Brief Life History of Sophie Margarete
When Grafin Sophie Margarete zu Oettingen-Oettingen was born on 19 December 1634, in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Graf Joachim Ernst zu Oettingen-Oettingen, was 22 and her mother, Grafin Anna Sibylle zu Solms-Sonnenwalde, was 20. She married Markgraf Albrecht II. von Brandenburg-Ansbach on 15 October 1651, in Oettingen in Bayern, Donau-Ries, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 5 August 1664, in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 29, and was buried in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Sophia Margaretha Zu Oettingen, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Sophia Margaretha von Oettingen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sophia Margaretha Zu Oettingen, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
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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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