Brief Life History of Anna Sophie
When Anna Sophie Oldenburg Princess Of Denmark was born on 1 September 1647, in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, her father, King Frederik III of Denmark and Norway, was 38 and her mother, Sophie Amalie Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, was 19. She married Kurfürst Johann Georg von Sachsen III on 9 October 1666, in Flensburg, Slesvig, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 1 July 1717, in Prettin, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the age of 69, and was buried in Freiberg, Kreis Freiberg, Saxony, Germany.
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Family Time Line
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- Anna Sophie von Dänemark, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
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World Events (3)
1648
The Thirty Years War ends. The Peace of Westphalia is signed. The Hapsburgs declare Roman Catholicism as the official Austrian religion.
1701
The War of Spanish Succession begins between Austria and France. Austria wins Belgium and Spain's Italian lands.
1704
The Battle of Blenheim fought during the War of the Spanish Succession. It results in a victory for English and Austrian forces over the French Army.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Fritz, Otto, Claus, Hans, Jurgen, Ruediger.
North German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Oldenburg, the capital of the former principality of the same name, from the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of Middle Low German ald, old ‘old’ + burg ‘fortress, fortified town’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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