Finland Katarina (1539–1610), wife of Edzard II, Count of Ostfriesland. A grandmother of Anna Maria of Ostfriesland and great-grandmother of Adolf Frederick...

in Ostfriesland in April 1561. As countess of Ostfriesland, Catherine took an active part in policy and the affairs of state. She supported Edzard in...

was the elder son of Count Edzard II of Ostfriesland and his wife Princess Katarina of Sweden, eldest daughter of King Gustav I of Sweden. In 1602 Enno III's...

Edzard II (24 June 1532 – 1 March 1599) was Count of East Frisia from 1561 to 1599. He was the son of Enno II of East Frisia and Anna of Oldenburg. During...

East Frisia (/ˈfriːʒə/) or East Friesland (/ˈfriːzlənd/; German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfräisland; Saterland Frisian: Aastfräislound)...

Anna Maria of Ostfriesland (23 June 1601 – 15 February 1634) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Count Enno III of East Frisia and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp...

2.1491 G4. Edzard I, Graf von Ostfriesland (1491–1528), *15.2.1462,+15.2.1528; m. 8.7.1498 Elisabeth Gfn von Rietberg, dau.of GfJohann I von Rietberg...

Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland Ernst Esselborn: Das Geschlecht Cirksena. Die Häuptlinge, Grafen und Fürsten von Ostfriesland, Berlin-Pankow, 1945 Theodor...

Anne of Ostfriesland (June 26, 1562 – April 21, 1621) was the eldest daughter of Count Edzard II of East Frisia and his wife, Catherine Vasa, daughter...

Landgrave Philip I of Hesse). On 28 January 1598, she married Count Enno III of Ostfriesland, elder son of Count Edzard II of Ostfriesland and his wife Princess...

(1493–1574) and his first wife, Margaret Cirksena (1500–1537), daughter of Edzard I, Count of East Frisia. One author theorized in the 1990s that her life...

chieftain Edzard Cirksena of Greetsiel, a freedom-alliance was formed against the ruling Focko Ukena. Together with his brother Ulrich, Edzard managed to...

Count of East Frisia and later imperial governor of Limburg. His father, Edzard the Great, had introduced primogeniture in the county of East Frisia, so...

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

Augustus. He married twice, first to Maria of Ostfriesland (1 January 1582 – 9 July 1616), daughter of Edzard II. They had two children: Sigismund Heinrich...

Anton I. She married count Enno II of East Frisia in 1530. In 1540, Enno II of East Frisia died, and was succeeded by their minor son, Edzard II. Anna...

daughter of Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by his first wife Anna Maria, daughter of Enno III, Count of Ostfriesland.[better source needed]...

September 1494 Ulrich I Elisabeth of Rietberg John I, Count of Rietberg 1475 8 July 1498 27 September 1466 husband's death 13 July 1512 Edzard I Anna of Oldenburg...

her eldest son Edzard with Catherine Vasa of Sweden, the eldest daughter of King Gustav I of Sweden. This meant that she abolished Edzard right to be the...

of Ulrich I Cirksena, who had been Count of East Frisia since 1454. Between 1457 and 1465, they had six children: Heba, Gela, Enno I, Edzard I the Great...

Ulrich I the son of a local chieftain to the status of Imperial Count in 1464. The most important ruler from the House of Cirksena was Edzard the Great...

left for Ostfriesland. Upon their journey through Sweden, they were accompanied by Cecilia and the brother of Edzard, John II of Ostfriesland. While staying...

October 1711). Charles Christian (4 January 1715 – 14 Jan 1715). Charles Edzard (18 June 1716 – 25 May 1744). Henriette Auguste Wilhelmine (22 April 1718...

military conflict in the years 1514–1517 between the East Frisian Count Edzard I, 'West Frisian' rebels, the city of Groningen, and Charles II, Duke of...

status of Emden as a quasi-autonomous city-state. In 1595, after Count Edzard II had increased the tax burden several times and passed new laws, disregarding...

Enno I of East Frisia, count of East Frisia (1 June 1460 – Friedeburg, 19 February 1491) was the eldest son of Ulrich I of East Frisia and Theda Ukena...

children were still minors. P. Wagner (1895). "Ulrich II. (Graf von Ostfriesland)". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 39. Leipzig: Duncker...

Rudolf Christian 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...

Louis I (1 December 1623 in Schwerin – 21 June 1692 in The Hague) was a reigning duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Christian Louis I was born as Christian I, the...

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse) 13 February 1539 8 July 1560 26 October 1576 husband's accession 14 March 1582 Louis VI Anne of Ostfriesland Edzard II...