Willem, Johan de

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Born in the Netherlands. (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:34)

Family
Brother: Willem, Paul de, grand merchant in Amsterdam (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:34)

Timeline
Arrived in Copenhagen via Hamburg. (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:35)

Delivered large amounts of war material to the crown in return for grain and cattle. (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:34)

1615 - Proposed the creation of an Ostindisk Kompagni. (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:36)

1616 - Was sent out by the king to recruit skilled Dutch craftmen and merchants to Denmark. (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:36)

1619 - Invested 100 rigsdaler in the new Petsorisk Kompagni with the intention of trade in northern Russia. Other investors were king Christian IV who was responsible for half of the invested capital along with Vibe, Mikkel; Post, Johan; Hegerfeldt, Herman; Blanckefort, Boldewin; Mikkelsen, Jacob and likely Lorck, Thomas. (Sune Dalgård: Det Petsoriske Kompagni af 1619:32)