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Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (10 August 1570 – 18 October 1590) was the second son of Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1526–1586) and his wife, Christine of Hesse (1543–1604). [1] After the early death of his elder brother Frederick II in 1587, he inherited the ducal share of rule in the royal Danish-ducal condominium of the duchies ...
Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn ( Polish: Adam Wacław cieszyński, Czech: Adam Václav Těšínský, German: Adam Wenzel von Teschen; 12 December 1574 – 13 July 1617), was a Duke of Cieszyn from 1579 until his death. He was the second but only surviving son of Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn, by his second wife Sidonia Katharina, daughter of ...
John Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (born 1 September 1579 in Gottorp, a part of today's Schleswig; died 3 September 1634 in Altkloster [ nds], a part of today's Buxtehude) was the Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck and the Prince-Bishopric of Verden .
Joachim was born around 1424. He was the second son of duke Casimir V from the House of Griffin, who ruled the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin, and his wife, Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a daughter of Bernard I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His parents probably had a first son named Joachim and gave their second son, born after his premature ...
Life. He ruled Pomerania-Stettin in the years 1344–1368, although he had been a co-regent of his father Otto I since 1320, taking a prominent part in the defence and government of the duchy. Aiming for independence from the Margraviate of Brandenburg, he allied himself with Poland and Bohemia. In 1338, Brandenburg relinquished supremacy over ...
Christian I of Saxony (29 October 1560 in Dresden – 25 September 1591 in Dresden) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin . He was the sixth but second surviving son of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Anna of Denmark. The death of his older brother, Alexander (8 October 1565), made ...
Fridrih IV Palatinski (Amberg, 5. mart 1574- Hajdelberg, 19. septembar 1610) je bio knez-izbornik Palatinata (Rajnske Falačke), koji je vladao od 1583. do smrti.Rodio se kao sin Ludviga VI Palatinskog i Elizabete od Hesena te je rano ostao bez roditelja, pa ga je vaspitao stric Johan Kazimir pod čijim je uticajem postao gorljivi kalvinist te provodio antikatoličku politiku, doprinoseći ...
