Etching of Grutte Pier, from Chronycke ofte Historische Geschiedenis van Frieslant, published in 1622.[1]
Born
1480
Kimswerd, Frisia, Holy Roman Empire
Died
28 October 1520 (aged ≈40)
Sneek, Lordship of Frisia, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality
Frisian
Other names
Grutte Pier, Grote Pier
Occupation(s)
farmer, rebel leader, pirate
Known for
Leading a Frisian rebellion between 1515 and 1519
Spouse
Rintsje Syrtsema
Children
Gerlof Piers Donia and Wobbel Piers Donia
Parent(s)
Gerlof Piers Donia and Fokel Sybrants Bonga
Pier Gerlofs Donia (c. 1480 – 28 October 1520) was a Frisian farmer, rebel leader, and pirate. He is best known by his West Frisian nickname Grutte Pier ("Big Pier"; in the pre-1980 West Frisian spelling written as Greate Pier), or by the Dutch translation Grote Pier, which referred to his legendary size, strength, and bravery.
His life is mostly shrouded in legend. Based upon a description now attributed to Pier's contemporary Petrus Thaborita, the 19th-century Dutch historian Conrad Busken Huet wrote that Grutte Pier was
A tower of a fellow as strong as an ox, of dark complexion, broad shouldered, with a long black beard and moustache. A natural rough humorist, who through unfortunate circumstances was recast into an awful brute. Out of personal revenge for the bloody injustice that befell him (in 1515) with the killing of kinsfolk and destruction of his property he became a freedom fighter of legendary standing.[2]
^Pierius Winsemius [fy; sv]. Chronycke ofte Historische Geschiedenis van Vrieslant', published in 1622
^Conrad Busken Huet (1884). Het land van Rembrand: studiën over de Noordnederlandsche beschaving in de zeventiende eeuw. Tjeenk Willink.[page needed]
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