Genealogy De Vos-Verschuur » Sofie van Mecklenburg Schwerin (1508-1541)

Personal data Sofie van Mecklenburg Schwerin 


Household of Sofie van Mecklenburg Schwerin

She is married to Ernst "der Bekenner" van Brunswijk Luneburg.

They got married on June 2, 1528 at Schwerin, Duitsland, she was 20 years old.


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Birthday April 12, 1508

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1506 till 1515 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1508: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 22 » Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
    • December 10 » The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
    • December 29 » Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul.

Day of marriage June 2, 1528

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1528: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 12 » Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
    • October 2 » William Tyndale publishes The Obedience of a Christian Man, which advocates the divine right of kings.

Day of death June 17, 1541

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
    • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
    • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
    • September 11 » Santiago, Chile, is besieged by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards decapitated them and rolled their heads on the main square, horrifying the indigenous warriors, and subsequently ending the attack.
    • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
    • December 10 » Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.


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