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...
30 KB (3,450 words) - 20:30, 13 September 2024
William Leyel and Bernt Pessart (Danish; Conflikten mellem Leyel og Pessart) refers to the tensions and minor civil war between Willem Leyel and Bernt...
17 KB (1,540 words) - 00:03, 15 July 2024
to as Willem Leyel's siege of Dansborg (Danish; William Leyels belejring af Dansborg), was a siege initiated by traveler and seafarer, Willem (Danish;...
8 KB (644 words) - 13:02, 11 September 2024
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...
6 KB (524 words) - 12:48, 11 September 2024
Bernt Pessart (section Arrival of Willem Leyel)
successor Willem Leyel and succeeding governors. The rumours of Pessart's debts had long reached Copenhagen, and in response, Captain Willem Leyel would embark...
13 KB (1,432 words) - 06:57, 24 September 2024
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...
27 KB (2,990 words) - 01:58, 28 September 2024
that founded Dansborg at Tranquebar) Christianshavn (8 November 1639, Willem Leyel left Denmark for Tranquebar as commander of this ship) Flyvende Ulv (Departure...
11 KB (1,022 words) - 11:03, 9 August 2024
Willem Leyel deposed governor Bernt Pessart as overhoved of Danish India. In the preceding year, Pessart had declared war on the Mughal Empire. Leyel...
8 KB (665 words) - 13:56, 21 September 2024
collection of artifacts from the colonial era. In 1639, experienced seafarer, Willem Leyel, was sent to Tranquebar on the order of Christian IV of Denmark to inspect...
21 KB (1,898 words) - 22:18, 2 September 2024
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...
56 KB (6,829 words) - 13:16, 19 August 2024