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| [[File:Coen-grave.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Plaque at Coen's gravesite, the former site of the [[Dutch Church, Batavia|Old Dutch Church of Batavia]]. Wayang Museum, Jakarta.]] | | [[File:Coen-grave.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Plaque at Coen's gravesite, the former site of the [[Dutch Church, Batavia|Old Dutch Church of Batavia]]. Wayang Museum, Jakarta.]] |
− | *''Died: [[1634]]'' | + | *''Born: [[1587]]'' |
| + | *''Died: [[1629]]'' |
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| Jan Pieterzoon Coen was a 17th century governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. | | Jan Pieterzoon Coen was a 17th century governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. |
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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]]. |
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| + | 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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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Adam Clulow, ''The Company and the Shogun'', Columbia University Press (2014), 98. | | *Adam Clulow, ''The Company and the Shogun'', Columbia University Press (2014), 98. |
| + | *Plaque on-site at Wayang Museum, Jakarta. |
| + | *Gallery labels, Jakarta History Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/40848963163/sizes/k/] |
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− | [[Category:Foreigners]] | + | [[Category:Foreigners|Coen]] |
− | [[Category:Edo Period]] | + | [[Category:Edo Period|Coen]] |
| + | [[Category:Merchants|Coen]] |