Gillis Hooftman

Gillis Hooftman
Gillis Hooftman (left) and Margaretha van Nispen, painting by Marten de Vos
Born
Gillis Hooftman van Eyckelberg

c. 1521
Eupen, Habsburg Netherlands
Died19 January 1581 (aged 59–60)
Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands

Gillis Hooftman van Eyckelberg, (German: Ägidius Hauptmann; 1521 – 19 January 1581, Antwerp) was a Dutch merchant, trader, banker, and shipbuilder from the Duchy of Limburg. Hooftman was one of richest men of his time in the prosperous city of Antwerp, the trading center of the Spanish Netherlands.

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