Janneken Kinderkens (ca. 1538-1562)
Janneken Kinderkens, an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded on 24 March 1562, inside of the Gravensteen (castle and prison) at Ghent, Belgium. She was a daughter of Adriaen Kinderkens, was born at Moerbeke near Geeraardsbergen in Flanders, and was 24 years of age. Further particulars are lacking.
See also Verkindert
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 28, No. 83.
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