Georg Schenck van Toutenburg

Georg was born in Windischeschenbach, and succeeded Wilhelm van Roggendorf as Stadhouder of Friesland.

Georg built the Toutenburg in Vollenhove, where he had been appointed bailiff.

He succeeded in pushing back the Guelders led by Christoffel, Count of Meurs.

Schenck captured Dokkum (see J. of Golstein), and ultimately Sloten and Lemmer.

He took the war out of Friesland, fighting Charles, Duke of Guelders in the Guelders Wars, becoming stadholder of Overijssel, defeating the Anabaptists at Bloemkamp, and also capturing Groningen and Drenthe (1536) after the Battle of Heiligerlee, where he also became stadholder.