Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (10 or 16 April 1616 – 2 July 1633), nicknamed De Groote Meid ('The Tall Girl'), is alleged to be the tallest female in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam feet, an archaic measurement used in the Netherlands which measured 1 foot as 28.313 cm or 0.929 feet. In modern measurements she measured 2.60 metres (8 ft 6.75 in) tall at the time of her death at age seventeen.
Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (10 or 16 April 1616 – 2 July 1633), nicknamed De Groote Meid ('The Tall Girl'), is alleged to be the tallest female in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam feet, an archaic measurement used in the Netherlands which measured 1 foot as 28.313 cm or 0.929 feet. In modern measurements she measured 2.60 metres (8 ft 6.75 in) tall at the time of her death at age seventeen.
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