Van Rensselaer family

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The Van Rensselaer family was a powerful and wealthy Dutch-descended landowning dynasty in colonial and early New York, best known for controlling the vast Rensselaerswyck manor along the Hudson River.

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Label Occurrences
Van Rensselaer family canonical 19
Rensselaer family 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch-American family ⓘ
landowning dynasty ⓘ
manorial estate ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
patroonship ⓘ
politician ⓘ
tenant uprising ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic ⓘ
declineOfPower mid-19th century ⓘ
economicActivity land leasing ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
estate Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Dutch ⓘ
foundingMember Kiliaen van Rensselaer ⓘ
heritageSite Van Rensselaer Manor House ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial America ⓘ
early United States ⓘ
involvedIn Anti-Rent War ⓘ
linked to: Anti‑Rent War
landowner Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn New Netherland ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay New York State ⓘ
mainIssue manorial land tenure in New York ⓘ
notableFor control of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
influence in early New York politics ⓘ
large landholdings in colonial New York ⓘ
last patroon of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
wealth and social prominence ⓘ
notableMember Stephen Van Rensselaer III ⓘ
occupation diamond merchant ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
patroon ⓘ
politicalInfluence New York colonial government ⓘ
State of New York politics ⓘ
positionHeld Lieutenant Governor of New York ⓘ
U.S. Representative from New York ⓘ
region Albany, New York area ⓘ
Hudson River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley
relatedFamily Livingston family ⓘ
Schuyler family ⓘ
religion Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
roleIn founder of the Van Rensselaer family in America ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy of New York ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ
titleHeld lord of the manor of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
patroon of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philipse family → relatedFamily → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Rensselaer, New York → namedAfter → Rensselaer family ⓘ
linked to: Van Rensselaer family
Catherine Van Rensselaer → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler → notableFamilyConnection → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Margarita Schuyler → notableFamily → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
subject linked to: Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler
Schuyler family → connectedToFamily → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Kiliaen van Rensselaer → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Rensselaerswyck → landowner → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
subject linked to: Van Rensselaer family
Rensselaerswyck → governingFamily → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Cornelia Paterson → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Livingston family of New York → intermarriedWith → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Henry van Rensselaer → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Henry van Rensselaer → notableFamily → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Van Rensselaer → hasFamilyName → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Catherine Schuyler → notableFamily → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Gertrude Schuyler → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Gertrude Schuyler → connectedTo → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Cortlandt Schuyler → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Cortlandt Schuyler → descendedFrom → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ
Jeremiah Schuyler → memberOf → Van Rensselaer family ⓘ