Brief Life History of Juliana Gräfin
When Juliana Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode was born on 15 February 1506, in Stobern, Schloßberg, East Prussia, Prussia, Germany, her father, Botho VIII. Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, was 39 and her mother, Gräfin Anna von Eppenstein-Königstein, was 25. She married Graf Philip II von Hanau-Münzenberg on 27 February 1523, in Hanau, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 16 June 1580, in Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, at the age of 74, and was buried in Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Juliana, Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode - Church record: birth-name: Annetgen Coch
- Juliana zu Stolberg, "Find A Grave Index"
- PEDIGREE - Countess Juliana von STOLBERG; zu STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE
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Name Meaning
Chinese:
Mandarin form of the surname 祖, meaning ‘ancestors’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the personal names Zu Jia (祖甲), Zu Yi (祖乙), Zu Xin (祖辛), Zu Ding (祖丁), and Zu Geng (祖庚), personal names of several kings during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). (ii) from the first element of the personal names of Zu Ji (祖己) and Zu Yin (祖尹), who were descendants of an official called Zhong Hui who lived some time during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ).
Mandarin form of the surname 俎, meaning ‘sacrificial utensil’ in ancient Chinese: (i) adopted as a surname by the Bao Zu (鮑俎) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD ). (ii) said to be adopted by the fourth son of the uncle of the famous general Yue Fei (1103–1142 AD ), who changed the original surname Zhu (祝) to Zu (俎) in order to escape from political persecutions.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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