Joan Maetsuycker

Joan Maetsuycker (14 October 1606, Amsterdam – 24 January 1678, Batavia) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1653 to 1678.

Maetsuycker studied law in Leuven, and was a lawyer first in The Hague, and later in Amsterdam. From 1636, he lived in the Dutch East Indies. In 1646 he became the first Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon, and seven years later, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He stayed on that post for 25 years, which is the longest period for any Governor-General. The Dutch colony in the Indies flourished under Maetsuycker. Under his rule, the Portuguese lost Ceylon (1658), the coast of Coromandel (1658) and Malabar (1663); Makassar was conquered (1667), the west coast of Sumatra was occupied, and the first expedition to the interior of Java was held.

Government offices
Preceded by
Carel Reyniersz		 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
1653–1678		 Succeeded by
Rijckloff van Goens
Government offices
Preceded by
Jan Thijssens Payart		 Dutch governors of Zeylan
1646–1650		 Succeeded by
Jacob van Kittensteyn
←Governors of Zeylan→
  • Coster
  • Payart
  • Maetsuycker
  • van Kittensteyn
  • van der Meyden
  • van Goens
  • van der Meyden
  • van Goens
  • Hustaert
  • van Goens
  • van Goens de jonge
  • Peil
  • van Rhee
  • van Rhoo
  • de Heere
  • Simonszoon
  • Bekker
  • Rumpf
  • Mold
  • Hertenberg
  • Schagen
  • Vuyst
  • Versluys
  • Woutersz
  • Pielaat
  • van Domburg
  • Maccare
  • van Imhoff
  • Bruyninck
  • Overbeek
  • van Gollenesse
  • Vreeland
  • de Jong
  • Loten
  • Schreuder
  • van Eck
  • Mooyart
  • Falck
  • Hughes
  • Saint
  • van de Graaf
  • van Angelbeek
  • Agnew*
  • Stewart*
  • Doyle*
  • Bonnevaux*
  • de Meuron*
  • Andrews**
Acting, *Military Governors, **Resident of Zeylan.
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Name Maetsuycker, Joan
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Date of birth 14 October 1606
Place of birth
Date of death 24 January 1678
Place of death


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