Wijerd Jelckama (also spelled Wierd and Wijard) (c. 1490– 7 July 1523) was a Frisian military commander, warlord and member of the Arumer Zwarte Hoop...
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were partners in the farming estate of Meyllemastate in Kimswerd. Wijerd Jelckama often is described by 18th and 19th-century authors as the nephew of...
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under the former farmer Pier Gerlofs Donia. Led by his Lieutenant Wijerd Jelckama from 1519 they slowly lost ground and were captured and executed in...
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meantime, the Frisian rebels, led by the legendary Pier Gerlofs Donia and Wijerd Jelckama, won many battles at sea and raided through Holland at the head of...
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painter Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen (1868–1936), archbishop Wijerd Jelckama (c. 1490–1523), military commander Mata Hari (1876–1917), exotic dancer...
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David Reubeni, Jewish political activist and mystic (d. 1541) probable Wijerd Jelckama, Frisian rebel and warlord (d. 1523) Adriaen Isenbrandt, Flemish painter...
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a guerrilla against Philip I of Castile and with his co-commander Wijerd Jelckama against Charles V. During the Dutch Revolt of the 16th century, the...
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including the killings, titled "until there came to them clear evidence". Wijerd Jelckama (1523) – executed in Leeuwarden for the Frisian rebellion Anthony van...
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du Casse Jean Fleury Jean Ango Jeanne de Clisson Pier Gerlofs Donia Wijerd Jelckama Arminius - Germanic chieftain who orchestrated the legendary ambush...
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of Frisia. Van Toutenburg also defeated the Frisians rebels under Wijerd Jelckama, who was publicly beheaded in Leeuwarden. Frisia was now firmly in...
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