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Encyclopedia > Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Son of Andries Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 - 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic. He also founded the city of Pretoria and named it in honour of his father.


He was the last Head of State of Potchefstroom between 1853 and 1856. He then served as the first president of Transvaal from 1857 until 1860, and again between 1864 and 1871. He also served as the president of the Orange Free State from 1859 until 1863. Finally, he served as the joint head of state of Transvaal between 1880 and 1883.


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Andries Pretorius at AllExperts (898 words)
Pretorius was at once chosen commandant-general and speedily collected a force to avenge the deaths of Piet Retief and his party, who had been murdered by the Zulu king Dingane the previous February under treacherous circumstances.
Pretorius met the British commissioners at a farm near the Sand River, and on 17 January 1852 they concluded the convention by which the independence of the Transvaal Boers was recognized by Britain.
Pretorius recrossed the Vaal River and on 16 March he was reconciled to Potgieter at Rustenburg.
Johann Bernhard Rudolph's Descendants - pafg09.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (840 words)
Elizabeth married Marthinus Wessel Pretorius son of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius and Johanna Frederika Kemp in 1895 in Mount Alice, Weenen, Natal, South Africa.
Marthinus was born on 15 Feb 1869 in Weenen, Natal, South Africa.
Andreas Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was born on 09 Oct 1905.
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