Franciscus Plante

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For the nineteenth century French pianist, see Francis Planté.

Franciscus Plante (1613 Bruges - 1690, Breda?) was a Dutch poet and chaplain.

In 1647, he wrote a work called Mauritias (in Portuguese, Mauritiados), which praises the leadership of John Maurice of Nassau (Johan Maurits) at the Dutch colony in Brazil. Plante had served as John Maurice's chaplain. It was published in Amsterdam, and included twenty engravings that had already appeared in a work by Caspar Barlaeus, which had been published in the same year. Four maps (Ceará, Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Pernambuco Borealá) and a portrait of John Maurice were also incorporated from Barlaeus’ work. Plante later wrote Barlaeus' obituary in 1648.