What was the pirate band around Störtebeker called?
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Victual Brothers
They also called themselves Likedeeler, 'equal sharers' of the loot.
💡 Did you know? Originally they supplied besieged Stockholm with provisions.
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Klaus Störtebeker was the best-known pirate of the North and Baltic Seas around 1400. As leader of the Victual Brothers (also called Likedeeler, „equal sharers“) he seized merchant ships of the powerful Hanseatic League. In 1401 he was captured off Heligoland and beheaded in Hamburg. According to legend his headless body walked past several comrades to buy their freedom. His name means roughly „down the beaker“: he is said to have downed a full jug in one go. Good to know: They also called themselves Likedeeler, 'equal sharers' of the loot. Originally they supplied besieged Stockholm with provisions. The Hanse dominated trade in the North and Baltic Seas. Its rich merchant ships were Störtebeker's prey. The execution took place on Hamburg's Grasbrook. His head was spiked as a deterrent. For each man the headless body passed, a comrade was to go free. The legend is of course not historically proven. One of his hideouts lay around Heligoland. That is where he was finally captured. Once you know them, you suddenly spot them everywhere again.
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Victual Brothers
They also called themselves Likedeeler, 'equal sharers' of the loot.
💡 Did you know? Originally they supplied besieged Stockholm with provisions.
The Hanseatic League
The Hanse dominated trade in the North and Baltic Seas.
💡 Did you know? Its rich merchant ships were Störtebeker's prey.
He was beheaded
The execution took place on Hamburg's Grasbrook.
💡 Did you know? His head was spiked as a deterrent.
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