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The '''Governor of Tranquebar''' ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''Guvernører af Trankebar'') was a title typically given for the leadership of [[Danish India]] from 1620 – 1845. The title of leader of [[Tranquebar]] has had various names throughout history like [[Overhoved|o''verhoved'']], [[President (corporate title)|president]] or [[commander]].

==List==
===Governors of Tranquebar===

{| class="wikitable"
|+List of governors of Tranquebar<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Larsen|first=Kay|url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922667.pdf|title=RESIDENTER, KOMMANDANTER OG CHEFER|publisher=ARTHUR JENSENS FORLAG|year=1840|location=Copenhagen|pages=18|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Danske guvernører - www.foreningen-trankebar.dk|url=http://www.foreningen-trankebar.dk/45933983|access-date=2024-05-11|website=123hjemmeside.dk|language=da-DK}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" | No.
! rowspan="2" | Image
! rowspan="2" width="200px" | Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" | Tenure
! rowspan="2" | Events
|-
! width="100px" | Start
! width="100px" | End
! width="100px" | Duration
|-
! {{color|#000|1}}
| [[File:Karel van III Mander - Rigsadmiral Ove Gjedde - KMS605 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg|100px]]
| [[Ove Gjedde]] {{small|(27 December 1594 – 19 December 1660)}}
| 11 October 1620
| 13 February 1621
| {{ayd|1620|10|11|1621|2|13}}
|
* [[Ove Gjedde's Expedition]]

* [[Action of 19 February 1619]]
* [[Ambush at Portudal]]
* [[Conquest of Koneswaram Temple]]

