Eggerik Beninga
Eggerik Beninga (* 1490 in Grimersum ; † October 19, 1562 ibid) was a Frisian historian from the noble family of Beninga , one of the first statesmen in East Frisia , was Drost to Leerort and at the same time adviser to Countess Anna of East Frisia from 1540–1556 .
Eggerik Beninga wrote an East Frisian chronicle, the Cronica der Fresen , in Low German. It contains the history of the Frisians from the earliest times until 1562.
His tombstone is in the church of Grimersum .
literature
- Eggerik Beninga, Antonius Matthaeus: Chronyck often Historie van Oost-Frieslant. Schouten, Leiden 1706, limited preview in the Google book search.
- Ufke Cremer: Beninga, Eggerik. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 49 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ernst Friedländer: Beninga, Eggerik . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 334 f.
- Biographical lexicon for East Frisia . Eggerik Beninga (PDF file; 98 kB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Eggerik Beninga in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beninga, Eggerik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Frisian historian and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grimersum |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1562 |
| Place of death | Grimersum |