| Peter Meise (II) | |
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| President of Oldenburg | |
| Reign | 1533-1534 |
| Predecessor |
Title Created |
| Successor |
Gerhard VI (Restored) |
| Patriarch of the Eastern Jungist Church/Bishop of Finland | |
| Reign | 1528- |
| Predecessor | Title Created |
| Successor | Morninstar Meise |
| Lord of Vilala | |
| Reign | 1533- |
| Predecessor | Title Created |
| Successor | Israel Meise |
| Leader of the Meisids | |
| Reign | 1519- |
| Predecessor | Peter Meise |
| Successor | Michael Meise |
| House | Meisid Dynasty |
| Religion | Anabaptism Jungism |
Peter Meise (II) was a radical Anabaptist theologian and military leader, who claimed to be the reincarnation of the famous theologian Peter Meise. Peter Meise II first appeared in 1519 soon after the execution of the original Peter Meise, and throughout his life believed he was the same person. Other theories include that he was Meise's son or identical twin. The Duke and Prince-Elector of Saxony, Edmund Alwin, after unsuccessfully attempting to capture and imprison Meise several times, wanting to get rid of him, sent him on a perilous mission east to Russia to convert the Russians to Jungism. There, Meise met with surprising success, especially in Finland, where he was welcomed by the ruling Prince, a cousin of Edmund Alwin's. He founded there the Eastern Jungist Church, of which he shortly after declared himself Patriarch. Meise's actions led directly to the establishment of the famed Russian Secret Police, who served as a model to other nations' secret police.
Meise then managed to gather an army and invaded Oldenburg, establishing the Oldenburg Commune. This state was small and short-lived, but Meise escaped back to Finland, where he continued to claim the government of Oldenburg. Following the event of the Gunpowder or Popish Plot, Peter Meise condemned the Pope: "he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men must scurry about and peep from under his huge legs, to find ourselves dishonourable graves."
Meise would disappear, presumed dead, in 1546. The Bishop of Saxony, Lael Jung, would nominate Mikael Agricola as Bishop of Finland and Patriarch of the Eastern Jungist Church. This created a short-lived crisis, as while many moderate leaders of the mainstream Jungist Church supported Agricola, the Meisids prevalent in Finland proclaimed Morningstar Meise, a member of Peter Meise's family, to be Patriarch of their Church. For a few months it seemed as if the Eastern Jungist Church would split off completely from the mainstream Western Jungist Church - however, all was resolved when Agricola died unexpectedly that same year, and even more unexpectedly Peter Meise returned also shortly afterwards, still alive, and resumed his position, eventually being succeeded by Morningstar Meise as Patriarch much later.
Although Meise was often condemned by moderate Jungists and Catholics alike as a heretical madman, many influential men and noblemen were discovered at various points to have connections with him, such as Karl von Moers, and even William von Halle, President of the U.J.R.R. There are records that Meise attended bizarre rituals, accompanied by his family and various noblemen fascinated by the cult. While he was initially believed to be nothing more than a harmless, delusional radical Protestant, over the years his movement grew increasingly sinister and more powerful, becoming a barely Christian cult which incorporated aspects of demonology and ritual sacrifice. Meise's followers, such as Saumon Meise and Nathan, Duke of Saxe-Lochau, would go down in history as terrible and widely reviled figures, and were found to be guilty of great atrocities.
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