Anna Maria of Ostfriesland

Anna Maria of Ostfriesland (23 June 1601 – 15 February 1634) was a German noblewoman.[1] [2]

Anna Maria of East Frisia
Born(1601-06-23)23 June 1601
Died15 February 1634(1634-02-15) (aged 32)
Noble familyCirksena
Spouse(s)
Issue
FatherEnno III, Count of East Frisia
MotherAnna of Holstein-Gottorp

She was a daughter of Count Enno III of East Frisia and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. Her paternal grandmother was Katharina of Sweden, a daughter of Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margareta Leijonhufvud.

On 4 September 1622 she married her first cousin Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1588–1658). They had the following children:

  1. Christian Louis I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (11 December 1623 – 21 June 1692)
  2. Sophia Agnes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (11 January 1625 – 26 December 1694)
  3. Karl, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow (8 March 1626 – 20 August 1670)
  4. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1 July 1627 – 11 December 1669), married Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (ancestors of George III of the United Kingdom).
  5. Johann Georg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (5 May 1629 – 9 July 1675)
  6. Hedwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (11 August 1630 – 17 May 1631)
  7. Gustav Rudolf of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (26 February 1632 – 14 May 1670)
  8. Juliane of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (8 November 1633 – 3 February 1634)

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References

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  1. ^ "Stammtafeln des Großherzoglichen Hauses von Meklenburg". mvdok.lbmv.de.
  2. ^ Kilian Heck: Mit letzter Pracht.– Das Grabmonument für Adolf Friedrich I und seine Gemahlin Anna Maria von Ostfriesland. In: Gerhard Weilandt, Katja von (Hrsg.) Cossart: Die Ausstattung des Doberaner Münsters: Kunst im Kontext. Petersberg 2018, S. 245–253 (Edition Mare Balticum, 2)