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{{Infobox personofficeholder
| honorific_prefix honorific-prefix = President
| name = Frans Crÿnssen
| birth_dateimage = JuneFrans Crÿnssen 14,Portrait 1863One.png
| birth_place birth_name = Vandyk, Mississippi,Frans [[Tussenland]]Crÿnssen
| death_date birth_date = Jan14 3,June 19421863
| death_place birth_place = Ville HenriVandÿk, [[MeerenlandMississippi]], [[Tussenland]]
| death_cause death_date = Stomach3 January cancer1942
| burial_place death_place = [[Daesemus]], State Necropolis[[Tussenland]]
| occupation alma_mater = Politician,[[University statesman,of philosopherSaint-Alexis]]
| years_activefather = 1886 - 1932 = Eldert Crÿnssen
| motherspouse =Thomasine Roberts = Susanna(m. Carter1888-1942) Crÿnssen
| father children = Eldert[[Marcus Crÿnssen]]
|mother=Susanna Crÿnssen|relatives=[[Marlien Hendrix]]|nationality=[[Tussenland]]|office4=Consul of [[Tussenland]] to [[Mexico]]|term_start4=27 November 1900|term_end4=6 June 1902|office3=Representative from [[Mississippi]]|term_start3=19 June 1902|term_end3=6 April 1903|term_start2=6 April 1903|term_end2=27 August 1904|office1=President of [[Tussenland]]|term_start1=1 February 1905|term_end1=17 November 1911|office2=Director-General of [[Tussenland]]}}'''Frans Crÿnssen''' (1863-1942) was a [[Tussenland|Tussenlandic]] statesman, philosopher, and diplomat. He served as the last colonial Director-General of Tussenland (1903-1904) and as the first President (1905-1911). Crÿnssen is often hailed as one of the founding figures of the modern nation.
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== Early life ==
'''Frans Crÿnssen''' (1863-1942) was a Tussenlandic statesman, philosopher, diplomat, and Founding Father of Tussenland. He served as the last colonial Director of the Dominion (1903-1904) and as President (1906-1918).
Crÿnssen was born on 14 June 1863 in the city of Vandÿk, [[Mississippi]], [[Tussenland]]. He was the eldest child of Eldert Crÿnssen (1838-1898) and Susanna Carter-Crÿnssen (1841-1910). His father worked as the head of the Mississippi Mail Service at the time of his birth, while his mother was a former socialite and teacher. His ancestry is mainly [[Netherlands|Dutch]], [[Pomerania|Pomeranian]], and [[Britain|British]].
 
From 1865 to 1870, he was homeschooled by his mother, where he began learning English and [[French]] in addition to his native [[Amerikaens]] and Dutch. The family moved to the capital of [[Daesemus]] in early 1870, where he attended one of the first government-sanctioned schools established by the Weghorst administration. Later that year, his sister [[Marlien Hendrix]] was born. Crÿnssen would graduate school in 1881, going on to study law and philosophy at the [[University of Saint-Alexis]]. He would complete his formal education in 1886, going on to pursue a lengthy career in politics, law, and administration.
== Biography ==
 
==== EarlyCareer life ====
He began working as a lawyer in Daesemus, taking on numerous low profile cases. He married his university colleague [[Thomasine Roberts]] in 1888, an attorney and descendant of English and Welsh immigrants. In 1889, their first child [[Marcus Crÿnssen]] was born.
Crÿnssen was born on June 14, 1863, in Vandyk, Mississippi to Eldert Crÿnssen and Susanna Carter Crÿnsse, He was their first child. He would be joined by his three younger sisters Susanna “Sun” in 1865, Margriet in 1866, and Marlien in 1870. His father was a major figure in Mississippi’s civil service serving as head of head of the Mail Service (1858-1876) and later as Minister of State for Provincial Waters and Lands of Mississippi (1894-1900).
 
In 1901, during the [[History of Tussenland#The Dutch-Mexican War (1901-1903)|Dutch-Mexican War]], he served as a diplomatic consul in of Tussenland and was instrumental in negotiating the Treaty of London (1901). He advocated for the protection of Dutch settlers in Mexico and the payment of reparations to Tussenland. He would become a prominent member of the Labourers Union later that year, and would rise to head of the opposition in 1902. In 1903, he was appointed Director-General of Tussenland.
He was homeschooled by his mother from 1865 to 1870. The family moved to the capital of Daesemus in 1870 where he attended one of the first government-sanctioned schools established by the Weghorst cabinet. He would graduate from the school in 1879.
 
As Director, Crÿnssen would advance the [[History of Tussenland#Northern Great Plains expeditions|Great Plains expeditions]]. His wish to propel settler colonialism violated numerous colonial Dutch laws, leading to High Commissioner [[Johannes van Nijenhuisbeing]] striking his project down. Further disobedience led to the Little House Crisis, where Crÿnssen was arrested. He would later escape, taking refugee in [[New Netherland]] with his Irokees guards. On 7 June 1905, he would return to Tussenland, an occasion today marked as Crÿnssen Day.
==== Professional education ====
He studied law and philosophy at the University of Saint-Alexis in 1881, graduating ''summa cum laude''. In 1886, he attended Peoria University
 
==== LegalPresidency: career1905-1911 ====
In 1905, Crÿnssen was elected as the first President of Tussenland.
 
==== EarlyLater politicallife careerand death ====
Crÿnssen’s early political career was dominated by the Great Plains Crisis and Dutch-Mexican War where he began his political rise becoming a representative of Tussenland at the 1901 Treaty of London. He spoke for the protection of Dutch settlers living in Mexico and reparations for Tussenland to pay off its war debts. During the conference, the reparations for Tussenland would be denied by both Mexico and the Netherlands. This would lead to the creation of the Laborers Union in 1901. Later that year he was elected in the 1901 snap election where he would become leader of the opposition.
 
==== Director of Tussenland ====
He would be appointed Director after the Laborers Union won in the 1903 general election.
 
===== The Little House Crisis =====
His main electoral promise was the formation of a land agency to manage and settle the western frontier. By passing the Western Lands Surveying and Settlement Act 1903. The act violated the Royal Decree on the Limitation on Settlemen. It was eventually vetoed by High Commissioner Johannes van Nijenhuisbeing. Crÿnssen was removed from office and arrested. He escaped seven months later with the assistance of Irokees guards after, seeking refuge in [[New Netherland]]. rHe would return to Tussenland on the seventh of June, 1905.
 
==== As President ====
 
==== Retirement ====
 
==== Death ====
 
== Family ==
 
* Father: Eldert Crÿnssen (18311838-18971898)
* Mother: Susanna Carter CrÿnsseCrÿnssen (18391841-19241910)
* Siblings:
** Susanna[[Marlien de GeerHendrix]] (18651870-19451941)
** Margiet Crÿnssen (1866-1935)
** [[Marlien Hendrix]] (1870-1964)
 
* Wife: Tommy[[Thomasine Roberts]] (m. 18831888-19411942)
** Son: [[Marcus Crÿnssen]] (18881889-1967)
** Daughter: Tonie Crÿnssen (1889-1898)
** Son: Frans Crÿnssen II (1893-1941)
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Legacy and writings ==
 
==== Crÿnssen Day ====
 
== See also ==
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* [[Meerenland]]
* [[Tussenland]]
 
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