Willem (Wilhelm) Kieft, reproduction of a painting
6th Director of New Netherland
In office 1638–1647
Preceded by
Wouter van Twiller
Succeeded by
Peter Stuyvesant
Personal details
Born
September 1597 Amsterdam
Died
September 27, 1647(1647-09-27) (aged 49–50) Princess Amelia, near Swansea, Wales
Signature
New Netherland series
Exploration
Fortifications:
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Nassau (North)
Fort Orange
Fort Nassau (South)
Fort Goede Hoop
De Wal
Fort Casimir
Fort Altena
Fort Wilhelmus
Fort Beversreede
Fort Nya Korsholm
De Rondout
Settlements:
Noten Eylandt
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rensselaerswijck
Nieuw Haarlem
Beverwijck
Wiltwijk
Bergen
Pavonia
Vriessendael
Achter Col
Vlissingen
Oude Dorpe
Colen Donck
Greenwich
Heemstede
Rustdorp
Gravesende
Breuckelen
Nieuw Amersfoort
Midwout
Nieuw Utrecht
Boswijk
Swaanendael
Nieuw Amstel
Nieuw Dorp
The Patroon System
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620–25)
Willem Verhulst (1625–26)
Peter Minuit (1626–32)
Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33)
Wouter van Twiller (1633–38)
Willem Kieft (1638–47)
Peter Stuyvesant (1647–64)
People of New Netherland
New Netherlander
Twelve Men
Eight Men
Nine Men
Flushing Remonstrance
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Willem Kieft, also Wilhelm Kieft, (September 1597 – September 27, 1647) was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam was the capital) from 1638 to 1647.
WillemKieft, also Wilhelm Kieft, (September 1597 – September 27, 1647) was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam...
Willem Cornelis Nicolaas "Wim" Kieft (born 12 November 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Kieft went into...
citizens chosen by the residents of New Netherland to advise Director WillemKieft, on relations with the Native Americans in the wake of the murder of...
A year later, in May 1645, he was selected by the company to replace WillemKieft as Director-General of the New Netherland colony, including New Amsterdam...
Mey—1624-1625 Willem Verhulst—1625-1626 Peter Minuit—1626-1632 Sebastiaen J. Krol—1632-1633 Wouter van Twiller—1633-1638 WillemKieft—1638-1647 Peter...
Rensselaerwyck, as did Wiltwyck, south of the patroonship in Esopus country. WillemKieft was Director of New Netherland from 1638 until 1647. The colony had grown...
denouncing WillemKieft from the pulpit during the colony's disastrously bloody Kieft's War (1643–1645). He stepped up his denouncements when Kieft tried to...
surname include: WillemKieft (1597–1647), Dutch merchant and director of New Netherland Jan Jacob Kieft (1877–1946), Dutch gymnast Ko Kieft (born 1998),...
by a force led by Maryn Adriansen, acting under WillemKieft, the Director of New Netherland. Kieft sought to take advantage of Wappinger who had been...
approximately 270 people, including infants. In 1642 the new director WillemKieft decided to build a stone church within the fort. The work was carried...
the people of New Netherland in 1643 to advise its Director-General, WillemKieft, on his governance of the colony. An early form of representational democracy...
appraiser WillemKieft (1597–1647), Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland Willem Kloos (1859–1938), Dutch poet and literary critic Willem Konjore...
land occupied by the Swedes was stolen. The Director of New Netherland, WillemKieft, objected to the Swedish presence, but Minuit ignored him since he knew...
of twelve men that were to advise Director-General of New Netherland WillemKieft on the impending Indian war. This was New Amsterdam's first representative...
May (1620–25) Willem Verhulst (1625–26) Peter Minuit (1626–32) Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33) Wouter van Twiller (1633–38) WillemKieft (1638–47) Peter...
May (1620–25) Willem Verhulst (1625–26) Peter Minuit (1626–32) Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33) Wouter van Twiller (1633–38) WillemKieft (1638–47) Peter...
of New Netherland, WillemKieft, who had begun a bloody war with the Indians against the advice of the council of twelve men. Kieft's War badly damaged...
Netherland and neighboring native peoples. In September 1639 Director WillemKieft decided to levy a tax in pelts, maize or wampum on Indian peoples surrounding...
on Staten Island. June 19, 1642, Melyn received from Director-General WillemKieft his patent to all of Staten Island except for a farm which had already...
directors included Willem Verhulst and Peter Minuit. WillemKieft became director in 1638 but five years later was embroiled in Kieft's War against the Native...
denouncing WillemKieft from the pulpit during the colony's disastrously bloody Kieft's War (1643–1645). He stepped up his denouncements when Kieft tried to...
appointed WillemKieft as director of New Netherland with a mandate to increase the territory's population and vitality. Arriving in 1638, Kieft promptly...
Willem Verhulst or Willem van Hulst was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the second (provisional) Director of the New Netherland colony...
served in the administrations of three governors: Wouter van Twiller, WillemKieft, and Peter Stuyvesant. As provincial secretary and schout-fiscal, he...
first application for land on Gravesend Bay was not accepted, Director WillemKieft in 1643 (backdated to 1639) deeded him 100 Morgens — 200 acres (0.81 km2)...
succeed Van Twiller as Director-General, the Dutch West India Company sent WillemKieft in September 1637. Van Twiller subsequently returned to the Netherlands...
the U.S. state of New York, by the Dutch West India Company to replace WillemKieft, who departs New Amsterdam on the ship Princess Amelia. August 22 – Battle...