Cornelis Bicker
Cornelis Bicker | |
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Portrait by Govaert Flinck, 1654 | |
| Burgomaster of Amsterdam | |
| In office 1646, 1650, 1654 | |
| Preceded by | Frans Banninck Cocq |
| Succeeded by | Jan Bicker |
| Bewindhebber of the Dutch West India Company | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | States Faction |
| Spouse | Aleyd Boelens Loen |
| Relations | Andries Bicker (brother) Jan Bicker (brother) Cornelis de Graeff (cousin) Andries de Graeff (cousin and son-in-law) Cornelis Geelvinck (son-in-law) Lambert Reynst (son-in-law) Johan de Witt (nephew) |
| Children | 5, including Gerard |
| Residence(s) | Singel 130 at Amsterdam, castle Swieten |
| Occupation | Burgomaster and Landlord |
| Profession | Merchant |
Cornelis Bicker van Swieten (25 October 1592 – 15 September 1654), 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. He was schepen, hoogheemraad of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and a counsellor of the States of Holland and West Friesland at The Hague.
Cornelis Bicker, together with his brother Andries Bicker and his cousin Cornelis de Graeff, was one of the main initiators for a peace with Spain in the Eighty Years' War and for the participation of the Dutch provinces in the Peace of Münster.