Volkert Overlander
Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam, Mayor of Amsterdam
About Volkert Overlander
Lived 1570 – 1630 (aged 60). Volkert Overlander was a Dutch jurist, politician, merchant, ship-owner and ambachtsheer.
Volkert Overlander (also Volcker and Volckert Overlander; 7 October 1570 – 18 October 1630) was a Dutch noble, jurist, ship-owner, merchant and an Amsterdam regent from the Dutch Golden Age.
Biography Volkert Overlander was born in Amsterdam, the son of Nicolaes Overlander († 1607) and Catharina Sijs (also: Chijs) (1536–1617. Nicolaes was a grain merchant in Amsterdam's Warmoesstraat, and in 1580 a captain in the schutterij. He studies law at the University of Leiden and finished at the University of Basel in 1595. Maria Overlander van Purmerland (1603–1678) became the wife of burgomaster Frans Banning Cocq
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Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam, Mayor of Amsterdam
When was Volkert Overlander born?
Volkert Overlander was born on 7 October 1570 in Amsterdam.
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Volkert Overlander died on 18 October 1630 in The Hague.
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Volkert Overlander was a jurist, politician, merchant, ship-owner and ambachtsheer.
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Volkert Overlander was Dutch.
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