Klaus Störtebeker
Deceased Person
1360 – 1401
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Who was Klaus Störtebeker?
Nikolaus Storzenbecher, or Klaus Störtebeker, was a leader and the best known representative of a companionship of privateers known as the Victual Brothers. The Victual Brothers were originally hired during a war between Denmark and Sweden to fight the Danish and supply the besieged Swedish capital Stockholm with provisions. After the end of the war, the Victual Brothers continued to capture merchant vessels for their own account and named themselves "Likedeelers".
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- Born
- 1360
Wismar - Also known as
- Klaus Stortebeker
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Wismar
- Died
- Oct 20, 1401
Hamburg
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on July 23, 2013
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