title: Catharina Mulder
text: # Catharina Mulder
  
  Catharina Mulder (25 March 1723, in Rotterdam – 29 June 1798, in Rotterdam), also known as Kaat Mossel , was a Dutch orangist. She was a fishmonger, selling mussels in Rotterdam, hence her nickname: Kaat Mossel = Cate Mussel. She led and organised the orangist riots in Rotterdam in 1784 against the patriots. She is regarded as a representative of the common orangism.
  
  She was represented in her 1785 court case by Willem Bilderdijk, the well-known Orangist poet and lawyer.
  
  