- The
House of
Cirksena was the
ruling family of East
Frisia (German: Ostfriesland). They
descended from a line of East
Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel...
- 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...
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Dornum ("old Sibet") (d. 1433) and
Frouwa of Manslagt, a
daughter of Enno
Cirksena. From his
father he
inherited the
Beninga Castle in Dornum. From his first...
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Stedesdorf and Wittmund.
Sibet Attena had been a
loyal v****al of the
Cirksena dynasty until his
death in 1473. He
supported Countess Theda Ukena on the...
- of Waldeck-Wildungen (1493–1574) and his
first wife,
Countess Margaret Cirksena of
Ostfriesland (1500–1537),
daughter of
Edzard I,
Count of East Frisia...
- 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...
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Edzard Cirksena (born:
Edzard Edzardisna; died: 1441) was an East
Frisian chieftain at Greetsiel, Norden,
Emden and Brokmerland. He and his
father Enno...
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Germany portal List of
counts of East
Frisia List of East
Frisian people...
- 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...
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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...
