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About Cornelis Bicker
Cornelis Bicker van Swieten, heer (lord) van Swieten, was an Amsterdam regent of the Dutch Republic during the Golden Age. He traded in sugar, was a governor of the Dutch West India Company and director of the Wisselbank. As oneof the most influential members of the "Bickerse league" he became burgomaster and schepen of Amsterdam, hoogheemraad of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and a counsellor of the States of Holland and West Friesland at The Hague.
Everything about Cornelis Bicker →- Occupation
- regency, politician
- Position held
- mayor of Amsterdam, municipal executive of Amsterdam, mayor of Amsterdam, mayor of Amsterdam
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- Born
- October 25, 1592
- Died
- September 15, 1654