Bauck Poppema
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Bauck Poppema or Bauck Foppesd. of Popma and Bauck Hemmema, born in Terschelling
, died in Berlikum
, Friesland
1501, was a legendary Dutch heroine, known for her defence of the fort Hemmemastate during the conflict between the Schieringers paarty and the Vetkopers party in 1496.
Poppema was the wife of Doeke Hettes Hemmema (d. 1503), an ally of the Schieringers party. In 1496, a pregnant Poppema successfully defended the fort for a time during a siege by invaders from the city of Groningen. Eventually, however, enemy reinforcements arrived, after which the fort fell and all of Poppema's soldiers were executed. Poppema was imprisoned in Groningen, where legend holds that she gave birth to twin
s while chained in a dungeon. She was released in 1497.
Bauck Poppema has become a metaphor for a "brave woman" and an ideal for a Frisian heroine, and was compared to
Jeanne Hachette
and Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
.
Terschelling
Terschelling is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands.Waddenislanders are known for their resourcefulness in using anything and everything that washes ashore. With few trees to use for timber, most of the farms and barns are built with masts...
, died in Berlikum
Berlikum
Berlikum is a small village in Menaldumadeel in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 2350 citizens .-External links:*...
, Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
1501, was a legendary Dutch heroine, known for her defence of the fort Hemmemastate during the conflict between the Schieringers paarty and the Vetkopers party in 1496.
Poppema was the wife of Doeke Hettes Hemmema (d. 1503), an ally of the Schieringers party. In 1496, a pregnant Poppema successfully defended the fort for a time during a siege by invaders from the city of Groningen. Eventually, however, enemy reinforcements arrived, after which the fort fell and all of Poppema's soldiers were executed. Poppema was imprisoned in Groningen, where legend holds that she gave birth to twin
Twin
A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
s while chained in a dungeon. She was released in 1497.
Bauck Poppema has become a metaphor for a "brave woman" and an ideal for a Frisian heroine, and was compared to
Jeanne Hachette
Jeanne Hachette
Jeanne Laisné was a French heroine known as Jeanne Fourquet and nicknamed Jeanne Hachette .All that she is currently known for is an act of heroism on 27 June 1472, when she prevented the capture of Beauvais by the troops of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy...
and Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer was a wood merchant of Haarlem, Netherlands She was the daughter of Simon Hasselaer and Grietje Koen. When the city was besieged by the Spanish, she led a company of women in defence of the city, becoming famous for bravery...
.