Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse
Governor of Zeylan
About Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse
Lived 1691 – 1755 (aged 63). Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse was a Dutch colonial administrator, seafarer, governor and commandant.
Julius Valentijn Stein van Gollenesse (17 February 1691, Groel, Sweden - 14 January 1755, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was the 27th Dutch Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 11 May 1743 and was Governor until 6 May 1751. He was succeeded by Gerard Joan Vreeland.
Stein van Gollenesse was born in Sweden into a family of Mecklenburg. In 1723 he joined the Dutch East India Company (VOC), for which he was commander of Cochin from 1734 to 1743, governor of Ceylon from 1743 until 1751, and finally director-general in Batavia from 1751 until his death.
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Governor of Zeylan
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Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse was born on 17 February 1691 in Sweden.
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Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse died on 14 January 1755 in Jakarta.
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Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse was a colonial administrator, seafarer, governor and commandant.
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Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse was Dutch.
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