Martinus Hamconius

Martinus Hamconius
Portrait by Arnoud van Halen, c.1700
BornMaarten Hamckema
c.1550
Follega, Friesland
Died1620 (aged 6970)
Pen nameMartinus Hamconius
OccupationWriter, poet, historian
NationalityDutch

Maarten Hamckema (c.1550 in Follega – 1620), sometimes anglicized as Marten Hamkes and mainly known by his pen name Martinus Hamconius, was a Frisian writer, poet and historian best known for his apocryphal history books on the Kingdom of Frisia.