Juw Dekema
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Juw Dekema was a Frisian chieftain and Schieringer in Weidum
and Baard
, who was elected as potestate of Friesland in 1494 at the diet of Sneek
. In 1498 he asked Albrecht of Saxony to rule the land. Juw served as a councilor at the Court of Friesland (1500–1515) and magistrate of Baarderadeel
(1510–1512).
Weidum
Weidum is a small village in Littenseradiel in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 640 citizens ....
and Baard
Baard (Netherlands)
Baard is a small village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality Littenseradiel, about 10 km southwest of the city of Leeuwarden. Baard has about 190 inhabitants....
, who was elected as potestate of Friesland in 1494 at the diet of Sneek
Sneek
Sneek is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland . As for 2011 it is part of the municipality Súdwest Fryslân...
. In 1498 he asked Albrecht of Saxony to rule the land. Juw served as a councilor at the Court of Friesland (1500–1515) and magistrate of Baarderadeel
Baarderadeel
Baarderadeel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland, southwest of Leeuwarden. Since 1984, the area has been a part of the municipality of Littenseradiel.Some of the larger villages in Baarderadeel are Winsum, Mantgum, and Easterlittens....
(1510–1512).
Sources and references
- Brouwer, J.H., J.J. Klama, W. Kok, and M. Wiegersma, eds., Encyclopedie van Friesland, (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1958) s.v. Juw Dekema.
- Vries, O., B.S. Hempenius-van Dijk, P. Nieuwland, and P. Baks. De Heeren van den Raede. Biografieen en Groepsportret van de Raadsheren van het Hof van Friesland, 1499-1811. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 1999.
- A.J. Andreae, Nalezing op de Nieuwe Naamlijst van Grietmannen van Jhr. Mr. H. Baerdt van Sminia, Leeuwarden 1893.
- H.B. van Sminia, Juw Hettes Dekema, de laatste Potestaat in Friesland, in: De Vrije Fries VII (1856), pages 257-273.