In correspondence to her relatives in the Netherlands in 1897, she revealed her artistic name of Mata Hari, the word for "sun" in the local Malay language (literally, "eye of the day"). She studied Indonesian culture intensely for several months and joined a local dance company. Margaretha abandoned him temporarily, moving in with Van Rheedes, another Dutch officer. He also openly kept a concubine, a socially accepted practice in the Dutch East Indies. Rudolf was an alcoholic and physically abused Margaretha, whom he blamed for his lack of promotion. The marriage was overall a disappointment. Her children Louise Jeanne and Norman-John, with his father They had two children, Norman-John MacLeod (1897–1899) and Louise Jeanne MacLeod (1898–1919).
She moved with her husband to Malang on the east side of the island of Java, travelling out on the SS Prinses Amalia in May 1897. The marriage enabled Zelle to move into the Dutch upper class and placed her finances on a sound footing.
He was the son of Captain John Brienen MacLeod (a descendant of the Gesto branch of the MacLeods of Skye, hence his Scottish surname) and Dina Louisa, Baroness Sweerts de Landas. Margaretha married MacLeod in Amsterdam on 11 July 1895. Dutch East Indies Īt 18, Margaretha answered an advertisement in a Dutch newspaper placed by Dutch Colonial Army Captain Rudolf MacLeod (1856–1928), who was living in what was then the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was looking for a wife. A few months later, she fled to her uncle's home in The Hague. Subsequently, she studied to be a kindergarten teacher in Leiden, but when the headmaster began to flirt with her conspicuously, she was removed from the institution by her godfather. The family fell apart, and Margaretha was sent to live with her godfather, Mr. Visser, in Sneek. Her father remarried in Amsterdam on 9 February 1893 to Susanna Catharina ten Hoove (1844–1913). Soon after Margaretha's father went bankrupt in 1889, her parents divorced, and her mother died in 1891. Her father owned a hat shop, made investments in the oil industry, and became affluent enough to give Margaretha and her siblings a lavish early childhood that included exclusive schools until the age of 13. Despite traditional assertions that Mata Hari was partly of Jewish, Malaysian, or Javanese, i.e., Indonesian descent, scholars conclude she had no Jewish or Asian ancestry, and both of her parents were Dutch. She was affectionately called "M'greet" by her family. She had three younger brothers Johannes Hendriks, Arie Anne, and Cornelis Coenraad. She was the eldest of four children to Antje van der Meulen (1842–1891) and her husband, Adam Zelle (1840–1910).
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle was born 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Some have even stated that Mata Hari could not have been a spy and was innocent. It has been said that she was convicted and condemned because the French Army needed a scapegoat, and that the files used to secure her conviction contained several falsifications. Her story has served as an inspiration for many books, films, and other works. The idea of a beautiful exotic dancer using her powers of seduction as a spy made her name synonymous with the femme fatale. She was executed by firing squad in France. Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari ( / ˈ m ɑː t ə ˈ h ɑːr i/), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I.
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