Gödeke Michels (died 1402), also known as Gottfried Michaelsen, was a German pirate and one of the leaders of the Likedeeler, a combination of former Vitalienbrüder. The Victual Brothers resp Vitalians or Vitalian Brotherhood were a companionship of Privateers who later turned to piracy
Together with Klaus Störtebeker, Hennig Wichmann and Magister Wigbold, as well as other leaders of the Likedeeler, he raided shipping in the North and Baltic Sea near the end of the 14th century. Klaus Störtebeker (c 1360 &ndash 20 October 1401) was a leader and the best known representative of a companionship of Privateers known as the Hennig Wichmann was one of the leaders of the Likedeeler, an association of former Victual Brothers. Magister Wigbold (1365–1402 also called “Master of the Seven Arts” was a German pirate who belonged to the famous Likedeeler Pirates of Klaus Störtebeker The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude.
They possessed fast ships, which easily outmaneuvered the ships of the Hanse. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade Like many of the Likedeeler, Michels was primarily concerned with capturing valuable prizes. However, he disdained cowardice and those surviving crewmen who had not resisted were usually thrown overboard.
Michels was eventually captured and executed in the year 1402, shortly after Klaus Störtebeker and crewmen were beheaded on the Grasbrook in Hamburg. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany
References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- Jörgen Bracker: Klaus Störtebeker - only one of them. The history of the Vitalienbrüder. In: Wilfried honour-break (Hrsg. ): Störtebeker. 600 years after its death (Hansi studies; Bd. 15). Porta Alba publishing house, Luebeck 2001, ISBN 3-933701-14-7
External links
- Gottes Freund – Aller Welt Feind (German)
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