Joan Geelvinck (1737-1802)
Encyclopedia
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
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Orangism (Netherlands)
Orangism is a monarchist political support for the House of Orange-Nassau as monarchy of the Netherlands. It played a significant role in the political history of the Netherlands since the Dutch revolt...
mayors were ejected in a radical way. Hendrik Hooft, the father of Joan's brother-in-law, was the leader of the Amsterdam Patriots
Patriots (faction)
The Patriots were a political faction in the Dutch Republic in the second half of the 18th century. They were led by Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, gaining power from November 1782....
in the vroedschap
Vroedschap
The 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"...
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