Pieter Pietersz Bicker

Pieter Pietersz Bicker (Dutch pronunciation: [pitɛr pitɛrsz bɪkɛr]) (born 1522 in Amsterdam, died 1585 Amsterdam) was a Dutch brewer and politician.

Pieter Pietersz Bicker married to Lijsbeth Banninck [an ancestor of Frans Banninck Cocq] and had three sons with her:[3] His daughter Dieuwer Jacobsdr Bicker (1584-1641) came from his second marriage.

She was married to Jan van Helmont and painted by Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

[5] In 1566 Pieter Pietersz Bicker was involved as Amsterdam's envoy in the trade dispute with Danzig.

On his return to Amsterdam he was banished from the city on suspicion of being in league with the Geuzen,[7] but was pardoned a short time later because of his confession of the King of Spain as the legitimate Count of Holland and the Catholic religion.