Willem Leyel or Willum Leyel (Danish: William Leyel, c. 1593 – Spring 1654) was a Danish governor of Tranquebar and captain in the Royal Dano-Norwegian...

William Leyel and Bernt Pessart (Danish; Conflikten mellem Leyel og Pessart) refers to the tensions and minor civil war between Willem Leyel and Bernt...

to as Willem Leyel's siege of Dansborg (Danish; William Leyels belejring af Dansborg), was a siege initiated by traveler and seafarer, Willem (Danish;...

Willem Leyel's war on Golconda (Danish: Willem Leyels krig mod Golconda), or simply the Dano-Golconda War (Danish: Dansk-Golcondanske Krig), was a brief...

successor Willem Leyel and succeeding governors. The rumours of Pessart's debts had long reached Copenhagen, and in response, Captain Willem Leyel would embark...

ships became alarmingly frequent for the Mughals, and a letter from Willem Leyel states " they were doing their best to cause the Bengalis as much harm...

that founded Dansborg at Tranquebar) Christianshavn (8 November 1639, Willem Leyel left Denmark for Tranquebar as commander of this ship) Flyvende Ulv (Departure...

Willem Leyel deposed governor Bernt Pessart as overhoved of Danish India. In the preceding year, Pessart had declared war on the Mughal Empire. Leyel...

Prize) and sold the goods in Tranquebar for a substantial profit. 1643 – Willem Leyel, designated the new leader of the colony by the company directors in...

Bredsdorff 2009, p. 23. Bredsdorff, Asta (2009). The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788763530231. Bredsdorff...