Sibet Attena

Sibet Attena

Sarcophagus of Sibet Attena in the St. Magnus Church in Esens
Spouse(s) Onna Stedesdorf
Margaret of Westerwolde
Noble family Dornum
Father Sibet of Dornum
Mother Frouwa of Manslagt
Born c. 1425
Died 8 November 1473(1473-11-08)
Buried St. Magnus Church in Esens

Sibet Attena (also: Latin: Sibo; c. 1425 – 8 November 1473) was an East Frisian chieftain. He was a son of Sibet of Dornum ("old Sibet") (d. 1433) and Frouwa of Manslagt, a daughter of Enno Cirksena.

From his father he inherited the Beninga Castle in Dornum. From his first wife, Onna of Stedesdorf, a daughter of Hero Omken the Elder, he inherited Stedesdorf in 1447. As a nephew and a loyal supporter of Ulrich Cirksena, he was invested with Esens in 1454. He was also to inherit Manslagt via his mother, but he renounced this.

Also in 1454, he supported Ulrich Cirksena against Tanne Kankena in Wittmund. He occupied Kankena's castle in Wittmund and expelled him. Seven years later he invested Kankena with Dornum. From 1455, he called himself "Chieftain at Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund". Thus, he viewed himself as the ruler of the Harlingerland.

After Onna of Stedesdorf died in 1464, he married his second wife Margaret of Westerwolde.

Sibet was present in 1464 at the solemn ceremony in the Guesthouse Church in Emden where Ulrich Cirksena was raised to Imperial Count and was knighted during that ceremony.

After his death, a magnificent sandstone sarcophagus was erected for him in the church of Esens (now the St. Magnus Church) in 1473.

Issue

Children from his first marriage:

Children from his second marriage:

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