John of Leiden

John of Leiden
Anabaptist King of Münster
Reign8 September 1534 – 24 June 1535 (1534-09-08 – 1535-06-24)
DeputiesChancellor
Heinrich Krechting
Lieutenant
Bernhard Krechting
Stadtholder
Bernhard Knipperdolling
BornJohan Beukelszoon
(1509-02-02)2 February 1509
Zevenhoven, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands
Died22 January 1536(1536-01-22) (aged 26)
Prinzipalmarkt, Münster, Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Spouse
Occupation(s)Tailor, merchant, innkeeper
Known forRole in the Münster rebellion

John of Leiden (born Johan Beukelszoon; 2 February 1509 – 22 January 1536) was a Dutch Anabaptist leader. In 1533 he moved to Münster, capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, where he became an influential prophet, turned the city into a millenarian Anabaptist theocracy, and proclaimed himself King of New Jerusalem in September 1534. The insurrection was suppressed in June 1535 after Prince-Bishop Franz von Waldeck besieged the city and captured John. John was tortured to death in the city's central marketplace on 22 January 1536, along with Bernhard Knipperdolling and Bernhard Krechting.


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