What type of details about willem jacobszoon coster can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: willem jacobszoon coster -lrb- 1590 , akersloot - 21 august 1640 -rrb- was the governor of zeylan during the dutch period in ceylon . he was appointed in 13 march 1640 and was governor until 1 august 1640 . he was succeeded by jan thyszoon payart . in 1637 rajasingha ii , king of kandy approached the dutch east india company for military support against the portuguese occupiers . admiral adam westerwold was sent to help the king to capture fort batticaloa . coster had arrived in april 1638 in trincomalee , which was already in dutch hands , and sailed for batticaloa with three ships and 180 men , where he waited for the arrival of westerwold . the admiral arrived with four ships on may 10 , while the troops of the king arrived the next day from inland . on may 14 the portuguese surrendered the fort and were deported to the coromandel coast . the next week king rajasingha signed an agreement with the voc to allow a monopoly in the trade in cinnamon , amongst others , in exchange for help driving the portuguese out of his kingdom . after westerwold left , coster remained in fort batticaloa with 100 men . in early 1640 kandy and the voc had signed another agreement and decided to capture galle from the portuguese . coster arrived with his troops on march 8 . while on march 11 the king 's troops and three voc ships arrived with 400 sailors and soldiers . on 13 march 1640 , the combined troops under command of coster overpowered the fort santiago and took over the city . this fort was subsequently renamed akersloot after the birthplace of coster . the high counsil decided to install coster as governor of ceylon , with galle as residence , where he had a garrison of 200 men . as part of the agreement , trincomalee was returned to kandy . when rajasingha learned that coster was reluctant to return more of the conquered land , he had him and his seven companions murdered near nilgala on the way back from kandy to batticaloa in august 1640 . coster 's wife was one of the first dutch women to arrive in ceylon , in...
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