Jan Bicker

Jan Gerritsz. Bicker (1591–1653) was a merchant, mayor (burgomaster) and a member of the Bicker family, an influential patrician family of regenten from Amsterdam.

Jan Gerritsz Bicker
Schepen of Amsterdam
In office
1647–1653
Burgemeester of Amsterdam
In office
1653–1653
Personal details
Born1591
Died1653
Political partyDutch States Party

De Bickers were part of the staatsgezinde partij (the pro-republican party) and opponents of the stadtholders, who belonged to the House of Orange-Nassau. Jan Bickers son-in-law, the influential Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt practically controlled the Republic during the First Stadtholderless Period in 1650–1672.

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