Lords Seventeen of the Dutch East India Company

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The Lords Seventeen of the Dutch East India Company were the powerful central governing board of directors that controlled the company’s global trade, administration, and colonial policy during the Dutch Golden Age.

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instanceOf governing board
institution of the Dutch Republic
alsoKnownAs Heren XVII NERFINISHED
Lords Seventeen NERFINISHED
appliesTo Dutch East India Company colonial administration NERFINISHED
Dutch East India Company colonial policy
Dutch East India Company global trade
appliesToTerritory Cape Colony NERFINISHED
East Asia NERFINISHED
Indian Ocean region NERFINISHED
South Asia NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
compositionRule directors apportioned among VOC chambers according to capital contribution
country Dutch Republic
dissolvedWith bankruptcy of the Dutch East India Company in 1799
employerOf Council of the Indies (VOC) NERFINISHED
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
endTime 1799
hasPart directors from Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch East India Company
directors from Delft chamber of the Dutch East India Company
directors from Enkhuizen chamber of the Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED
directors from Hoorn chamber of the Dutch East India Company
directors from Rotterdam chamber of the Dutch East India Company
directors from Zeeland chamber of the Dutch East India Company
representative of the States General of the Dutch Republic
industry Asian-European long-distance trade
maritime trade
spice trade
jurisdiction VOC possessions in Asia
VOC possessions in the Cape of Good Hope region
languageOfName Dutch
locationOfMeetings Amsterdam NERFINISHED
Middelburg NERFINISHED
The Hague NERFINISHED
mainFunction appointment of high-ranking VOC officials
approval of major voyages and expeditions
approval of treaties and agreements with Asian rulers
central decision-making for the Dutch East India Company
coordination of colonial policy
coordination of military policy in overseas territories
coordination of trade policy
oversight of company finances
numberOfMembers 17
partOf Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED
startTime 1602
subordinateTo States General of the Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
timePeriod Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED

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Jeremias van Riemsdijk appointedBy Lords Seventeen of the Dutch East India Company
Willem Arnold Alting appointedBy Lords Seventeen of the Dutch East India Company
this entity surface form: Heeren XVII of the Dutch East India Company