Wouter van Twiller

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Wouter van Twiller was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who served as Director-General of New Netherland for the Dutch West India Company.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial administrator
human
politician
appointedBy Dutch West India Company
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth 1606
dateOfDeath 1654
educatedAt University of Leiden
employer Dutch West India Company
endTime 1638 as Director-General of New Netherland
ethnicGroup Dutch
fieldOfWork colonial administration
trade and commerce
genre colonial governance
hasHonorificPrefix Director-General
knownFor early governance of New Netherland
land acquisitions in New Netherland
memberOf Dutch Reformed Church
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableEvent conflict with English over Fort Good Hope
construction and expansion of Fort Amsterdam
dispute with David Pietersz. de Vries
purchase of additional lands on Manhattan Island
notableWork administration of New Netherland
occupation Peter Stuyvesant
surface form: Director-General of New Netherland

colonial administrator
partOf Dutch colonial empire
placeOfBirth Dutch Republic
Gelderland
Nijkerk (partly)
surface form: Nijkerk
placeOfDeath Amsterdam
Dutch Republic
positionHeld Peter Stuyvesant
surface form: Director-General of New Netherland

governor of New Netherland
relative Kiliaen van Rensselaer
religion Calvinism
replacedBy Willem Kieft
replaces Peter Minuit
residence Amsterdam
Manhattan
surface form: New Amsterdam

New Netherland
saidToBeTheSameAs Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland
startTime 1633 as Director-General of New Netherland
workLocation Manhattan
surface form: New Amsterdam

New Netherland

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Willem Kieft predecessor Wouter van Twiller