Cornelis van Nijenrode
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Cornelis van Nijenrode, also Cornelis van Nieuwroode (born Naarden; died Hirado, 31 January 1633), was a merchant employed by the VOC. He was from 1617 till 1622 governor in Ayutthaya (Siam) and governor of the VOC-trading post in Hirado, Japan from 1623 to 1633.
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Biography
Cornelis arrived in Asia in 1607. He filled several posts at Dutch East India Company-trading post in Siam. In 1622, he took part in an expedition, sent from Formosa, to the coast of China.
In Japan, Cornelis had a daughter, Cornelia, with a Japanese woman named Surishia, and a second daughter with a different Japanese woman; both children were acknowledged and provided for in his will.[1][2]
Cornelis died in 1633, just before he was about to leave for Batavia.[1]
