Willemken Willem Claesdochter (d. 1544)

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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
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Willemken Willem Claesdochter (d. 1544)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 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 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Willemken_Willem_Claesdochter_(d._1544)&oldid=139562.




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