Husseko Hayen

East Frisia at the time of the chiefs .

Husseko Hayen (attested 1367 ; † around 1384 ) was an East Frisian chief in the Stadland .

Life

Nothing is known about the early life of Hesseko Hayen. For the first time he is mentioned in a document about a peace treaty between the city of Bremen and the parish Rodenkirchen im Stadland from November 22, 1367 as Husseko, son of Hayo (filius Hayonis) . The people of Rodenkirchen call him our countryman (noster conterraneus). He probably expanded the church as a kind of fortress and used it to attack the Bremen-controlled Weser shipping.

In 1384 he apparently used the church in Esenshamm as a base and starting point for further raids, probably again against Bremen. According to Bremen's judgment, the church was viewed as a robbery and was considered the most heavily fortified church in eastern Friesland.

Husseko will therefore have had a significant position of power and important followers in the Stadland and, with his warlike lifestyle, reached well above the social average of the Stadland farmers. His marriage to Jarste, the sister of the ruling chief in Rüstringen - Edo Wiemken the Elder (attested from 1382; † 1415), marks his prominent social rank.

However, when Husseko rejected Jarste because of another woman, this probably prompted his brother-in-law to enter into an alliance with the city of Bremen against him in May 1384. Bremen was also allied against Husseko with Count Konrad II of Oldenburg and another chief of the Stadland, Dide Lubben . While Edo was seeking revenge for his sister's insults of honor, Bremen tried to restore peace on the Weser, which was still or severely disturbed by Husseko and his followers from Stadländer. In June 1384 the church of Esenshamm was stormed after a thirteen day siege. Husseko was handed over as a prisoner to Edo Wiemken, who had him tortured to death.

literature

• Husseko Hayen. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , pp. 341-342 ( online ).