Jacob Curiel
Appearance
Jacob Curiel | |
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Knight | |
Born | 26 September 1587 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 3 April 1664 Hamburg, Germany |
Noble family | Curiel |
Father | Dr Abraham Curiel |
Occupation | merchant, diplomat |
Knight Jacob Curiel (26 September 1587 - 3 April 1664), known by his alias Duarte Nunes da Costa, was a Sephardi Jewish merchant, diplomat, and nobleman.[1][2]
Curiel was educated at the University of Coimbra and the University of Bologna. He served as Agent to the Spanish, then Portuguese, Crown in Hamburg, Germany.[3][4]
On 14 June 1641 Jacob Curiel was ennobled by Joao IV of Portugal.[5]
His son, Salomon Curiel, assumed the position of Agent of the Portuguese Crown in Hamburg after his death in 1664.
References
- ^ ISRAEL, JONATHAN I. (1987). "Duarte Nunes da Costa (Jacob Curiel), of Hamburg, Sephardi Nobleman and Communal Leader (1585-1664)". Studia Rosenthaliana. 21 (1): 14–34. ISSN 0039-3347. JSTOR 41481641.
- ^ Kaplan, Yosef (2008). The Dutch Intersection: The Jews and the Netherlands in Modern History. BRILL. ISBN 9789004149960.
- ^ "Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren". dnbl.org. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ "Jacob Curiel". www.dutchjewry.org. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ Bodian, Miriam (1999). Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253213518.