Jacob Boreel
{{Short description|Dutch diplomat and politician (1630–1697)}}{{Infobox person
| image = Jacob Boreel (1630-1697), attributed to Arnold Boonen.jpg
| caption = Portrait of Boreel by Arnold Boonen
| birth_date = 1 April 1630
| birth_place = Amsterdam
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1697|09|21|1630|04|01|df=y}}
| death_place = Velsen
| family = Boreel
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Jacob Boreel (1 April 1630, in Amsterdam{{cite book |last1=Molhuysen |first1=Philip Christiaan |title=Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek |date=1927 |publisher=A. W. Sijthoff's uitgevers-maatschappij |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmxmAAAAMAAJ&dq=Jacob+Boreel+%221+april+1630%22&pg=PA177 |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=nl}} – 21 August 1697, in Velsen{{cite book |last1=Moes |first1=Ernst Wilhelm |title=Nederlandsche kasteelen en hun historie |date=1915 |publisher=Elsevier |page=251 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnpZAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jacob+Boreel+%2221+augustus+1697%22+velsen&pg=PA251 |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=nl}}) was a dutch ambassador in France, sheriff and burgomaster of Amsterdam in 1696. He Held the titles knight and Vrijheer of Duinbeek, Westhoven, Sint Aecht und Meerestein.
Life
Jacob Boreel was a scion of the Boreel family. His parents were the Dutch Diplomat and English peer Willem Boreel and Jacoba Carel (1607–1657).{{cite book |title=Zelandia illustrata: verzameling van kaarten, portretten, platen, enz., betreffende de oudheid en geschiedenis van Zeeland, toebehoorende aan het Zeeuwsch genootschap der wetenschappen |date=1866 |publisher=J.C. & W. Altorffer |page=757 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5kBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jacob+Boreel+%22jacoba+carels%22&pg=PA757 |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=nl}} Between 1664 and 1665 he travelled through Russia with his friend Nicolaes Witsen.{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Peter |title=Venice and Amsterdam: A Study of Seventeenth-century Élites |date=1974 |publisher=Temple Smith |isbn=978-0-85117-052-7 |page=100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43rkAAAAIAAJ&q=Jacob+Boreel+%221664%22+Witsen |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Klein |first1=Denise |title=The Crimean Khanate Between East and West (15th-18th Century) |date=2012 |publisher=Harrassowitz |isbn=978-3-447-06705-8 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcYec6Fy96IC&q=Jacob+Boreel+%221665%22+Witsen |access-date=22 October 2024 |language=en}} In 1679, he became the ambassador in Paris. He is remembered in Velsen as the owner of the buitenplaats called Beeckestijn, who financed improvements to the house and gardens to the design that has been kept up until today.
In 1690, as a sheriff he was involved in a case with Romeyn de Hooghe. On the day before the mayors were appointed, the house of Boreel on 507 Herengracht was attacked by the mob. All the furniture, mirrors and expensive porcelain were destroyed, taken home, or thrown into the canal. Boreel, overweight and unwell, had to flee over the neighbor's fence.
Boreel had been in contact with persons of the Dutch Golden Age like Johan de Witt, Christiaan Huygens and Pieter de Graeff.
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External links
- [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/online-mss-catalogues/cats/port_1stearl8cat.html Nottingham University manuscript catalogue] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Diplomats for the Dutch Republic
Category:Ambassadors to France
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