Maria de la Quellerie

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Maria de la Quellerie was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the wife of colonial administrator Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person
historical figure
human
associatedWith Dutch East India Company
founding of Cape Town
centuryOfActivity 17th century
continentOfActivity Africa
continentOfOrigin Europe
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
ethnicGroup Dutch
givenName Maria
historicalRegionAssociatedWith Cape Colony
South Africa
languageSpoken Dutch
maritalStatus married
name Maria de la Quellerie self-link
notableFor being the wife of Jan van Riebeeck
role in early Dutch Cape Colony society
placeOfActivity Cape of Good Hope
Cape Colony
surface form: Dutch Cape Colony
religion Calvinism
residence Cape Town
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Colony
surface form: Dutch Cape Colony
roleInSociety colonial settler
colonial wife
sexOrGender female
spouse Jan van Riebeeck
spouseNotableFor founder of Cape Town
spouseOccupation colonial administrator
timePeriod Age of Sail
European colonial expansion

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Maria de la Quellerie name Maria de la Quellerie self-link
Jan van Riebeeck spouse Maria de la Quellerie