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Clara Maria Of Pomerania-Barth
Clara Maria of Pomerania-Barth (10 July 1574 – 19 February 1623), was a member of the House of Griffins and by her two marriages Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin-Ivenack and Brunswick-Dannenberg-Hitzacker. Born in Franzburg, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania- Barth by his first wife, Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Life Clara Maria belonged to the last generation of the House of Griffins, who ruled the Duchy of Pomerania since the 12th century; from her ten siblings, only one sister, Anna (by marriage Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré), produced surviving offspring. In Barth on 7 October 1593, Clara Maria married firstly Sigismund August, youngest son of John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Because of his reported "weaked mind", he was effectively disinherited by his father's will and awarded with a pension of 6,000 florins, although he received the rights to live in the towns of Strelitz, Mirow and Ivenack but without r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Kilian
Lucas Kilian (1579 – 1637) was a German engraver and member of the Kilian family of engravers in Augsburg. Biography He was the son of Bartholomaus Kilian the elder and Maria Pfeiffelmann. After his father's death in 1588 his mother remarried Dominicus Custos and he and his brother Wolfgang became his pupils.Lucas Kilian in the Kilian's engraved portrait of Albrecht Dürer, based on a Dürer self-portrait from a copy of Dürer's '' Feast of the Rosary
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Anna Of Pomerania
Anna of Pomerania (also known as ''Anne de Croy et Aerschot'', ''Anna von Croy und Aerschot, Anna von Pommern'') (3 October 1590, Barth - 7 July 1660, Stolp) was Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré, and allodial heiress of the extinct ducal house of Pomerania. She was youngest daughter of Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania and Princess Klara of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the last surviving member of the Griffins (Greifen). In 1619 she married Ernst von Croÿ (1588–1620), prince and duke of Croÿ (1583–1620), an imperial general, he would however die the following year. Ernst was the son of Charles Philippe de Croÿ (1549–1613), who was the only son of Philippe II of Croÿ by his second wife, Anna of Lorraine. Their son, Ernst Bogislaw von Croy (1620–1684), became the last Lutheran bishop of Kammin (now Kamień Pomorski). See also *House of Croÿ The House of Croÿ () is a family of European mediatized nobility, which held a seat in the Imperial Diet from 148 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1623 Deaths
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1574 Births
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Henry, Duke Of Brunswick-Dannenberg
Henry III (1533 – 19 January 1598), a member of the House of Welf, was Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling List of the rulers of Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until 1569, jointly with his brother William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, William the Younger. From 1569, he ruled over the Lordship of Dannenberg (Elbe), Dannenberg until his death. He was the second surviving son of Duke Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ernest I of Brunswick-Lüneburg and assumed the rule in the Principality of Lüneburg upon the early death of his elder brother Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francis Otto in 1559. He and his younger brother William fell out with each other in 1569, when Henry married the House of Ascania, Ascanian princess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (1545–1620), daughter of Duke Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Francis I, and demanded the partition of the Lüneburg lands. He eventually waived his claims to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirow
Mirow () is a town in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in southern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Name (Etymology) "Mir" in Slavonic languages means "peace" or "glory". The name "Mirow" was derived from "villa mirowe", translating as "location of peace". Geography Mirow lies in the middle of the Mecklenburg Lake District (''Mecklenburgische Seenplatte'') on the southern shore of Lake Mirow, which is connected to the Müritz and the Havel by a system of lakes, rivers, and canals. There are several more lakes on the territory of this municipality. The neighboring towns of Diemitz, Fleeth, Granzow, Peetsch, and Starsow were incorporated into the town in 2004 and are now part of the municipality. Town division The following districts belong to the town of Mirow: In addition, the residential areas of Mirowdorf, Blankenfelde, Hohenfelde, Birkenhof, Holm, Forsthof, Weinberg, Niemannslust, Diemitzer Schleuse, Fleether Mühle, Kakeldütt, Schillersdorfer Teerofen and Hohe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), and the western exclave of the former Bishopric of Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein. At the time of its establishment, the duchy bordered on the territory of Swedish Pomerania in the north and of Brandenburg in the south. History After more than five years of dispute over succession to the House of Mecklenburg, the duchy was established in 1701 in the territory of the former duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. The Güstrow branch of the House of Mecklenburg had died out with the death of Duke Gustav Adolph in 1695. Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin claimed heirship, but he had to deal with the demands of his uncle Adolphus Frederick, husband of Mary of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, the daughter of Gustav Adolph. The emissaries of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It has around 96,000 inhabitants, and is thus the least populous of all German state capitals. Schwerin is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Schwerin (''Schweriner See''), the second-largest lake of the Mecklenburg Lake Plateau after the Müritz, and there are eleven other lakes within Schwerin's city limits. The city is surrounded by the district of Northwestern Mecklenburg to the north, and the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim to the south. Schwerin and the two surrounding districts form the eastern outskirts of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is of Slavic origin, deriving from the root "zvěŕ" (''wild animal'') or "zvěŕin" ('' game reserve'', ''animal garden'', '' stud farm''). Schwerin was first menti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Albert I, Duke Of Mecklenburg
John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, in older literature known as ''John'' or'' Johann'' (23 December 1525 – 12 February 1576), was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow from 1547 to 1556 and of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1556 to 1576. In 1549 John Albert I saw to it that the parliament of Mecklenburg carried through the Reformation for the entire Duchy. Biography John Albert was born in Güstrow, the eldest son of the Duke Albrecht VII of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and his wife Anne of Brandenburg. Until the age of 13, he was educated by the "papist vicar" Johann Sperling. In 1539, his father sent him to the court of his uncle, the protestant Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg, where he was educated together with the Elector's son and John Albert’s cousin John George. From 1541 to 1544, they attended the newly founded University of Frankfurt an der Oder together. John Albert was a devout supporter of Protestantism when he returned to Mecklenburg. Nevertheless, he fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Dannenberg
Dannenberg is a town in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Jeetzel, approx. 30 km north of Salzwedel, and 50 km south-east of Lüneburg. Dannenberg has a population of 8,147 inhabitants (December 2010). Dannenberg is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. It is the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Elbtalaue. It has a soccer team which plays in the regional league, TSV Dannenberg. The actual history of the town began with the construction of the castle (first mentioned in 1153) during the rule of Volrad I, Count of Dannenberg (1153–1169), who had been given the task of settling and securing the territory by Duke Henry the Lion. The Waldemarturm is a local historical landmark, a tower in which the Danish King Valdemar II was imprisoned from 1223–1224. After World War II, Dannenberg was part of West Germany. However, it is situated very close to the Elbe river, which served as the border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogislaw XIII, Duke Of Pomerania
Bogislaw XIII (Bogusław XIII) of Pomerania (9 August 1544 – 7 March 1606, Stettin; ''Polish'': Szczecin), son of Philip I and Maria of Saxony, was a prince of Stettin and Wolgast, and a member of the Griffins. Bogislaw studied at the University of Greifswald at the age of 14. At first, he was co-regent with his brother Johann Friedrich of Pomerania-Wolgast, but in 1569 he settled with control over Barth and Neuenkamp. There, he founded a printing house in 1582, publishing in 1588 the "Barther Bible", a bible in the Low German language, as translated by Johannes Bugenhagen. In 1587 he founded Franzburg to compete with Stralsund. From 1603 until his death, he ruled in Pomerania-Stettin, which he inherited under the Inheritance Treat of Jasenitz of 1509 in case his two brothers John Frederick (d. 1600) and Barnim X (d. 1603) would both die childless. He kept his residence in Barth, and his eldest son, Philip II, acted as governor in Stettin. He is remembered as a wise ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivenack
Ivenack is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is famous for its baroque ensemble (featuring a castle, church, orangery, outbuildings) and its natural heritage (oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ... trees that are older than thousand years). References External links Official website of Ivenack at www.gemeinde-ivenack.de(German) Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) {{MecklenburgischeSeenplatte-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
