Geerken Vrancken (d. 1547)
Geerken Vrancken, a sister-in-law of the martyr Metken, was also an Anabaptist martyr. She was probably drowned on 28 August 1547 at Echt, at that time belonging to the duchy of Gelder, now the Dutch province of Limburg. Particulars about her were not available.
Bibliography
Bax, Willem. Het protestantisme in het bisdom Luik en vooral te Maastricht. s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1937-1941: I, 326, 399.
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