Frans Crÿnssen
President Frans Crÿnssen | |
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| Born | June 14, 1863 Vandyk, Mississippi, Tussenland |
| Died | Jan 3, 1942 Ville Henri, Meerenland, Tussenland |
| Cause of death | Stomach cancer |
| Burial place | Daesemus State Necropolis |
| Occupation | Politician, statesman, philosopher |
| Years active | 1886 - 1932 |
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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).
Biography
Early life
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).
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.
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
Legal career
Early political career
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 (1831-1897)
- Mother: Susanna Carter Crÿnsse (1839-1924)
- Siblings:
- Susanna de Geer (1865-1945)
- Margiet Crÿnssen (1866-1935)
- Marlien Hendrix (1870-1964)
- Wife: Tommy Roberts (m. 1883-1941)
- Son: Marcus Crÿnssen (1888-1967)
- Daughter: Tonie Crÿnssen (1889-1898)
- Son: Frans Crÿnssen II (1893-1941)
