Marietje Jan de Gortersdochter

Marietje Jan de Gortersdochter (died 21 February 1539) was a Dutch Anabaptist. She is known in history as a martyr of the Anabaptist faith and the mother of the Anabaptist leader David Joris. She was married to the merchant Joris van Amersfoort. She was executed by decapitation in Delft after banned books had been found among her possessions.

References

Kees Kuiken, Gortersdr., Marietje Jan de, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Gortersdr [13/01/2014]
"Gortersdr., Marietje Jan de (?-1539)". resources.huygens.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2017-03-06.

16th century Protestant women in the Reformation

Theological writers and scholars	Argula von Grumbach Anne Bacon Anne Locke Magdalena Heymair Elizabeth Melville Katharina Zell Joan Waste Catherine Vasa of Sweden Elisabeth of Brandenburg Emilia Lanier Elisabeth Cruciger Catherine Tishem
Former nuns	Katharina von Bora Ursula of Munsterberg Charlotte of Bourbon Katharina von Zimmern Marie Dentière Cecily Bodenham Birgitta Botolfsdotter Elizabeth Zouche Anna II, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Reformation martyrs	Anne Askew Alice Driver Joan Bocher Elizabeth Pepper Guernsey Martyrs Alice Benden Maria van Beckum Ursula van Beckum Marietje Jan de Gortersdochter Elisabeth Wandscherer
Benefactors	Anne Boleyn Elisabeth of Hesse Anna Maria of the Palatinate Jeanne d'Albret Inger Ottesdotter Rømer Renée of France Margaret of Valois-Angoulême Elisabeth of Brandenburg
Significant for another reason	Amalia of Cleves Catharina Herman Catherine Tishem Rose Lok Anna Pehrsönernas moder

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