* [[Tranquebar Treaty of 1620]]
* Establishment of [[Tranquebar]]
|-
! {{color|#000|2}}
|
| [[Roland Crappé]]
|13 February 1621
|1636
|≥ {{ayd|1621|2|13|1636|1|1}}
|
* [[Roland Crappé's raids on Portuguese colonies]]
* [[Siege of Dansborg (1624)]]
|-
! {{color|#000|3}}
|
| [[Bernt Pessart]]
| 1636
| 1643
|≥ 7 years
|
* Start of the [[Dano-Mughal War]]
* [[Skirmish at Pipli]]
* [[Loss of the St. Jacob]]
* [[Capture of the ship The Bengali Prize]]
* [[Expulsion of Danes from Balasore]]
|-
! {{color|#000|4}}
|
| [[Willem Leyel]]
|1643
|1648
|≥ 5 years
|
* [[Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart]]
* [[Willem Leyel's siege of Dansborg]]
* [[Capture of the St. Michael]]
* [[Danish rescue mission to Pipli]]
* [[Battle of Balasore]]
* [[Willem Leyel's war on Golconda]]
* [[Tranquebar Rebellion]]
|-
! {{color|#000|5}}
|
| [[Poul Hansen Korsør]]
|1648
|1655
|≥ 7 years
|
* Tried selling Tranquebar to the Dutch and the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]
|-
! {{color|#000|6}}
|
| [[Eskild Andersen Kongsbakke]]
|1655
|1674
|≥ 19 years
|
* [[Sieges of Tranquebar (1655–1669)]]
* Renewed Dano-Mughal War
|-
! {{color|#000|7}}
|
| [[Henrik Eggers]]
|1669
|1673
|≥ 4 years
|
*
|-
! {{color|#000|8}}
|
| [[Sivert Adeler]]
|1673
|1682
|≥ 9 years
|
* Made temporary peace with the [[Mughal Empire]]
|-
! {{color|#000|9}}
| [[File:Potrait of Axel Juel.png|100px]]
| [[Axel Juel]]
|8 October 1681
|9 July 1686
|{{ayd|1681|10|8|1686|7|9}}
|
* [[Blockade of Porto Novo]]
|-
! {{color|#000|10}}
|
| [[Wolf Henrik von Kalnein|Wolff Heinrich von Calnein]]
|9 July 1686
|October 1687
|≥ {{ayd|1686|7|9|1687|10|1}}
|
* Renewed Dano-Mughal War
* [[Arrest attempt of Jørgen Bjørn]]
|-
! {{color|#000|11}}
|
| [[Christian Porck]]
|October 1687
|1689
|≥ {{ayd|1687|10|1|1689|1|1}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|12}}
| [[File:Ubekendt, Kaptajn Moritz Hartmann, , KAS2071, Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg|100px]]
| [[Moritz Hartmann (officer)|Moritz Hartmann]]
|22 April 1690
|30 September 1690
|{{ayd|1690|4|22|1690|9|30}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|13}}
|
| Christian Porck
|1690
|1694
|≥ 4 years
|
* Improved Tranquebar's fortifications
|-
! {{color|#000|14}}
|
| [[Claus Vogdt]]
|1694
|19 May 1701
|≥ {{ayd|1694|1|1|1701|5|19}}
|
* [[Dano-Mughal Treaty]]
* [[Siege of Tranquebar (1699)]]
|-
! {{color|#000|15}}
|
| [[Andreas Andræ]]
|19 May 1701
|1701
|≥ {{ayd|1701|5|19|1701|12|31}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|16}}
|
| [[Mikkel Knudsen Crone]]
|1701
|1702
|≥ 1 year
|
|-
! {{color|#000|17}}
|
| [[Jørgen Bjørn]]
|July 1702
|12 June 1704
|≥ {{ayd|1702|7|1|1704|6|12}}
|
* Improved Tranquebar's fortifications
|-
! {{color|#000|18}}
|
| [[Johan Sigismund Hassius]]
|1 July 1704
|20 October 1716
|{{ayd|1704|7|1|1716|10|20}}
|
* Start of the [[Tranquebar Mission]]
* [[Zion Church, Tharangambadi|Zion Church]] is erected
|-
! {{color|#000|19}}
|
| [[Christen Brun-Lundegaard]]
|20 October 1716
|21 January 1720
|{{ayd|1716|10|20|1720|1|21}}
|
* [[New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar|New Jerusalem Church]] is erected
|-
! {{color|#000|20}}
|
| [[Ulrik Christian Nissen]]
|21 January 1720
|12 October 1726
|{{ayd|1720|1|21|1726|10|12}}
|
* Harsh tariff policies inacted
|-
! {{color|#000|21}}
|
| Rasmus Hansen Attrup
|12 October 1726
|8 August 1730
|{{ayd|1726|10|12|1730|8|8}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|22}}
|
| Diderich Mühlenport
|8 August 1730
|1 August 1733
|{{ayd|1730|8|8|1733|8|1}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|23}}
| [[File:Possible depiction of poul panck on the Tranquebar Palampore.png|100px]]
| Poul Krisk Panck
|1 August 1733
|13 July 1741
|{{ayd|1733|8|1|1741|7|13}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|24}}
|
| Ivar Bonsack|Ivar Bonsack
|13 July 1741
|17 September 1744
|{{ayd|1741|7|13|1744|9|17}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|25}}
|
| Hans Ernst Bonsack
|17 September 1744
|5 September 1754
|{{ayd|1744|9|17|1754|9|5}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|26}}
|
| Hans Georg Krog
|5 September 1754
|10 August 1759
|{{ayd|1754|9|5|1759|8|10}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|27}}
|
| Christian Frederik Høyer
|9 May 1759
|4 July 1760
|{{ayd|1759|5|9|1760|7|4}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|28}}
|
| Herman Jacob Forck
|4 July 1760
|27 April 1761
|{{ayd|1760|7|4|1761|4|27}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|29}}
| [[File:Peter Herman Abbestée.jpg|100px]]
| [[Hermann Abbestée]]
|27 April 1761
|14 February 1775
|{{ayd|1761|4|27|1775|2|14}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|30}}
| [[file:David Brown (1734-1804).jpg|100px]]
| [[David Brown (1734–1804)|David Brown]]
|14 February 1775
|17 January 1779
|{{ayd|1775|2|14|1779|1|17}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|31}}
| [[File:Peter Herman Abbestée.jpg|100px]]
| Hermann Abbestée
|17 January 1779
|17 May 1788
|{{ayd|1779|1|17|1788|5|17}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|32}}
| [[File:Peter Anker.jpg|100px]]
| [[Peter Anker]]
|17 May 1788
|7 February 1806
|{{ayd|1788|5|17|1806|2|7}}
|
* [[Capture of Tranquebar (1801)]]
* [[Capture of Serampore (1801)]]
* [[Plunder of Nancowry]]
|-
! {{color|#000|33}}
|
| Johan Peter Hermannson
|7 February 1806
|13 February 1808
|{{ayd|1806|2|7|1808|2|13}}
|
* [[Surrender of Tranquebar (1808)]]
* [[Capture of Serampore (1808)]]
|-
| colspan="7" style="background-color:#ececec |'''''[[Surrender of Tranquebar (1808)|English occupation]] (13 february 1808 – 20 September 1815)'''''
|-
! {{color|#000|34}}
|
| Gerhard Sievers Bille
|20 September 1815
|19 November 1816
|{{ayd|1815|9|20|1816|11|19}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|35}}
|
| Johan Peter Hermannson
|19 November 1816
|15 February 1822
|{{ayd|1816|11|19|1822|2|15}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|36}}
|
| Jens Kofoed
|16 February 1822
|7 May 1823
|{{ayd|1822|2|16|1823|5|7}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|37}}
| [[File:Ulrich A. Schønheyder.jpg|100px]]
| [[Ulrich Anton Schønheyder|Ulrich Anton Schönheyde]]
|7 May 1823
|7 March 1825
|{{ayd|1823|5|7|1825|3|7}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|38}}
|
| Hans de Brinck-Seidelin
|7 March 1825
|26 March 1829
|{{ayd|1825|3|7|1829|3|26}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|39}}
|
| Lauritz Christensen
|26 March 1829
|14 May 1832
|{{ayd|1829|3|26|1832|5|14}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|40}}
| [[File:Konrad Emil Mourier.jpg|100px]]
| Conrad Emil Mourier
|17 May 1832
|11 May 1838
|{{ayd|1832|5|17|1838|5|11}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|41}}
| [[File:Johannes Rehling painting.png|100px]]
|[[Johannes Rehling]]
|11 May 1838
|18 June 1841
|{{ayd|1838|5|11|1841|6|18}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|42}}
|
|Christian Tiemroth
|18 June 1841
|15 September 1841
|{{ayd|1841|6|18|1841|9|15}}
|
|-
! {{color|#000|43}}
| [[File:Portræt af Peder Hansen (1798-1880).jpg|100px]]
| Peder Hansen
|16 October 1841
|7 November 1845
|{{ayd|1841|10|16|1845|11|7}}
|
* [[Danish India]] is sold to the [[British Empire]]
|-
|}

