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Ygo Youkes Galama, the great crusader
The Galama family was a influental Frisian family during the Schieringer and Vetkoper-wars.
Jouke Ygos Galama
An ancestor of ygo Gales Galama was Jouke Ygos Galama (born around 925). (Source: http://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-bavo-van-der-molen) He was two years in the service of the Duke (Doge) of Venice, Pietro Partecipazio (http:. //smitzimm.woelmuis. com / 843095836.htm)
The Galama-family was founded around 800. Or at leats, at that point they became nobility. In the first crusade, Galama-knights went on fighting the Muslims in the Holy land. Although the whole operation failed, it wasn't the fault of these skilled warriors. Ygo Joukes Galama, a famous crusader during the First Crusade, at the Siege of Antioch, and is also buried there. He gave up his live by pulling down a wooden roller which opened up the gate, and got mortally wounded by several javelin's being thrown in his chest, while fighting his way up the gateway. He played a key role in taking several city's.
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