Willem Willemzoon van der Leye (d. 1535)
Willem Willemzoon van der Leye, an Anabaptist martyr, was arrested at the Oldeklooster siege and beheaded on 10 April 1535, at Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands.
Bibliography
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