- Maria van Beckum
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Maria van Beckum (d. 1544) was a Dutch Anabaptist and noble. She was executed for heresy in the Netherlands.
She was the sister of John III van Beckum and sister-in-law to Ursula van Beckum and a member of te anabaptists. In 1542, the anabaptists was declared heretics in the Netherlands. She was arrested and sentenced to death by burning alongside with her sister-in-law Ursula. Their case attracted a lot of attention.
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Categories:- 1544 deaths
- People executed for heresy
- People executed by burning
- Executed Dutch people
- 16th-century Protestant martyrs
- 16th-century Dutch people
- Dutch nobility
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