# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelis-van-aerssen-van-sommelsdijck
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:36:41.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelis-van-aerssen-van-sommelsdijck"
name: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck"
slug: "cornelis-van-aerssen-van-sommelsdijck"
description: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck was the first governor of Suriname after the establishment of the Society of Suriname in 1683. He was governor from 27 November 1683 until he was murdered by mutinous soldiers on 19 July 1688. Van Aerssen belonged to one of the richest families of the Dutch Golden Age."
tagline: "First governor of Suriname (1637-1688)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_(1637-88)%2C_heer_van_Sommelsdijk._Sedert_1683_gouverneur_van_Suriname_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-1671.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1637-08-20"
deathDate: "1688-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.347733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_van_Sommelsdijck"
    title: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_van_Sommelsdijk"
    title: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_van_Sommelsdijck"
    title: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneille_van_Aarsen_(Surinam)"
    title: "Corneille van Aarsen (Surinam)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_van_Sommelsdijck"
    title: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_van_Sommelsdijck"
    title: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_van_Aerssen_van_Sommelsdijck"
    title: "Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172965"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump