Michael Reyniersz Pauw
Dutch businessman
Died when: 49 years 357 days (599 months)Star Sign: Aries
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Knight Michiel Reiniersz Pauw (born 29 March 1590 – died 20th, buried 24 March 1640 at Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam was a director of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) between 1621-1636.
He grew up in Warmoesstraat in an influential Calvinist merchant family and studied law in Leiden.In 1615 Michael married Hillegonda Spiegel; in 1631 they lived at Singel 200.
His brother Adriaan Pauw (1585 - February 21, 1653 [1]) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1631 to 1636 and from 1651 to 1653, and signatory of the Peace of Münster (1648) for which he was instrumental as ambassador for Holland.
They had four brothers: Cornelis, Reynier, Pieter and Jacob.Their father, Reynier Pauw (1564–1636) was a merchant in grain and timber, one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, several times mayor of Amsterdam.
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