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Mrauk U (Burmese: မြောက်‌ဦးမြို့; MLCTS: mrauk u: mrui., Birmese uitspraak: [mjaʊʔ ú mjo̰]; voorheen Mrohaung) is een archeologisch belangrijke stad in de noordelijke staat Rakhine, Myanmar. Van 1430 tot 1785 was het de hoofdstad van het Mrauk U-koninkrijk, het belangrijkste en machtigste Rakhine (Arakanese) koninkrijk. Vanwege de nabijheid van de Golf van Bengalen, ontwikkelde Mrauk U zich tot een belangrijk regionaal handelsknooppunt, dat zowel als een achterdeur naar het Birmese achterland fungeerde als een belangrijke haven langs de oostelijke oever van de Golf van Bengalen.

De Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) begon handelsbetrekkingen met de Arakanezen in 1608 nadat de Portugezen uit de gratie vielen vanwege het gebrek aan loyaliteit van Portugese huurlingen in dienst van de Arakanese koning. De VOC vestigde in 1635 een permanente fabriek in Mrauk U, en was tot 1665 actief in Arakan. [1]

[1] "CHAPTER EIGHT : TRADE AND TAXATION" (PDF). Openaccess.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

Vincent van Gogh (art dealer)
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Vincent van Gogh (Benschop, March 29, 1820 - Princenhage, July 28, 1888) was art dealer and co-partner of the 19th Century transcontinental art and print dealer company Goupil & Cie who, in addition to its headquarters in Paris, also had offices in The Hague, Brussels, London, Berlin, Vienna, New York and Australia. This art dealer Van Gogh was the uncle of his namesake, the painter Vincent van Gogh and his younger brother, the art dealer Theo van Gogh. The painter also called his uncle Uncle Cent, as 'Cent' in Dutch means 'Penny'. Both painter Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo started their professional careers in their uncle's art shop; Vincent started working in the branch in The Hague (the Netherlands) in 1869 at the age of 16, while Theo started working in the branch in Brussels (Belgium) four years later in 1873.

Art dealer Van Gogh withdrew from the active art trade in 1873, as a wealthy man. That same year he settled with his wife Cornelia in Princenhage, in Villa Meertensheim (1879), a stylish country house near Breda, Noord-Brabant. During his life Uncle Cent collected 192 paintings that he placed in a private gallery in the villa. There was no Van Gogh in the collection, as he found his paintings too experimental.

On his death in 1888, the rich Uncle Cent had included in his will all family members, with the exception of his cousin Vincent van Gogh. He had become disappointed in him after all the opportunities he had offered his godson. Van Gogh and his wife were buried in the Protestant cemetery Het Haagveld in Princenhage near Breda.