<Tr> <Th> Service </Th> <Td> Deuxième Bureau </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Active </Th> <Td> 1916--1917 </Td> </Tr> <P> Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 1876--15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (/ ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːri /), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France . </P> <P> Margaretha Zelle was born 7 August 1876, in Leeuwarden, Netherlands . She was the eldest of four children of Adam Zelle (2 October 1840--13 March 1910) and his first wife Antje van der Meulen (21 April 1842--9 May 1891). She had three brothers . Her father owned a hat shop, made successful investments in the oil industry, and became affluent enough to give Margaretha a lavish early childhood that included exclusive schools until the age of 13 . Despite traditional assertions that Mata Hari was partly of Javanese, i.e. Indonesian, descent, scholars conclude she had no Asian or Middle Eastern ancestry and both her parents were Dutch . </P>

Dancer who was a german spy in ww1