- The
House of
Cirksena was the
ruling family of East
Frisia (German: Ostfriesland). They
descended from a line of East
Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel...
- – 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...
- The
castles of
Norderland fell one by one into the
hands of the
powerful Cirksena dynasty. On 14 June 1463, they were
proclaimed 'Count of Norden' by Emperor...
- of
Ulrich Cirksena, the
later founder of the
County of East Frisia. His son, Hero Oomkens, on the
other hand,
turned away from the
Cirksena dynasty and...
-
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...
- 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...
-
counts and
princes of East
Frisia from the East
Frisian noble House of
Cirksena descended from a line of East
Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel. The county...
- of Waldeck-Wildungen (1493–1574) and his
first wife,
Countess Margaret Cirksena of
Ostfriesland (1500–1537),
daughter of
Edzard I,
Count of East Frisia...
-
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...
