Ocko I Tom Brok

Ocko I tom Brok (de Broke) (about 1345–1389) followed his father Keno I tom Brok as

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of the

Brokmerland The Brokmerland is a landscape and an historic territory, located in western East Frisia, which covers the area in and around the present-day communities of Brookmerland and Südbrookmerland. The Brokmerland borders in the east on the Harlingerlan ...

and the

Auricherland The Auricherland was an historic region, in central East Frisia, which covered a large area around the town of Aurich in north Germany. The Auricherland bordered in the west on the Brokmerland, in the north on the Norderland and the Harlingerland ...

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, a former territory on Germany's North Sea coast. According to tradition, he lived in the 1370s in

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and was

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by Queen

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for his military and court services. After the death of his father in 1376 Ocko returned to his homeland in 1378. After heavy fighting against Folkmar Allena, he initially united almost all of East Frisia under his rule. In 1389 he was murdered near the district of Aurich Castle. Ocko I tom Brok married

Foelke Kampana Foelke Kampana (1355 – c. 1418), also known as Foelke the Cruel, was a Frisian noble. She served as regent for the Frisian territories Oldeborg, Brokmerland, Auricherland and Emsigerland in East Frisia in 1400 during the absence of her son Ken ...

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(known locally as ''Quade Foelke''). They had the following issue: *

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(married Adda Idzinga of Norden), * Tetta tom Brok (married Sibrand of Loquard), * Ocka tom Brok (married Lütet Attena of Dornum and Nesse). His eldest, but illegitimate son was Widzeld tom Brok, (d. 25 April 1399), who succeeded his father as chieftain after he had been murdered. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tom Brok, Ocko 01 East Frisian chieftains 14th-century births 1389 deaths