Gosse Ludigman

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1622 print of Ludigman (right)

Gosse Ludigman was a legendary potestaat of Friesland, now a province of the Netherlands. He does not appear in sources until hundreds of years after his supposed life.

Gosse lived at Staveren,[1] was married to Tetta Brederode and was elected potestaat in 989.[2] In the chronicle of Egmond, by the fifteenth century Carmelite John of Leiden, who said: "Hij leefde ten tijde van graaf Arnoud , die zichzelf graaf van Oostergo en Westergo noemde zonder ooit enig gezag te hebben uitgeoefend" [He lived at the time of Count Arnoud who proclaimed himself count of Oostergo and Westergo without ever having any authority].Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

His predecessor was Igo Galema, and after his death the Script error: No such module "Lang". started to be elected to one-year terms.[3] The next potestaat elected for life was Saco Reinalda in 1150.

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