Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor (born 1599)

Cornelis de Graeff

Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam (1599–1664)

Cornelis de Graeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime, was an influential regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam, statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of the United Netherlands at the height of the Dutch Golden Age.