Ancestral Trails 2016 » Sophie von PREUSSEN (1582-1610)

Personal data Sophie von PREUSSEN 


Household of Sophie von PREUSSEN

She is married to Wilhelm KETTLER.

They got married in the year 1609, she was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob KETTLER  1610-1682 


Notes about Sophie von PREUSSEN

Duchess Sophie of Prussia (c. 31 March 1582 - c. 24 November 1610) was a German princess of the Duchy of Prussia and a member of the House of Hohenzollern.

Sophie was the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. She was courted by Wilhelm Kettler, son of Gotthard Kettler of Courland and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Their marriage contract was signed in Königsberg on 5 January 1609. Sophie died on 24 November 1610, four weeks after the birth of her only son, Jacob, who later succeeded his paternal uncle Friedrich Kettler as Duke of Courland.
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Historical events

Birthday March 31, 1582

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1582: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • February 24 » With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
    • July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
    • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
    • October 15 » Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.

Day of death December 4, 1610

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1610: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
    • May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
    • July 4 » The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
    • July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
    • August 2 » During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
    • October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.


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