Sicko Sjaerdema

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Sikke Sjaardema (- 1260), was the eighth potestaat of Friesland, a province of the Netherlands. The potestaat was the elected provincial ruler.

[edit] Biography

Sikko, Sikke or Sicka Syarda came from Ylst or IJlst, (Elostoe in Latin), and was elected to Potestaat by the men of Friesland in 1237.

Count William II of Holland offered Sicko regional rule on the Friesian lands. This offer can be read in the reference^[1]

"Grootmagtige Koning ! Wil u niet te vergeefs vermoeijen; meent gij dat ik, om mij en mijn geslacht te verheffen, een verrader wil zijn, en de nakomelingen van die vrijheid berooven, welke onze Voorouders boven alle goederen geschat hebben ? Verre zij van mij een geldgierig en oneerlijk hart! Vaarwel! En wil mij met uwe brieven niet meer begroeten in dier voege, want ik wil na dezen geene van u ontvangen. Uit onzen huize Sjaardema den 9 augustus 1239." "Would you not be in vain troubled; ye believes that, to me and my family to raise, want to be a traitor, and the descendants of those berooven freedom, which our Ancestors above all goods estimated? Far from me a geldgierig and unfair heart! Goodbye! And wants me with yours letters no longer welcome in the sense, because I want after this geene received from you. From our home Sjaardema the August 9, 1239."

Around the year 1250 Sikke Sjaardema made IJlst the province's capital where municipal laws were judged.

The city flag is a blue field with a left half French lily, in the middle of an arrow up, a right - right French lily and 3 six pointed stars.

Sicko had a military success in 1252. Abel, the "King of Norway" fell in East Friesland. The Frisians killed king Abel and many of his troops on 12 June 1252.^[2] Petrus Thaborita had the year as 1250 which is almost correct, and that Abel was king of Denmark.