![]() ![]() She admitted “ I was not content at home… I wanted to live like a colourful butterfly in the sun.” During her time in the Dutch East Indies, Margaretha took the opportunity to learn about native dance and the local customs. Margaretha also had difficulty in her role as a housewife. ![]() However, the marriage was not a happy one, with her husband, Rudolph Macleod, suffering from alcoholism he would often be violent to his wife, blaming her for many of his own failings. ![]() Margaretha moved to Java where the couple had two children. In those days it was common for Dutchman living in colonies to request wives by placing ads in papers. When she was 18, she answered a newspaper ad from a handsome Dutch officer living in Java, the East Indies. She tried to study to be a kindergarten teacher but her godfather removed her after the Headmaster became attached to Margaretha. However, in 1889, her father went bankrupt and her parents soon divorced. Her father doted much attention on his ‘little princess’ making her used to the attention of men. Until the age of 13, she lived a comfortable lifestyle, attending elite private schools paid for by her father. Her name at birth was Margaretha Geerruida Zelle. Mata Hari was born 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Evidence of her actual guilt is frequently questioned. During the First World War, she was arrested on charges of espionage and executed by a French firing squad. Mata Hari was an exotic dancer from the Netherlands who gained much fame in France as a dancer. ![]()
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