Jan Willem Janssens

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Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens GCMWO
Portrait by Jan Willem Pieneman.
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 15 May – 18 September 1811
Monarch	Napoleon Bonaparte
Preceded by	Herman Willem Daendels
Succeeded by	Abolished Robert Rollo Gillespie Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen under British rule
Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony
In office 1803–1806
Preceded by	Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
Succeeded by	David Baird (British administration)
Personal details
Born	(1762-10-12)12 October 1762 Nijmegen, Guelders, Dutch Republic
Died	23 May 1838(1838-05-23) (aged 75) The Hague, Netherlands
Spouses	Anna Barbara Balneavis ​ ​ (m. 1786; died 1801)​ Sara Louisa Hartsen ​ ​ (m. 1822)​
Children	with Anna Barbara Balneavis Wilhelmina Anna Janssens (daughter) Henri Janssens (son) Adriana Carolina Janssens (daughter) Jan Willem Janssens jr.(son) with Sara Louisa Hartsen Henri Guillaume Charles Louis Janssens (son)
Parents	Johan Jacob Janssens (father) Adriana Rees (mother)

Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens GCMWO (12 October 1762 – 23 May 1838) was a Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman who served both as the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony and governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.^[1]