Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen

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governor human military commander nobleman patron of science patron of the arts

Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen was a 17th-century German-Dutch nobleman and military commander best known for his enlightened but expansionist rule over Dutch Brazil and his patronage of science and the arts.

Aliases (2)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governor → human → military commander → nobleman → patron of science → patron of the arts →
citizenship	Dutch Republic → Holy Roman Empire →
countryOfBirth	Holy Roman Empire →
dateOfBirth	1604-06-17 →
dateOfDeath	1679-12-20 →
employer	Dutch Republic → Dutch West India Company →
familyName	van Nassau-Siegen →
father	John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen →
givenName	Johan →
hasWorkOfArtNamedAfter	Mauritshuis →
involvedIn	Atlantic slave trade through Dutch Brazil administration →
knownFor	governorship of Dutch Brazil → military leadership in the Dutch army → patronage of science and the arts → urban planning in Recife and Mauritsstad →
memberOf	House of Nassau-Siegen →
militaryRank	field marshal →
mother	Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg →
nobleFamily	House of Nassau →
notableWork	construction of Vrijburg Palace in Recife → patronage of scientific expeditions in Brazil → urban development of Mauritsstad (Recife) →
participatedIn	Dutch-Portuguese War in Brazil → Eighty Years' War →
placeOfBirth	Dillenburg →
placeOfDeath	Bergedorf →
positionHeld	Field Marshal of the Dutch States Army → Prince of Nassau-Siegen → Stadtholder of Cleves → Stadtholder of East Frisia → Stadtholder of Kniphausen → Stadtholder of Lingen → Stadtholder of Mark → Stadtholder of Meppen → Stadtholder of Minden → Stadtholder of Ravensberg → governor of Dutch Brazil →
religion	Calvinism →
residence	Cleves → Recife → The Hague →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Countess Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg →
title	Count of Nassau-Siegen → Prince of Nassau-Siegen →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dutch West India Company → New Holland ("John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen") →	notableGovernor
Jan de Baen →	depicted
Dutch Brazil ("John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen") →	headOfGovernment
States Army of the Dutch Republic ("John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen") →	notableCommander
New Holland ("John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen") →	ruledBy
Dutch Brazil ("John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen") →	ruler