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L�tet Attena was a son of Hero Attena. In 1395 L�tet married Ocka tom Brok, the daughter of the chieftain Ocko I tom Brok and Foelke Kampana from the adjacent Brokmerland.
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They had two daughters named Etta and Hebe. When L�tet again caught Ocka in an act of adultery, he did just tat. Foelke then sought revenge and tried to utilize the situation to expand the influence of her family on the Attena's territory.
L�tet fled to his father's castle in Dornum, Norderburg Castle. Foelke besieged the castle and conquered it. In 1397, Hero was executed in the courtyard of Norderburg Castle on her orders.
This earned her the nickname Quade Foelke ("evil Foelke"). Modern research suggests that, although there may be a grain of truth in some parts of the legend, the story about the execution is definitely incorrect: Hero and L�ten were executed much later, in 1410 or 1411, on the order's of Foelke's son Keno II. For that matter, there is no historic evidence that she deserved her nickname os "evil Foelke".
