Cooperation Genealogical Working Group and Fries Museum on De Geest family tree

The board of the Geneological Association of the Fryske Akademy is pleased to invite you
to the presentation of the Genealogical Yearbook 2024 on Saturday 30 November 2024 at the Tresoar building in Leeuwarden. Lectures will be given by:

- Gosse van der Plaats and Mieke Breij on the genealogical family tree of Simon Juckes de Geest, father of His, Gelis and Wybrand de Geest;
- Jelle Miedema on Vomelius Wommels, lord Haye Hoytez and his heirs;
- Douwe P. De Vries and Jelle de Jong on Van der Burch
- Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk on Heraldic Coat of Arms registrations.

Cooperation Fryske Akademy and Fries Museum

Especially worth highlighting is the presentation on the parentage of Simon Juckes de Geest, father of His, Gelis and painter Wybrand de Geest. A parentage is the family tree form that starts from the oldest known parents. At the request of Drs Marlies Stoter, curator of Old Art at the Fries Museum, the Genealogical Working Group set to work to produce an updated genealogical overview of Wybrand de Geest (1592-1663/1665).

The authors of the overview, Gosse van der Plaats and Mieke Breij, placed Wybrand de Geest in his family network. Van der Plaats focused on the family in Leeuwarden, Breij on the branch of Wybrand's older brother Gelis in Utrecht and on the rest of his network in the central Netherlands.

This family overview broadly covers the period from 1550 to 1750. Among other things, the research shows that Wybrand de Geest was never taught by his father, as previously assumed, and it shows the importance of his brother Gelis for his career. Gelis married in Utrecht in 1604 in a Reformed-Remonstrant milieu. He became a citizen of that city in 1605. Wybrand took his painting course in Utrecht and made important contacts there.

This family tree is the first contribution in the new Genealogysk Jierboek 2024.

Exhibition on Wybrand de Geest

From early September 2025 to March 2026, the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden will host a major exhibition on the 17th-century Frisian painter Wybrand de Geest, known for his portraits of the stadholder family, nobility and high officers.

This new genealogical overview by the Genealogical Society will be used as the basic document for the public book accompanying the exhibition, which will be written by researchers such as Prof Yme Kuiper and others.

Presentation Yearbook

The presentation of the Genealogical Yearbook on Saturday 30 November starts at 13:30 in Tresoar's Gysbert Japicxseal. Walk-in and book sales start at 13:00.

On this afternoon, you can purchase the Yearbook for €37.50. Admission to the presentation is free.

More information:

- Invitation and programme (pdf)
- Order form Genealogical Yearbook 2024 (pdf)