===Governors of Dannemarksnagore===

{| class="wikitable"
|+List of governors of Dannemarksnagore<ref name=":0" />
|-
! rowspan="2" | No.
! rowspan="2" width="200px" | Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" | Tenure
! rowspan="2" | Events
|-
! width="100px" | Start
! width="100px" | End
! width="100px" | Duration
|-
! {{color|#000|1}}
|[[Andreas Andræ]] {{small|(d. 1701)}}
|1698
|January 1699
|≥ 1 year
|
* [[Dano-Mughal Treaty]]
* Establishment of [[Dannemarksnagore]]
|-
! {{color|#000|2}}
|[[Thomas Schmertz]] {{small|(d. 1708)}}
|January 1699
|26 July 1702
|{{ayd|1699|1|1|1702|7|26}}
|
* More warehouses and a [[Curtain wall (fortification)|curtain wall]] is erected
|-
! {{color|#000|3}}
|[[Johan Joachim Michelsen]] {{small|(d. 1706)}}
|26 July 1702
|28 October 1706
|{{ayd|1702|7|26|1706|10|28}}
|
* [[Johan Joachim Michelsen#Collaboration with Armenians|Collaboration with Armenians]]
* Attempted Dano-Persian treaty
|-
! {{color|#000|4}}
|[[Jacob Panck]] {{small|(d. 1719)}}
|28 October 1706
|3 September 1709
|{{ayd|1706|7|26|1709|9|3}}
|
* [[Siege of Dannemarksnagore (1707)|Siege of Dannemarksnagore]]
|-
! {{color|#000|5}}
|[[Wolff Ravn]]
|3 September 1709
|1 October 1711
|{{ayd|1709|9|3|1711|10|1}}
|
* Factory is decaying
|-
! {{color|#000|6}}
|Rasmus Attrup
|1 October 1711
|December 1714
|{{ayd|1711|10|1|1714|12|1}}
|
* evacuation of Dannemarksnagore
|-
! {{color|#000|7}}
|Gallus Bøgvad
|1718
|1721
|≥ 3 years
|
* Short reestablishment of Dannemarksnagore
|}

===Governors of Frederiknagore===
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of governors of Serampore ({{Langx|da|Frederiknagore}})<ref name=":0" />
!Tenure
!'''Incumbent'''
!Notes
|-
|1755–1758
|Christian Soetmann
|
|-
|1758–1760
|Bartholomæus Ziegenbalg
|Son of [[Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg]]
|-
|1760–1762
|Terkel Windekilde
|
|-
|1762–1765
|Demarchis
|
|-
|1765–1767
|Mogens Tyrholm
|
|-
|1767–1768
|Michael Thede
|
|-
|1768–1770
|Charles Cazeuove
|
|-
|1770
|James Brown
|
|-
|1770
|Herman Hinckel
|
|-
|1770–1772
| [[Johan Leonhard Fix]]
|1st term
|-
|1772
|[[Ole Bie]]
|1st term
|-
|1772–1773
| Johan Leonhard Fix

|2nd term
|-
|1773–1776
|Andreas Hiernøe
|
|-
|1776–1785
|Ole Bie
|2nd term
|-
|1785–1788
|Friedrich le Fevre
|
|-
|1788–1797
|Ole Bie
|3rd term
|-
|1797–1799
|Peter Hermanson
|
|-
|1799
|Jacob Kræfting
|1st term
|-
|1799–1805
|Ole Bie
|4th term
|-
|1805–1828
|Jacob Kræfting
|2nd term
|-
|1828–1833
|Johannes Hohlenberg
|
|-
|1833–1835
|Johan Boeck
|
|-
|1835–1838
|[[Johannes Rehling]]
|
|-
|1838–1845
|Peder Hansen
|Colony sold to Britain in 1845
|}

== See also ==
* {{Annotated link|List of governors of the Danish West Indies}}
* {{Annotated link|List of colonial governors of the Danish Gold Coast}}
* {{Annotated link|Danish India}}

== References ==
{{Ref list}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Capture of Tranquebar}}
[[Category:Governors of Danish India| ]]
[[Category:Danish colonial governors and administrators]]
[[Category:Danish colonisation in Asia]]
[[Category:Tranquebar]]

List of governors of Danish India - Revision history

RicoSturdivant at 16:56, 4 May 2026