/van ren'seuh lear", ren"seuh leuhr/ ; for 1 also Du. /vahn rdden"seuh lahrdd'/
1. Kiliaen /kee"lee ahn'/ , 1595-1644, Dutch merchant: founder of Dutch West India Company 1621; large landowner in America, colonizing along the Hudson River (ancestor of Stephen Van Rensselaer).
2. Stephen ( "the Patroon" ), 1765-1839, U.S. political leader and major general.