Saco Reinalda (chosen from 1150 to 1167) was a legendary '' potestaat'' of

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, now a province of the Netherlands. Sometimes his name was written as Rengnalda, his son was called Wilco Reinalda. According to later and inaccurate sources, Saco Reinalda of

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was twice Potestaat of Friesland, and had the right to save gold and silver coins (0. Sc, 27).

References

Friesche Almanak
1851
''Beknopte geschiedenis van Friesland, in hoofdtrekken'' Wopke Eekhoff p 490
**"wordt geroemd als een braaf en vredelievend man, onder wiens bestuur vele Friezen op nieuw naar het Heilige land trokken." Legendary potestaats of Friesland 1167 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Netherlands-politician-stub