The East Frisian chieftains (German: Häuptlinge, Low German: hovetlinge / hovedlinge) assumed positions of power in East Frisia during the course of the 14th century, after the force of the old, egalitarian constitution from the time of Frisian Freedom had markedly waned.
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Ostfriesland zur Zeit der Häuptlinge um 1300 n.Chr.
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Häuptling in höfischer Tracht, aus dem 1561 begonnenen Hausbuchs des Unico Manninga, Häuptling zu Lü...