Rijklof van Goens

Portrait van Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens

Rijcklof Volckerts van Goens (also Rijckloff ) (born June 24, 1619 in Rees , † November 14, 1682 in Amsterdam ) was governor of Ceylon 1659–1672 and governor general of the East Indies from 1678–1681 . Van Goens, mostly known as an excellent soldier, also sent a scribe to the blind Georg Eberhard Rumphius so that he could finish his story of Ambon and botanical studies.

biography

Rijcklof van Goens was of East Frisian origin. The family probably comes from Gödens . His father Volckert Boukes (1572–1629) served in the Dutch armed forces and was stationed in Rees near Kleve ; his mother Hillegonde Jacobsdr came from Franeker . His uncle, born in Emden around 1580 , was in East India as early as 1624 and had convinced his father to work for the VOC rooms in Amsterdam. Van Goens was appointed commander of a company of soldiers and accompanied by his wife and children, the Van Goens left Texel in October 1628 with the ship Buren and arrived in Batavia on July 10, 1629. His parents died within a year and Rijklof was probably brought up by his uncle, who later became a lay judge in Batavia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/beek007para01_01/beek007para01_01_0006.htm
2. ↑ http: //stlösungen.buskens.net/media/nederlands%20patriciaat%20buschkens.pdf