The County of East Frisia (Frisian: Greefskip Eastfryslân; Dutch: Graafschap Oost-Friesland) was a county (though ruled by a prince after 1662) in the...
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East Frisia or East Friesland (German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfräisland; Saterland Frisian: Aastfräislound) is a historic region in...
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princes of East Frisia from the East Frisian noble House of Cirksena descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel. The county came into...
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Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts...
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of East Frisia developed rather independently from the rest of Germany because the region was relatively isolated for centuries by large stretches of...
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East Frisia (German: Ost-Friesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oost-Freesland) is a collective term for all traditionally Frisian areas in Lower Saxony, Germany...
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Frisian freedom (redirect from Free Frisia)
levels of class stratification in the East culminated in the establishment of the County of East Frisia, while West Frisia was brought under the rule of Saxony...
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Germany portal List of counts of East Frisia List of East Frisian people...
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introduced primogeniture in the county of East Frisia, so that his older brother Enno II of East Frisia inherited the county alone and he had to hold back...
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of Ostfriesland, Count of East Frisia, was count of East Frisia, (Hage, 2 June 1602 – Hage, 17 April 1628) and the second son of Enno III, Count of East...
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classed as a county. The oldest sources refer to the not clearly defined county as Frisia, west of the Vlie (also known as West Frisia). Before 1101...
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Cirksena (redirect from House of Cirksena)
House of Cirksena (East Frisian: [tsɪ:rzəŋ̍ə]) was the ruling family of East Frisia (German: Ostfriesland). They descended from a line of East Frisian...
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Aurich (category Towns and villages in East Frisia)
affiliations County of East Frisia 1464–1744 Kingdom of Prussia 1744–1808 Kingdom of Holland 1808–1810 First French Empire 1810–1813 Kingdom of Prussia...
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title of Imperial Prince. George Christian was born into the House of Cirksena, ruling family of the County of East Frisia, as the second son of Ulrich...
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death in 1591 co-regent of the county of East Frisia. He ruled jointly with his brother Edzard II. In 1558 the primogeniture of John's mother, the Countess...
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sociologist and political scientist Theda Ukena (1432–1494), regent of the County of East Frisia from 1466 to about 1480 Theda Funnie, fictional character from...
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an area of 82.34 km2 and a population of 6,421. It is situated in the region of East Frisia. Along with the Samtgemeinde of Hesel, it is one of two in...
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west of the Dollart (i.e. in the present-day Netherlands). Along with East Frisia and North Frisia, it is one of the most commonly used subdivisions of Frisia...
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II of East Frisia (1505 – 24 September 1540 in Emden) was the son of Edzard I of East Frisia. In 1528 he became count of East Frisia. For most of his...
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Prussia in the 18th century were the County of East Frisia (1744), the Principality of Bayreuth (1791) and Principality of Ansbach (1791), the latter two being...
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Saterland Frisian language (category East Frisian language)
dried out bogland during times of extreme weather. Politically, the land did not belong to the County of East Frisia, which came into existence in the...
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This is a list of historically verifiable, legendary and fictitious rulers of Frisia, whether they were called chieftains, counts, dukes or kings. The...
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with the Prussian County of East Frisia, were converted to another puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. Before becoming the department of Simplon, the République...
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The Lordship of Frisia or Lordship of Friesland (West Frisian: Hearlikheid Fryslân, Dutch: Heerlijkheid Friesland) was a feudal dominion in the Netherlands...
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son or, more likely, a grandson of the earlier Gerolf, who was a count in the area of Frisia at the time of the reign of Emperor Louis the Pious (fl. 833)...
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Ulrich I of East Frisia was the first count of East Frisia, from 1408 in Norden to 25 or 26 September 1466, in Emden. He was a son of the chieftain Enno...
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Emden (category Towns and villages in East Frisia)
affiliations County of East Frisia 1464–1744 Kingdom of Prussia 1744–1806 Kingdom of Holland 1806–1810 First French Empire 1810–1813 Kingdom of Prussia...
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Jade Bight (category Bays of Lower Saxony)
objecting County of East Frisia was finished successfully. The extension of Jade Bight and its branches fragmented the free Frisian territory of Rüstringen...
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Christopher of East Frisia (1569–1636) was an East Frisian nobleman and knight of the Golden Fleece who served as governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg in...
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Prussia (redirect from History of Prussia)
empire). In 1744, the County of East Frisia fell to Prussia following the extinction of its ruling Cirksena dynasty. In the last 23 years of his reign until...
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