John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

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Dutch person German person colonial governor human military commander nobleman patron of the arts

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen was a 17th-century German-Dutch nobleman, military commander, and colonial governor of Dutch Brazil who became a prominent patron of the arts and architecture.

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Label	Occurrences
John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen	7
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen canonical	3
Count John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch person ⓘ German person ⓘ colonial governor ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ nobleman ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ
associatedWith	Dutch West India Company ⓘ
birthDate	1604-06-17 ⓘ
birthPlace	County of Nassau ⓘ Dillenburg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	1679-12-20 ⓘ
deathPlace	Bergedorf ⓘ
endTime	1644 ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork	art patronage ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ military leadership ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
governedTerritory	Dutch Brazil ⓘ Dutch Brazil ⓘ surface form: New Holland (Dutch Brazil)
memberOf	Order of Saint John ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
militaryConflict	Eighty Years' War ⓘ Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
militaryRank	field marshal ⓘ
name	Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen ⓘ John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen self-link ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Nassau ⓘ
notableAchievement	expanded and consolidated Dutch control in northeastern Brazil ⓘ promoted religious tolerance in Dutch Brazil ⓘ
notableProject	Mauritshuis ⓘ surface form: Mauritshuis in The Hague
notableWork	development of Mauritsstad (Recife) as capital of Dutch Brazil ⓘ
patronOf	Albert Eckhout ⓘ Caspar Barlaeus ⓘ Frans Post ⓘ architectural projects in The Hague ⓘ
positionHeld	Field Marshal of the Dutch States Army ⓘ Stadtholder of Cleves ⓘ Stadtholder of Mark ⓘ Stadtholder of Ravensberg ⓘ governor of Dutch Brazil ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ
residence	Mauritshuis ⓘ
startTime	1637 ⓘ
title	Prince of Nassau-Siegen ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauritshuis → originalOwner → John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ⓘ

Mauritshuis → namedAfter → John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ⓘ

County of Nassau-Siegen → hasNotableRuler → John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ⓘ