Juw Dekema (1449/50 – October 24, 1523) was a Frisian chieftain and
Schieringer in
Weidum and
Baard, who was elected as
potestate of Friesland in 1494 at the diet of
Sneek. In 1498 he asked
Albrecht of Saxony to rule the land. Juw served as a councilor at the Court of Friesland (1500–1515) and magistrate of
Baarderadeel (1510–1512).
Sources and references
*Brouwer, J.H., J.J. Klama, W. Kok, and M. Wiegersma, eds., Encyclopedie van Friesland, (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1958) s.v. ''Juw Dekema''.
*Vries, O., B.S. Hempenius-van Dijk, P. Nieuwland, and P. Baks. ''De Heeren van den Raede. Biografieen en Groepsportret van de Raadsheren van het Hof van Friesland, 1499-1811''. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 1999.
*A.J. Andreae,
Nalezing op de Nieuwe Naamlijst van Grietmannen van Jhr. Mr. H. Baerdt van Sminia', Leeuwarden 1893.
*H.B. van Sminia,
Juw Hettes Dekema, de laatste Potestaat in Friesland', in: De Vrije Fries VII (1856), pages 257-273.
1450 births
1523 deaths
Medieval West Frisians
16th-century Dutch people
People from Littenseradiel
Potestaats of Friesland
15th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
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