The House of Cirksena (East Frisian: [tsɪ:rzəŋ̍ə]) was the name of the ruling family of East Frisia (German: Ostfriesland). They descended from a line...

The counts and princes of East Frisia from the noble East Frisian family Cirksena descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel. The county...

Edzard Cirksena (born: Edzard Edzardisna; died: 1441) was an East Frisian chieftain at Greetsiel, Norden, Emden and Brokmerland. He and his father Enno...

IV, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (1493–1574) and his first wife, Margaret Cirksena (1500–1537), daughter of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia. One author theorized...

Cirksenas from Greetsiel defeated and expelled Fokko, who later died near Groningen. After 1465 one of the last chieftains from the house of Cirksena...

on, among others, the coats-of-arms of Rietberg, Liechtenstein, and the Cirksena. Among the earliest examples is the city of Nuremberg's device, which used...

arms of the Duchy of Troppau, and the fourth a variant of the arms of the Cirksena family of Agnes von Ostfriesland (representing the County of Rietberg)...

increase their, mostly local, power and influence. In the 15th century, the Cirksena dynasty managed to establish its authority in practically all of East Frisia...

Enno Edzardisna (also known as Enno Cirksena, Enno Attena and rarely Enno Syardsna; c. 1380 – c. 1450) was a chieftain of Norden, Greetsiel, Berum and...

Siartze of Berum. Gela and her cousin Frauwa Cirksena ("Sydzena") were the only heirs of the Cirksenas of Berum. Ulrich's father Enno had used the opportunity...

the city of Emden revolted. In the course of this Emden Revolution, the Cirksena family were driven out of Emden. Under pressure from the Dutch States General...

coinage, and the introduction of primogeniture for his house, the house of Cirksena. His foreign policies led to a three-year war (1514–1517) against Duke...

Frisia were united under the rule of the Cirksena family in the fifteenth century, and in 1464 Ulrich I von Cirksena was able to declare himself Count of...

a harpy displayed Sable the human parts Argent crowned and armed Or (Cirksena); on a point entée Azure, a bugle-horn stringed Or (Duchy of Jägerndorf);...

of East Frisia fell to Prussia following the extinction of its ruling Cirksena dynasty. In the last 23 years of his reign until 1786, Frederick II, who...

Johan I of East Frisia (1506–1572) was a member of the house of Cirksena and a non-reigning Count of East Frisia and later imperial governor of Limburg...

of Frisian republicanism. In East Frisia, a leading nobleman from the Cirksena-family managed to defeat his competitors with the help of the Hanseatic...

a harpy displayed Sable the human parts Argent crowned and armed Or (Cirksena); on a point entée Azure, a bugle-horn stringed Or (Duchy of Jägerndorf);...

of Waldeck-Wildungen (1493–1574) and his first wife, Countess Margaret Cirksena of Ostfriesland (1500–1537), daughter of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia...

Albert (13 June 1690 – 11 June 1734) was a member of the family of the Cirksena and was the fourth Prince of East Frisia. He ruled from 1708 to 1734. He...

– 30 June 1708, Aurich) was a Prince of East Frisia from the House of Cirksena from the day he was born in 1665, but remained under guardianship until...

of the Cirksena family and succeeded his brother Enno Louis as ruler of East Frisia. He ruled from 1660 to 1665. Under his reign, the Cirksena family...

19 August 1625) was a Count of Ostfriesland from 1599 to 1625 from the Cirksena family. He was the elder son of Count Edzard II of Ostfriesland and his...

Born 1 June 1460 Died 19 February 1491(1491-02-19) (aged 30) Friedeburg Noble family Cirksena Father Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia Mother Theda Ukena...

was known as the "Count of Norden". Ferdinand Edzard was a member of the Cirksena ruling house of East Frisia. He was the youngest son of Count Ulrich II...

Emden Abdena Faldern Aildesna Dornum and Nesse Attena Greetsiel / Norden Cirksena Innhausen / Östringen Tjarksena Langwarden / Innhausen / Knyphausen Onneken...

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the father to panic and fear of the extinction of the male line of the Cirksena. He was meticulously planning the daily schedule. Every week, every day...

of the Manninga family; the fleur-de-lis from the crest to the Counts Cirksena; the star can be associated with the ancient coat of arms of Norden. The...

Edzard I Successor Edzard II Born 1505 Died 24 September 1540 Emden Spouse Anna of Oldenburg House Cirksena Father Edzard I Mother Elisabeth of Rietberg...