Gosse Ludigman
Gosse Ludigman (d. 1000) was a legendary potestaat (or elected governor) of Friesland, now a province of the Netherlands. He does not appear in sources until hundreds of years after his supposed life.
Gosse lived at Staveren,[1] was married to Tetta Brederode and was elected potestaat in 989.[2] In the chronicle of Egmond, by the fifteenth century Carmelite John of Leiden, who said: "Hij leefde ten tijde van graaf Arnoud , die zichzelf graaf van Oostergo en Westergo noemde zonder ooit enig gezag te hebben uitgeoefend" [He lived at the time of Count Arnoud who proclaimed himself count of Oostergo and Westergo without ever having any authority].[citation needed]
His predecessor was Igo Galema, and after his death the potestaat started to be elected to one-year terms.[3] The next potestaat elected for life was Saco Reinalda in 1150.
References
[edit]- ^ Eekhoff, Wopke (1851). Beknopte geschiedenis van Friesland, in hoofdtrekken: bevattende een overzigt van de lotgevallen der Friezen en van de voornaamste gebeurtenissen, gedurende bijna tweeduizend jaren in dit land voorgevallen.
- ^ L. Schierbeek (1840). Friesche volks-almanak, Volume 5.
- ^ Diijkstra, Folkert (1842). De geschiedenis van Vriesland, van den vroegsten tot den tegenwoordigen tijd: tot een leesboek op de scholen. bij D. Meindersma, Wz.
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