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Uko Fockena (also known as: "Uko of Oldersum"; – 13 June 1432) was an East Frisian chieftain of Moormerland and Emsigerland.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 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.

  2. 1432 deaths
  3. 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.

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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).

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Dornum

Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Groningen

Groningen (Grunn or Grunnen) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands.

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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.

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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.

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Moormerland

Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.

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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.

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Rorichum

Rorichum is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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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.

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Tergast

Tergast is a village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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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.

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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

East Frisian chieftains

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uko_Fockena