Nicholas Milies
Nikolaus Milies (documented also Clawys Mylres or Clawus Mylges ) was next to Arnd Stuke the most important captain of the "first generation" of the Vitalienbrüder .
Arnd Stuke and Nikolaus Milies in particular are considered to be the leaders of the pirates until 1395. According to a document from 1392, Milies came from the Ratzeburg monastery . Together with Stuke, he was instrumental in the arrest of Bishop Thord Gunnarsson von Strängnäs , which occurred in the same year on the way to the negotiations in Vordingborg . On December 6, 1393, he was named as one of the vitalienbroders .
See also
literature
- Hans Chr. Cordsen: Contributions to the history of the Vitalienbrüder , in: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, seventy-third year, Schwerin 1908
- Matthias Puhle : The Vitalienbrüder: Klaus Stortebeker and the pirates of the Hanseatic era. 2nd ed., Campus Verlag, Frankfurt , New York, 1994, ISBN 3-593-34525-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Contributions to the history of the vitality brothers. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library). 1908, accessed December 15, 2016 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milies, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Captain of the Brothers of Vitality |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th century or 15th century |