Jacob van den Eynde, Governor of Woerden

Jhr. Jacob van den Eynde (early 16th century – 1629

Van den Eynde was a learned man, who wrote poetry in Latin. Van den Eynde lived to a "very old age,"

Coat of arms Van den Eynde is the first known person with this family name to use a coat of arms with three ducks; argent on field of blue (in blauw drie eendjes van zilver). The Van den Eynde coat of arms was made famous on an international level by two Antwerp-born Van den Eyndes who moved to Italy, Jan and Ferdinand. François Duquesnoy executed an epitaph to the latter in Rome. He included the family's coat of arms in the monument.