Family tree Wallis-Gillen » Willem de Wijs (± 1540-1608)

Personal data Willem de Wijs 

  • He was born about 1540.
  • Profession: kerkemetselaar aan de Dom te Utrecht.Source 1
  • Record: Wapen.
    Gegeerd van blauw en goud. Helmteken: een uitkomende zilveren eenhoorn met gouden hoorn, manen en hoeven. Dekkleden: blauw, gevoerd van goud.
    N.B. Dit wapen werd gevoerd door Mr. Pieter de Wijs (Vc) (1676-1739) en komt voor – zonder helmteken – op een wapenkaart van de raden van het Hof van Utrecht (Rijksarchief in Utrecht).
    H.W.C. Meerburg, ‚Geslachtsregister van de familie De Wijs‘, De Nederlandsche Leeuw 80 (1963) 227-238
    Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie 26 (1972) 230.
  • He died in the year 1608.Source 1
  • He is buried on April 28, 1608 in Utrecht.
  • This information was last updated on December 20, 2023.

Household of Willem de Wijs

He is married to Neeltje Volckensdr Folcardi.

They got married on August 11, 1566 at Utrecht.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Willemssoon de Wijs  ± 1575-???? 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem de Wijs

Willem de Wijs
± 1540-1608

1566

Neeltje Volckensdr Folcardi
????-1609

Willem Willemssoon de Wijs
± 1575-????

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Sources

  1. http://www.dewijs.ch/wordpress/genealogie/
  2. https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stambos-van-wijk-soomers/I11641.php

Historical events

Day of marriage August 11, 1566

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1566: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
    • April 5 » Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

Day of burial April 28, 1608

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1608: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
    • January 17 » Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
    • March 18 » Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
    • April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
    • June 3 » Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
    • August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.

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