Nicolaas Zannekin
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Nicolaas Zannekin (? - battle of Cassel, August 23, 1328), was a Flemish peasant leader, best known for his role in the Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323-1328.
Nicolaas Zannekin was a rich farmer from Lampernisse. During the early 14th century AD, Zannekin served as leader of the revolt in coastal Flanders against the oppresive tax policy of the count of Flanders Louis of Nevers. Zannekin and his men captured the towns of Nieuwpoort, Veurne, Ieper and Kortrijk. In Kortijk, Zannekin was able to capture the count himself. In 1325 attempts to capture Gent and Oudenaarde failed and the King of France, Charles IV of France intervened whereupon Louis was released from captivity in February 1326 and the Peace of Arques was sealed. The peace didn't last long and soon hostilities erupted again which made the count flee to France. Louis was able to convince his new liege Philip VI of France to come to his aid and Zannekin and his adherents were decisively defeated by the French royal army in the battle of Cassel.
[edit] References
- TeBrake, William H. (1993). A Plague of Insurrection: Popular Politics and Peasant Revolt in Flanders, 1323-1328. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3241-0.
