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| − | Willemken Willem Claesdochter, of [[IJsselstein (Utrecht, Netherlands)|IJsselstein]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, drowned on 21 July 1544, at [[Utrecht (Netherlands)|Utrecht]], Netherlands. She | + | Willemken Willem Claesdochter, of [[IJsselstein (Utrecht, Netherlands)|IJsselstein]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, drowned on 21 July 1544, at [[Utrecht (Netherlands)|Utrecht]], Netherlands. She was charged with belonging to "reprobate sects." Some years previously she had been arrested because of Anabaptist activity, but then after recanting was set free. She was probably an adherent of revolutionary Anabaptism, whose last adherents were executed in 1545. |
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Mellink, Albert F.<em> De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544</em>. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 240, 410. | Mellink, Albert F.<em> De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544</em>. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 240, 410. | ||
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Willemken Willem Claesdochter, of IJsselstein, an Anabaptist martyr, drowned on 21 July 1544, at Utrecht, Netherlands. She was charged with belonging to "reprobate sects." Some years previously she had been arrested because of Anabaptist activity, but then after recanting was set free. She was probably an adherent of revolutionary Anabaptism, whose last adherents were executed in 1545.
Bibliography
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 240, 410.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Willemken Willem Claesdochter (d. 1544)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Willemken_Willem_Claesdochter_(d._1544)&oldid=139562.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Willemken Willem Claesdochter (d. 1544). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Willemken_Willem_Claesdochter_(d._1544)&oldid=139562.
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