Johannes Vandemeer
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Sir. Johannes Vandemeer | |
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 General Sir. Johannes Vandemeer | |
| Governor of Cape Basel Colony | |
| In office 21 August 1827 – 15 September 1843 | |
| Monarch | Georgius IV Willus IV |
| Preceded by | Captain Henry Morston |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Governor of the Basel-Ebel Colony | |
| In office 15 September 1843 – 21 August 1861 | |
| Monarch | Regis Lucis Caelum CVI |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | General Patrik Berg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johannes Vandemeer 12 January 1785 Buchacurea, Aurucolia |
| Died | 19 July 1873 (aged 88) Insomnia, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Victoria Fredrickssen |
| Children | Johannes Georg Vandemeer David John Vandemeer Albert Vandemeer Janseen Vandemeer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Sandoric Aurucolia (1803-1806)
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| Branch/service | Lucis Army |
| Years of service | 1806–1861 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Sandoric Wars |
| Awards | Order of the Garter Order of the Lucis Empire |
General Sir. Johannes Vandemeer KG CLE (12 January 1785 - 19 July 1873) was an Aurucolian general who served in the Imperial Aurucolian Army during the Sandoric Wars, rising to the rank of Colonel at a young age of 20, before he defected to the Lucian side of the conflict following continuous Protestant discrimination. Vandemeer had long wanted to defect to the Lucis Empire because of the Aurucolian Government not granting privileges to Protestants in the Army. Despite being one of the most talented officers, he remained a stranger to his academy.
Following the victory of the Lucian forces at the Battle of Cape Basel during the Sandoric Wars, Johannes was ordered by his superior and mentor, General Flórián Székely de Kisbátor to act as a rear guard and buy his forces time to retreat. Instead, he and more than 20,000 men willingly surrendered the Cape Basel garrison to the Lucian forces under the command of General Albert Blair, who accepted his surrender and his oath of allegiance to the Lucian crown.
Vandemeer would go on to build the first Cape Basel Colonial Army, which mostly consisted of protestants, monarchists, and other groups against the rule of Sandor I. The force would number to more than 50,000 men by 1810. Vandemeer later distinguished himself during the Sikh and Aurucolian War, where he came to blows with his mentor, General Kisbátor until the last years of the war, where he captured his mentor during the Battle of Kandia in 1824.
Following the war, Vandemeer would return to Cape Basel Colony, in which he would later become the first Baselian governor of the colony. Vandemeer championed for the rights of blacks and abolished slavery. He granted equal rights to black workers and equal wages. Vandemeer would later command the Invasion of Ebel in 1843, in which Vandemeer would annex the region of Ebel for the Lucis Empire from the Free Aurucolian State. He remained the colonial administrator of both Basel and Ebel until his retirement in 1861. He retired to Lucis where he was welcomed as a hero and was given a knighthood for his services to the Lucis Crown. He was given a large estate and lot and lived in retirement for the rest of his life. However, he did not retire entirely as he became a teacher for young children in his estate until his death in 1873.
Following his death, historians have analysed his legacy that Vandemeer was indeed the first man who united the entirety of Southern Africanna, which would eventually lead to the creation of the Union of Basel-Ebel. Today, He is honoured as Basel-Ebel's national hero.