HAGA, CORNELIS

(1578–1654)

Diplomat. Haga was sent by the States General as a special envoy to the Turkish court (Sublime Porte) in Istanbul in 1611. He negotiated a favorable treaty in 1612 that was an important stimulus for Holland’s commerce in the Levant, the eastern part of the Mediterranean. He advised the Amsterdam city council in founding the Directorate of Levantine Commerce. In 1645, Haga was appointed president of the High Court (Hoge Raad) in Holland and Zeeland.