Cornelis van Nijenrode

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Cornelis van Nijenrode, also Cornelis van Nieuwroode, was a merchant employed by the VOC. He was from 1617 till 1622 governor in Ayutthaya (Siam) and governor of the VOC-trading post in Hirado, Japan from 1623 to 1633.

Occupation: politician
Position held: Dutch Opperhoofd in Japan, Dutch Opperhoofd in Siam
Born: 1505
Died: January 31, 1633

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Cornelis van Nijenrode, also Cornelis van Nieuwroode (born Naarden; died Hirado, 31 January 1633), was governor of the VOC-trading post in Hirado, Japan, from 1623 to 1633. Cornelis arrived in Asia in 1607. He filled several posts at Dutch East India Company-trading post in Siam. In 1622, he took part in an expedition, sent from Formosa, to the coast of China. In Japan, Cornelis had a daughter, Cornelia, with a Japanese woman named Surishia. Cornelis died in 1633, just before he was about to leave for Batavia.

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Cornelis van Nijenrode

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