Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth van Oldenburg, Electress Consort of Brandenburg, Princess of Denmark, Sweden, Norway was born on 24 June 1485, in Nyborg, Nyborg, Nyborg, Denmark, her father, King Hans Von Oldenburg of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, was 30 and her mother, Christina von Sachsen, was 23. She had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Joachim I Nestor von Brandenburg , House of Hohenzollern. She died on 10 June 1555, in Spandau, Spandau, Berlin, Germany, at the age of 69, and was buried in Schloß, Rastede, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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- Wikipedia: King John Oldenburg family births and death dates
- Elisabeth of Denmark, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wikipedia Biography - Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg
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World Events (2)
1524
Treaty of Malmo. Denmark confirms Swedish independence under Gustavus Vasa.
1536
Denmark adopts Lutheranism as the state religion.
Name Meaning
The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and in most modern European languages. This was the name of the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:60). Etymologically, the name means ‘God is my oath’, and is therefore identical with Elisheba, the name of the wife of Aaron according to the genealogy at Exodus 6:23. The final element seems to have been altered by association with Hebrew shabbāth ‘Sabbath’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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