Forum talk:Pier Gerlofs Donia descendants and ancestors?

"Pier Gerlofs Donia (Grutte Pier) had a son named "Gerlof Piers Donia in 1454"

No way! That can't be possible, because the Pier Gerlofs Donia I am talking about (Grutte Pier) is, according to all sources on him, born around 1480. He died on october 28th of 1520 in Sneek. The "Pier Gerlofs Donia" you have found is not the right man. "Gerlof Piers Donia" would be the son of "Pier Gerlofs Donia"? But Pier Gerlofs Donia (Grutte Pier) fought the Saxons and the Dutch from 1515 until 1519. That means, according to these sources, Grutte Pier was at least 90 years old when he was fighting the Saxon and Habsburg invaders! It makes no sense.

The sources are wrong. I came across the same sources and simply dismissed them as fake, or wrong. These are either: fake, or: other relatives. But definetetly not the people I am looking for. I have several books on Grutte Pier, and all state he was born around 1480. He was still a healthy and strong man in 1515. A man who had a son as early as 1454 would by then be a frail old man in 1515.

The information you "discovered" is wrong. Or else, all the history books and online sources are wrong which I find hard to believe. Pierius Magnus 21:28, September 11, 2009 (UTC)