Edzard II, Count of East Frisia
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Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (Ostfriesland). Born June 24, 1532, died September 1, 1599.
During his reign, he came into conflict with the city of Emden. Edzard was a staunch Lutheran while the city of Emden was mostly Calvinistic. In 1595 Emden revolted and, after an intercession by the calvinistic Dutch Republic, Edzard was forced to accept a large degree of independance from Emden.
[edit] Family
Married to Katarina Vasa, daughter of King Gustav I of Sweden, on October 1, 1559 in Stockholm. They had the following children:
- Margareta of Ostfriesland, 1560-1588
- Anna of Ostfriesland, 1562-1621, Electress Palatine 1583, m. Louis VI, Elector Palatine
- Enno III of Ostfriesland, 1563-1625, (ancestor of Queen Victoria).
- John III of Rietberg, Född 1566. Död 29 September 1625.
- Christopher of Ostfriesland, 1569-1636
- Edzard of Ostfriesland, 1572?-1573
- Elizabeth of Ostfriesland, 1572?-1573
- Sophia of Ostfriesland, 1574-1630
- Karl Otto of Ostfriesland, 1577-1603.
- Maria of Ostfriesland, 1582-1616, first wife of Julius Ernst of Braunschweig-Dannenberg
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