Noblesse Européenne - European Nobility » Gert Rantzau (1558-1627)
Personal data Gert Rantzau
- He was born on October 16, 1558 in Bad Segeberg, Allemagne.
- Title: seigneur, de Breitenburg
- Profession: Statthalter von Schleswig-Holstein.
- He died on January 18, 1627 in København, he was 68 years old.
- A child of Henrik Rantzau and Christina von Halle
Household of Gert Rantzau
He is married to Dorothea Brockdorff.
They got married in the year 1613, he was 54 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday October 16, 1558
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
- January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
- April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
- July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
- October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
- November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
Day of death January 18, 1627
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1627: Source: Wikipedia
- July 30 » An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
- November 28 » The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
Same birth/death day
- 1483 » Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat († 1542)
- 1535 » Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai († 1585)
- 1588 » Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian († 1657)
- 1605 » Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer († 1677)
- 1620 » Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor († 1694)
- 1678 » Anna Waser, Swiss painter († 1714)
- 1479 » Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417)
- 1547 » Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)
- 1586 » Margaret of Parma (b. 1522)
- 1589 » Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545)
- 1677 » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
- 1756 » Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
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The Noblesse Européenne - European Nobility publication was prepared by Henri Frebault.
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