Johan van Dorth ( – 17 July 1624),

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, Lord of Horst and Pesch, was a nobleman and general of the

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. Van Dorth was the second son of Seino van Dorth (1536–1605), governor and

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and

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and Maria Droste van Senden. In 1602, he married Maria Adriana van Pallandt, by which he became lord of Horst and Pesch. In 1624, the

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appointed him governor of

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early in the history of

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. He was killed by captain Francisco Padilha in an ambush before the Forte de Nossa Senhora de Monte Serrat.

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* 17th-century Dutch colonial governors 1570s births 1624 deaths Dutch nobility Dutch West India Company people People from Lochem {{Netherlands-bio-stub