Cornelis "Kees" Evertsen de Liefde (c. 1617 – 29 September 1673) was a Dutch naval commander, a role also fulfilled by his younger brother Johan de Liefde In 1644, he was a skipper on shipping between Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

During the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was made a captain of the Admiralty of the Maze on 17 March 1666.

[1] He fought in the Four Days' Battle as flag-captain to Lieutenant Admiral Aert Jansse van Nes on board the Eendragt.

He rose to schout-bij-nacht on 21 August, after commanding the Gelderland at the battle of Texel, in which he was badly wounded and in which his brother Johan was killed.

Kees married Maria Hendriks van der Lit and had five children.