Willem van Utrecht (d. 1535)
Willem van Utrecht participated in the Anabaptist uprising at Amsterdam, Holland, on 10-11 May 1535, was captured in the siege of the town hall and executed with bestial cruelty. It is not clear whether he was an Anabaptist.
Bibliography
Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, vol. XLI. Amsterdam, 1920: 60, 64.
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