Joan Maetsuycker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joan Maetsuycker

Dutch colonial governor

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1606

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1678

Profession: lawyer, colonial administrator

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Joan Maetsuycker

  • Joan Maetsuycker (14 October 1606 – 24 January 1678) was the Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1653 to 1678.
  • He was appointed as Governor of Zeylan on 24 March 1646 and was governor until 26 February 1650.
  • He was succeeded by Jacob van Kittensteyn.Maetsuycker studied law in Leuven, and was a lawyer first in The Hague, and later in Amsterdam.
  • From 1636, he lived in the Dutch East Indies.
  • In 1646 he became the third Dutch governor of Zeylan, and seven years later, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
  • He stayed on that post for 25 years, which is the longest period for any governor-general.
  • The Dutch colony in the Indies flourished under Maetsuycker.
  • Under his rule, the Portuguese lost Ceylon (1658), the coast of Coromandel (1658) and Malabar (1663); Makassar was conquered (1667), the west coast of Sumatra was occupied, and the first expedition to the interior of Java was held. In 1663 his wife, Haesje Berckmans, died.
  • In 1664, he married the 24-year-old Elisabeth Abbema, daughter of the preacher Fredericus Abbema and widow of Simon Cos, governor of Ambon.
  • In 1671 the splendour-loving Elisabeth rose some controversy when she had gold coins imported from Japan, outside the VOC.
  • Her aim was to have her brother-in-law in Suratte buy them.

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