Keno I. tom Brok

Keno I. tom Brok , before his appointment Keno Hilmerisna (* around 1310 , † 1376 ), was the first chief of Brookmerland in East Friesland .

Keno I. tom Brok came from a respected family that was one of the potentes of the Norderland . A Keno Kenesna, probably the grandfather, was already one of three consuls there in 1309 . Consul Keno's grandson became chief Keno Hilmerisna in 1347, lord of Broke, Marienhafe and Aurich .

In a papal letter of grace from 1371 Keno (I.) tom Brok is mentioned for the first time as capitaneus Brocmanie , chief of Brokmerland. Sometime between 1347, where he - first mentioned in a document - as nobilis vir with the patronymic name form Keno Hilmerisna in Brocmania helped mediate a legal transaction in the Emsigerland and held jurisdiction in the local parishes of Uttum and Visquard , and 1371, probably already 1361 or before, he was rose to the central position of a country chief.

His eldest son, who by the Queen of Naples to Condottiere beaten Ocko was the husband of the chief's daughter of Strackholt and rear , the name by their alleged cruelty Quade Foelke ( Low German acquired "the evil Foelke"). He took over his father's inheritance in 1376 and expanded his sphere of influence over almost all of East Frisia . After his death his wife Foelke led the government until their sons Widzel and Keno II. Tom Brok came of age .

See also

• Gender tom brok

Individual evidence

1. ^ W. Hertz: Studies on Frisian legal history: Abhandlung. Upstalsbom, Freedom and Counts in Friesland. Th. 1. Introduction. Testimonies for Upstalsbom meetings. Association days at Upstalsbom , p. 254
2. ↑ Hans Patze: History of Lower Saxony, Volume 1-2 , Lax, 1997, pp. 987 ff.
3. ↑ Jannes Ohling: East Frisia in the protection of the dike: Contributions to the cultural and economic history of the East Frisian coastal region , p. 72

predecessor	Office	successor
	Chief of the Brookmerkand 1371–1376	Ocko I. tom Brok