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Johannes Hertenberg


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nameJohannes Hertenberg
order19th
officeGovernor of Ceylon
term_start12 January 1724
term_end19 October 1725
predecessorArnold Mold
acting governor
successorJoan Paul Schaghen
acting governor
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death_date
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|honorific-prefix = |honorific-suffix = acting governor acting governor Johannes Hertenberg (15 April 1668 in Oudkarspel – 19 October 1725 in Colombo) was the 17th commander of Dutch Malabar from 1716 to 1723 and the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death.

In 1687, Hertenberg sailed to the Dutch East Indies in the ship De Groote Vischerij as Third Surgeon. He worked his way up to upper-merchant in Makassar by 1712. Between June and September 1712 he was asked to be interim Governor of Makassar, following the death of Gerrit van Toll and until the arrival of his successor Joannes Sipman. He returned to Batavia in August 1714 as upper-merchant. In November of that year he was sent to Ceylon to become commander of Galle. In September 1716 he became commander of Malabar, in which position he generally had a good relationship with the Zamorin of Calicut. He was appointed Governor of Ceylon at the death of Isaak Augustyn Rumpf in June 1723. Jacob de Jong became commander of Malabar and Hertenberg took office in Colombo on 12 January 1724. He seemed to have good relations with the local ruler, the King of Kandy, but died within two years in office on 19 October 1725.

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  1. [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516/cu31924007648516_djvu.txt Wolfendaal "List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated"]
  2. [http://www.historici.nl/retroboeken/generalemissiven Generale missiven van gouverneurs-generaal en raden aan heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie], Volumes 6-8, Martinus Nijhoff publishers, The Hague
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