Louch was the High Chief (

ibedul Palau has several traditional chiefs of its States of Palau, 16 states. A factor that resulted in the decline of chiefly authority in Palau was the introduction of State governors of Palau, elected governors, called upon in the Constitution of P ...

) of

Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island (also ''Oreor Island''). It is Palau’s most populous state. History In the oral tradition of ...

German New Guinea German New Guinea () consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups, and was part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called , became a German protectorate in 188 ...

from 1911 to 1917.

Life

Louch divided his land between his adopted son Umong, daughter Ibuuch, step-daughter Ross and Dirrablong who was "like a child" to him. A dispute over the ownership of the land occurred between Ibuuch, Dirrablong and their successors which resulted in litigation before Japanese Courts, as Palau was a part of the

South Seas Mandate The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the " South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following W ...

at the time, where it was ruled that, among others, lot number 1459 and 1460 were owned by Dirrablong and her descendants.

References

1917 deaths 20th-century Palauan people Ibeduls of Koror People from German New Guinea Year of birth missing {{Palau-stub