Paulus van Rhoo
1695 - 1695
After
Gerrit de Heere
1697 - 1702
After
Cornelis Joan Simons
1703 - 1707
 
Gerrit de Heere

Dutch Governors | Dutch - (1697 - 1702)



Gerrit Jansz de Heere (1 March 1657, Amsterdam – 26 November 1702, Colombo) was the Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch colonial period.
 
De Heere was the son of Johan Gerritsz de Heere and Marritje Gerrits.[1] In 1693/1694 he was Opperhoofd at Dejima, after which he became top merchant (opperkoopman) in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. There, in 1695, he married the 26-year younger Johanna Maria van Riebeeck (1679-1759), daughter of Abraham van Riebeeck and granddaughter of Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town.[1] De Heere was appointed Governor of Ceylon in 22 February 1697 which he remained until his death on 26 November 1702. He was succeeded by Cornelis Joannes Simonszoon.
 
 
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