Claes Jansz Leke (d. 1536)
Claes Jansz Leke, a native of Poeldijk, Dutch province of South Holland, a revolutionary Anabaptist, was involved in the Anabaptist revolt at Poeldijk on 8-9 March 1536, and for this reason was beheaded at The Hague.
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