Background
He was the son of Adriaen van Berckenrode, a Haarlem judge and mayor, and Christina van Blanckeroort.
He was the son of Adriaen van Berckenrode, a Haarlem judge and mayor, and Christina van Blanckeroort.
He was portrayed by Frans Hals in The Banquet of the Officers of the Street George Militia Company in 1616. He died in Haarlem as the last of the Berckenrodes of castle Berckenrode and was buried in the Grote Kerk.
He became a member of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and colonel of the Saint George militia in Haarlem from 1606-1615, and colonel of the Saint Adrian militia from 1618-1621.