In 1889, her father went bankrupt and the family split up. Margaretha’s early childhood was happy and she soon gave evidence of the strong personality and talent for self-dramatization that were to remain with her as an adult. There was reportedly some Woudker blood in her ancestry, the Woudkers being a gypsy-like local minority with dark complexions.Īs Mata Hari, Margaretha claimed to have been born in India “Mata Hari” is also one of the many names of Parvati, a Hindu goddess and consort of Shiva, the god of creation, destruction, and dance. Her mother, Antje Van Der Meulen, came from a well-off Frisian family.
Her father, Adam Zelle, was a prosperous hatter of German descent. Margaretha Zelle was born in Leeuwarden the capital of the Dutch province of Friesland.
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