Johannes Hertenberg (15 April 1668 in Oudkarspel – 19 October 1725 in Colombo) was the 17th commander of Dutch Malabar from 1716 to 1723 and the 19th Dutch Governor of Ceylon from 1723 until his death. In 1687, Hertenberg sailed to the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

in the ship ''De Groote Vischerij'' as Third Surgeon. He worked his way up to upper-merchant in

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by 1712. Between June and September 1712 he was asked to be interim Governor of Makassar, following the death of Gerrit van Toll and until the arrival of his successor Joannes Sipman. He returned to Batavia in August 1714 as upper-merchant. In November of that year he was sent to Ceylon to become commander of Galle. In September 1716 he became commander of

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, in which position he generally had a good relationship with the Zamorin of Calicut. He was appointed Governor of

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

at the death of

Isaak Augustyn Rumpf Isaak Augustijn Rumpf (1673–1723) was a governor of Dutch Ceylon. He was appointed on 5 December 1716 and was Governor until 11 June 1723, when he died in office. Family life Rumpf (sometimes spelled ''Rumph'') was the son of the diplomat Chris ...

in June 1723. Jacob de Jong became commander of Malabar and Hertenberg took office in Colombo on 12 January 1724. He seemed to have good relations with the local ruler, the King of Kandy, but died within two years in office on 19 October 1725.Generale missiven van gouverneurs-generaal en raden aan heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
Volumes 6-8, Martinus Nijhoff publishers, The Hague

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hertenberg, Johannes 1668 births 1725 deaths 18th-century Dutch people Dutch expatriates in Sri Lanka Governors of Dutch Ceylon People from Langedijk