About Wendelmoet Claesdochter
Lived 1490 – 1527 (aged 36–37). Wendelmoet Claesdochter was a writer.
Wendelmoet Claesdochter ( – 20 November 1527) was a Dutch Lutheran who was executed for heresy by strangulation followed by burning, and is known as the first woman victim to the religious persecutions in the Netherlands during the reign of Emperor Charles V.
She was a leading figure in spreading the protestantism in Monnickendam through bible meetings. She was used in propaganda as a protestant martyr, and appeared in the protestant martyrs book Het offer des Heeren since the 1570 edition.
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Executed for heresy
When was Wendelmoet Claesdochter born?
Wendelmoet Claesdochter was born in 1490.
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Wendelmoet Claesdochter died in 1527 in The Hague.
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Wendelmoet Claesdochter was a writer.
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Wendelmoet Claesdochter's recorded nationality: Habsburg Netherlands.
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