John of Leiden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John of Leiden

Anabaptist leader, King of Munster

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1509

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1536

Profession: theologian, minister

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

John of Leiden (Dutch: Jan van Leiden; also Jan Beukelsz, Jan Beukelszoon, John Bockold, John Bockelson; February 2, 1509 – January 22, 1536) was an Anabaptist leader from Leiden, in the Holy Roman Empire's County of Holland.
In 1533 he moved to Münster, the capital city of the Holy Roman Empire's Prince-Bishopric of Münster, where he became an influential prophet and a leader of the Münster Rebellion.
He turned Münster, the city, into a millenarian Anabaptist theocracy, and proclaimed himself "king of the New Jerusalem" in 1534.
In 1535, the insurrection was suppressed after a siege of the fortified city, and John was captured, tortured and executed.



Alternative names	Heinrich Alde Grave, Hinrich Trippenmeker, Heinrich Trippenmecker, Hinric Tripenmaker
Description	German painter, goldsmith, engraver, drawer, designer and illustrator
Date of birth/death	circa 1502 date QS:P,+1502-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	between 1555 and 1561 date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1555-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1561-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death	Paderborn	Soest
Work location	Münster (1521), Antwerp (1523), Bruges (1523), Soest, Germany (1525-1555/1561)
Authority control	: Q62514 VIAF: 95693757 ISNI: 0000 0001 1850 6366 ULAN: 500002169 LCCN: n83233733 GND: 118501755 WorldCat