldest son Joan Geelvinck (1644-1707)Joan Geelvinck (1644-1707)Joan Geelvinck was a Dutch merchant and politician who followed his father Cornelis and younger brother Albert on the city council of Amsterdam. In 1663 he became an ensign, in 1666 lieutenant, in 1676 captain and in 1688 colonel in the civic guard...
, a merchant and politician, who was allowed by the Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
to baptize the Geelvink, one of the three ships under the command of Willem de VlaminghWillem de VlaminghWillem Hesselsz de Vlamingh was a Dutch sea-captain who explored the central west coast of Australia in the late 17th century.- Vlamingh and the VOC :...
who had orders to explore the Australian westcoast in 1696. The Geelvink ChannelGeelvink ChannelGeelvink Channel is a feature to the east of the Houtman Abrolhos in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia. It is a feature that has whale movements and oil and gas exploration researched for effects of seismic exploration methods...
on the westcoast of Australia received its name. The Geelvink Bay, the Geelvink Islands near Western New GuineaWestern New GuineaWest Papua informally refers to the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and other smaller islands to its west. The region is officially administered as two provinces: Papua and West Papua. The eastern half of New Guinea is Papua New Guinea.The population of approximately 3 million...
were discovered in 1705. Also the East Geelvink Bay languagesEast Geelvink Bay languagesThe East Geelvink Bay or East Cenderawasih languages are a language family of a dozen Papuan languages along the eastern coast of Geelvink Bay in Indonesian Papua, which is also known as Sarera Bay or Cenderawasih....
, the Geelvink Pygmy-parrotGeelvink Pygmy-parrotThe Geelvink Pygmy Parrot, Micropsitte De Geelvink, Perruche Pygmée De Schlegel, or Microloro De Geelvink is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia...
, Geelvink Bay Flying FoxGeelvink Bay Flying FoxThe Geelvink Bay Flying Fox or Geelvink Bay Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. The name Geelvink comes from a Dutch ship and family called Geelvinck.-Source:...
and Geelvink Pigmy Tree Frog carry the name of the ship. - Joan's son Lieve GeelvinckLieve GeelvinckLieve Geelvinck was the son of Joan Geelvinck and grandson of Cornelis Geelvinck and, following them into the vroedschap, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company and member of the Council of State. He became mayor of Amsterdam for the first time in 1720...
was a burgomaster and married in 1730 the richest woman in Amsterdam. Lieve was a powerful republican; in 1734 the prince William IV of Orange and his wife Anna of HanoverAnne, Princess Royal and Princess of OrangeAnne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort, Caroline of Ansbach. She was the spouse of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands...
left the city of Amsterdam within an hour, after being received by him.
- Lieve's son, Nicolaes GeelvinckNicolaes GeelvinckNicolaes Geelvinck was lord of Castricum, Bakkum, Santpoort, Velsen, Stabroek, schepen, and owner of the country estate Akerendam-by-Beverwijk...
, married in 1729 the daughter of the richest woman in Amsterdam. He was married three times. Helped by his father-in-law, he became mayor of Amsterdam in 1748. Within a few months one third of the vroedschapVroedschapThe vroedschap was the name for the city council in the early modern Netherlands; the member of such a council was called a vroedman, literally a "wise man"...
was removed by the stadholder William IV of Orange. Geelvinck also lost his seat in the Admiralty of AmsterdamAdmiralty of AmsterdamThe Admiralty of Amsterdam was the largest of the five Dutch admiralties at the time of the Dutch Republic. The administration of the various Admiralties was strongly influenced by provincial interests...
, despite widespread expectations that he would lead reforms. Ahasuerus and Haman at the feast of EstherAhasuerus and Haman at the feast of EstherThe painting Ahasveros and Haman at the Feast of Esther is one of the few works of Rembrandt van Rijn whose complete provenance is known. The origin of the painting can be traced back to 1662, two years after its completion. -Subject:...
, a painting by Rembrandt, was given to him by his great-aunt Sara Hinlopen; - Nicolaes's son Nicolaas Geelvinck, lord of StabroekStabroekStabroek is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Hoevenen and Stabroek proper. On December 31, 2006 Stabroek had a total population of 17,618. The total area is 21.51 km² which gives a population density of 818 inhabitants per km². In...
, was an administrator of the West India Company; between 1784 and 1812 Georgetown in GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
was called Stabroek. - In 1756 Nicolaes's son Lieve married Catharina Elisabeth Hasselaer, the daughter of a diplomat. Already in 1757 he died. The widow Geelvinck was a close friend of Belle van Zuylen and James BoswellJames BoswellJames Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is best known for the biography he wrote of one of his contemporaries, the English literary figure Samuel Johnson....
, who called her "la belle veuve". - Nicolaes's son Joan Geelvinck (1737-1802)Joan Geelvinck (1737-1802)Joan Geelvinck was, in 1787, mayor of Amsterdam for scarcely 6 months. He came to offices after two Orangist mayors were ejected in a radical way. Hendrik Hooft, the father of Joan's brother-in-law, was the leader of the Amsterdam Patriots in the vroedschap....
, was a Patriot and in 1787 burgomaster for only five months. He fled to Paris and joined La FayetteGilbert du Motier, marquis de La FayetteMarie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France...
; - Joan's daughter Maria Petronella Geelvinck (1769-1831), married in 1787 Anton Tschiffely (1759-1824), until 1785 a military in Dutch service. Maria Petronella moved with him to Switzerland and took a painting with her by Gabriel MetsuGabriel MetsuGabriël Metsu was a Dutch painter of history paintings, genre works and portraits.- Life :Metsu was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu , who lived most of his days at Leiden, and Jacomijntje Garniers, his third wife, whom he married in 1625. Jacomijntje was the widow of a painter with...
. Tschiffely, since 1795 member of the from Bern city council, used the title lord of Stabroek. In 1832 the painting was sold by her inheritants to the Gemäldegalerie.