Director-General of New Netherland

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The Director-General of New Netherland was the chief executive and administrative head of the Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America during the 17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
executive position ⓘ
government position ⓘ
appliesDuring 17th century ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Dutch colony in North America ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Hudson River valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley

parts of present-day Connecticut ⓘ
parts of present-day Delaware ⓘ
parts of present-day New Jersey ⓘ
parts of present-day New York ⓘ
appointedBy Dutch West India Company ⓘ
category Colonial governors of New Netherland ⓘ
confirmedBy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
country New Netherland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic ⓘ
dissolved 1664 ⓘ
firstHolder Cornelis May ⓘ
Cornelius Jacobsen May ⓘ
followedBy English rule over former New Netherland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver colonial council of New Netherland ⓘ
colonial officials in New Netherland ⓘ
military forces of New Netherland ⓘ
hasDuty enforce Dutch law ⓘ
implement policies of Dutch West India Company ⓘ
maintain defense of the colony ⓘ
manage relations with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
oversee colonial administration ⓘ
supervise trade and commerce ⓘ
historicalPeriod Dutch colonial era in North America ⓘ
inception 1620s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
lastHolder Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New Amsterdam ⓘ
nominatedBy Dutch West India Company directors ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Peter Minuit ⓘ
Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
Willem Kieft ⓘ
officeHolderRole administrative head of New Netherland ⓘ
chief executive of New Netherland ⓘ
officeScope civil administration ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
military command ⓘ
officialName Directeur-Generaal van Nieuw-Nederland ⓘ
partOf government of New Netherland ⓘ
replacedBy English colonial governor of New York ⓘ
residence New Amsterdam ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Fort Amsterdam ⓘ
usedBy Dutch Republic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Nicolls → officeContested → Director-General of New Netherland ⓘ
Flushing, New Netherland → governedBy → Director-General of New Netherland ⓘ
Flushing Remonstrance → addresseePosition → Director-General of New Netherland ⓘ
Pelham Bay area, New Netherland → underColonialAdministration → Directorate of New Netherland ⓘ
linked to: Director-General of New Netherland
Director-General of New Netherland → officialName → Directeur-Generaal van Nieuw-Nederland ⓘ
linked to: Director-General of New Netherland
Director-General of New Netherland → category → Colonial governors of New Netherland ⓘ
linked to: Director-General of New Netherland