Uko Fockena, the Glossary
Uko Fockena (also known as: "Uko of Oldersum"; – 13 June 1432) was an East Frisian chieftain of Moormerland and Emsigerland.[1]
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33 relations: Battle of Detern, Borssum, Emden, Brokmerland, Cirksena, Dornum, East Frisia, Emden, Emsigerland, Emsland, Feoffment, Focko Ukena, Franciscans, Frisian freedom, Gandersum, Groningen, Groothusen, Lütet Attena, Leer, Lower Saxony, List of counts of East Frisia, Marienwehr, Münster, Moormerland, Ocko I tom Brok, Ocko II tom Brok, Oldersum, Rorichum, Stadtholder, Suurhusen, Tergast, Theda Ukena, Tom Brok family, Tribal chief, Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia.
- 1432 deaths
- East Frisian chieftains
Battle of Detern
The Battle of Detern (Schlacht von Detern) on 27 September 1426 marked the prelude to the East Frisian rebellion against the rule of the tom Brok family over East Frisia.
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Borssum or Borßum is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Uko Fockena and Borssum, Emden
Brokmerland
The Brokmerland is a landscape and an historic territory, located in western East Frisia, which covers the area in and around the present-day communities of Brookmerland and Südbrookmerland.
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Cirksena
The House of Cirksena was the ruling family of East Frisia (Ostfriesland).
Dornum
Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
East Frisia
East Frisia or East Friesland (Ostfriesland;; Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Emden
Emden is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems.
Emsigerland
The Emsigerland, or Emderland was a historic region on the western edge of East Frisia by the Wadden Sea, which covered a wide area around the town of Emden.
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Emsland
Landkreis Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems.
Feoffment
In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment or enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service.
Focko Ukena
Focko Ukena (1360 or 1370 – 1435) was an East Frisian chieftain (hovetling) who played an important part in the struggle between the Vetkopers and Schieringers in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. Uko Fockena and Focko Ukena are East Frisian chieftains.
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Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.
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Frisian freedom
The Frisian freedom (Fryske frijheid) was a period of the absence of feudalism in Frisia during the Middle Ages.
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Gandersum
Gandersum is a small village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Groningen
Groningen (Grunn or Grunnen) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands.
Groothusen
Groothusen is an old Langwurtendorf – a village on an artificially-built ridge – in the municipality of Krummhörn in western East Frisia on Germany's North Sea coast.
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Lütet Attena
Lütet Attena (died:, in Dornum) was a 14th-century East Frisian chieftain of Dornum and Nesse in the Norderland area. Uko Fockena and Lütet Attena are East Frisian chieftains.
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Leer, Lower Saxony
Leer is a town in the district of Leer, in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
See Uko Fockena and Leer, Lower Saxony
List of counts of East Frisia
The counts and princes of East Frisia from the noble East Frisian family Cirksena descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel.
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Marienwehr
Marienwehr is a small village in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Münster
Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Moormerland
Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.
See Uko Fockena and Moormerland
Ocko I tom Brok
Ocko I tom Brok (de Broke) (about 1345–1389) followed his father Keno I tom Brok as chieftain of the Brokmerland and the Auricherland in East Frisia, a former territory on Germany's North Sea coast. Uko Fockena and Ocko I tom Brok are East Frisian chieftains.
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Ocko II tom Brok
Ocko II tom Brok (1407–1435) was Chieftain of the Brokmerland and the Auricherland in East Frisia (initially under the guardianship of his grandmother, Foelke). Uko Fockena and Ocko II tom Brok are East Frisian chieftains.
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Oldersum
Oldersum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Rorichum
Rorichum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Stadtholder
In the Low Countries, a stadtholder (stadhouder) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader.
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Suurhusen
Suurhusen is a village north of Emden in the German region of East Frisia.
Tergast
Tergast is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Theda Ukena
Theda Ukena (1432 in Oldersum – 16 November 1494 in Greetsiel) was from 1466 to about 1480 regent of the County of East Frisia.
See Uko Fockena and Theda Ukena
Tom Brok family
The tom Brok family (also: tom Broke, tom Brook, tom Broek, ten Brok, ten Broke; equivalent to Dutch ten broek, "at the marsh") were a powerful East Frisian line of chieftains, originally from the Norderland on the North Sea coast of Germany. Uko Fockena and tom Brok family are East Frisian chieftains.
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Tribal chief
A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
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Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia
Ulrich I of East Frisia, first count of East Frisia (1408 in Norden – 25 or 26 September 1466, in Emden) was a son of the chieftain Enno Edzardisna of Norden and Greetsiel, and Gela of Manslagt.
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See also
1432 deaths
- Al-Hadi Ali
- Al-Kum al-Rishi
- Alexander the Good
- Anne of Burgundy
- Arnold de Lantins
- Art Mac Cathmhaoil
- Benedetto de Pradosso
- Centurione II Zaccaria
- Dan II of Wallachia
- Dawlat Berdi
- Elisabetta Visconti
- Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier
- Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
- Galeotto Roberto Malatesta
- Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare
- Giovanni Caracciolo
- Gongma Drakpa Gyaltsen
- Guillaume de Montfort (bishop of Saint-Malo)
- Gyaltsab Je
- Hans von Burghausen
- Janus, King of Cyprus
- Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alençon
- Johan Håkansson
- John Carter (died 1432)
- John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
- John of Schoonhoven
- Kanze Motomasa
- Kham Tam Sa
- Khon Kham
- Leonor Lasso de la Vega
- Martim Afonso de Melo
- Nikola IV Frankopan
- Paolo Guinigi
- Ralph Hunt (MP)
- Richard de Billingford
- Robert Veel
- Robert Wolveden
- Rumbaudas Valimantaitis
- Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda
- Thomas Paffe
- Uko Fockena
- William Emery (MP)
- William Oliver (MP for City of London)
- William Sevenoke
- Yaduraya Wodeyar
- Yusuf IV of Granada
East Frisian chieftains
- East Frisian chieftains
- Edzard Cirksena
- Enno Edzardisna
- Focko Ukena
- Lütet Attena
- Maria of Jever
- Ocko I tom Brok
- Ocko II tom Brok
- Sibet Attena
- Tom Brok family
- Uko Fockena