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Following a failed diplomatic mission to [[Edo]] led by [[Pieter Nuyts]] in [[1627]], Coen attempted to reconfigure Company diplomatic efforts. He reportedly thought, if the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] had rejected embassies from Batavia, refusing to recognize the Company as a sovereign entity or legitimate diplomatic partner, perhaps letters sent in the name of the "King of Holland" would garner a better response. However, Coen died before he was able to undertake this effort. He was succeeded as governor-general of Batavia by [[Jacques Specx]], who had previously been the Company's first factor (''opperhoofd'') at [[Hirado]].
Following a failed diplomatic mission to [[Edo]] led by [[Pieter Nuyts]] in [[1627]], Coen attempted to reconfigure Company diplomatic efforts. He reportedly thought, if the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] had rejected embassies from Batavia, refusing to recognize the Company as a sovereign entity or legitimate diplomatic partner, perhaps letters sent in the name of the "King of Holland" would garner a better response. However, Coen died before he was able to undertake this effort. He was succeeded as governor-general of Batavia by [[Jacques Specx]], who had previously been the Company's first factor (''opperhoofd'') at [[Hirado]].
Following his death in [[1629]], Coen was initially buried at the Batavia City Hall; in [[1634]], his remains were relocated to the nearby [[Dutch Church, Batavia|Old Dutch Church]].
Following his death in [[1629]], Coen was initially buried at the Batavia City Hall; in [[1634]], his remains were relocated to the nearby [[Dutch Church, Batavia|Old Dutch Church]]. According to some accounts, his remains were later moved yet again, by angry Indonesians or otherwise, to an unmarked burial at a new, unknown, location.
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*Gallery labels, Jakarta History Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/40848963163/sizes/k/]
*Gallery labels, Jakarta History Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/40848963163/sizes/k/]
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