Carel Reyniersz

Carel Reyniersz
Carel Reyniersz
	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
	In office; 1650–1653
Preceded by	Cornelis van der Lijn
Succeeded by	Joan Maetsuycker
Personal details
Born	1604; Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Died	1653 (aged 48–49); Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Colonial governor

Carel Reyniersz (1604–1653) was

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

from 1650 until 1653.

Reyniersz (or Reiniersz) was born in

Dutch Council of the Indies

. He returned to Amsterdam as Admiral of the returning fleet in 1638 and established himself as a merchant there. However, he lost his entire fortune, so left again, this time aboard the Salamander, for India on 24 April 1645. He arrived there on 3 December 1645. The following year, 1646, he became a full Counsellor of the Indies.

His allocated task was to carry out a new policy in the

West Ceram

, where the population would not accept the destruction of their plantations. It took until 1658 for the area to be pacified.

Four years after Reyniersz become a Counsellor, Governor-General

Seventeen Lords willingly agreed to his request, though he died before their response reached him, on the night of 18/19 May 1653. He was buried in Batavia, Dutch East Indies and was succeed as Governor-General by Joan Maetsuycker

.

Sources

Dutch site on the East India Company [1]
Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië, Part N–Soek
Putten, L. P. van, 2002. Ambitie en onvermogen: gouverneurs-generaal van Nederlands-Indië 1610–1796.
http://www.bezuidenhout.nl