Kiliaen
van Rensselaer
Alternate First Name(s)
Kiliaen
Alternate Last Name(s)
van Renselaer
Mark of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, wikimedia commons
ID
1609,000.032
Gender
Male
Birth Date
1586
Birth Location
Death Date
1643-10-07
Death Location
Occupation(s)
Ancestor Notes
A pearl and diamond merchant from Amsterdam who was amoung the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company, and thus New Netherland. He was a patroon and founded the Manor of Rensselaerswyck in the area near present day Albany.