List of Courland governors in the Gambia

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The list of Courland Governors on the Gambia lists the commanders or governors of the Courland Colony on the Gambia River , which existed from 1651 to 1661 with interruptions.

Term of office governor annotation
October 26, 1651 - Mar 12, 1652 Pieter Schulte († after 1653)
March 12, 1652-1653 Heinrich Fock († 1654) 1st term of office (interim)
1653-1654 Friedrich Wilhelm von Trotta, called Treiden († 1654)
1654 - August 1654 Heinrich Fock 2nd term of office (interim)
August 1654–1655 Wilhelm Philipp von Seitz († after 1656)
1655 - February 1657 Otto Stiel († 1670s?) 1st term of office (interim)
February 1657 - 1657 Joachim Deninger of Olinda († 1658)
1657 - February 4, 1659 Otto Stiel 2nd term of office (interim until 1658)
February 4, 1659 - Jun 10, 1660 Dutch occupation
June 10, 1660 - Jul 3, 1660 Otto Stiel 3. Term of office
July 3, 1660 to August 2, 1660 Dutch occupation
August 2, 1660 to March 19, 1661 Otto Stiel 4. Term of office

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Gambia. In: worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .