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Constanti(j)n Ranst de Jonge (October 28, 1635 – January 10, 1714) was the son of Hieronimus Rans(t) (1607–1660), involved in whaling, and Barbara Carel. The origin of the family was in Bruges, but had moved to Middelburg and Amsterdam after 1585. The family lived near the port, on Oude Schans 74/76, in a house called ''The Two Tigers''. Hieronimus several children.〔(Birth certificates )〕 In 1633 he invested in digging peat near Smilde. In 1635 Rans bought property in the Schermer, when the polder was drained. In 1638 he was involved in whaling. In 1644 he owned a mansion in the Purmer.〔http://ranh.pictura-dp.nl/index.php?option=com_memorix&task=topview&Itemid=3&CollectionID=13&RecordID=238〕 In 1650 his brother-in-law Willem Boreel became ambassador in Venice.〔http://www.groenehartarchieven.nl/detail.asp?File=sdk_k1ora&DocID=32163209〕 ==Life== In 1656 Constantin married Hester Hartsinck in Batavia. In March 1659 he arrived in Cape Colony and met with Jan van Riebeeck and Johan Bax (van Herentals).〔http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/rieb001dagv02_01/rieb001dagv02_01_0011.htm〕 He was successively chief of Tonkin, 1665–1667, opperhoofd on Deshima, 1667–1668,〔(Japan and the Dutch, 1600-1853 by Grant Kohn Goodman )〕〔http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/#details?id=PA1041741〕 extraordinary council in Batavia (1668), director of Bengal (1669–1673), ordinary council (1675) in Batavia, opperhoofd in Deshima 1683-1684, and again from 1686-1687. In 1688 Jacob J. Hinlopen (1668–1698) married his daughter Hester (Bengal, 1671-Amsterdam, 1750) in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Ranst lived on Herengracht 527; the house (& seven warehouses on Prinsengracht) were inherited by his grandson Jacob J. Hinlopen. Ranst owned a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn with the adoration of the three kings. His brother Leonard was a member of the vroedschap. Ranst belonged to the 250 wealthiest families in the Netherlands during the Golden Age. He died in Amsterdam. In 1717 the mansion on Herengracht was rented out to czar Peter the Great during his 2nd visit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Constantin Ranst de Jonge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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