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Personal data Wilhelm von Bernsau 

  • He was born in the year 1515.
  • Profession: Amtmann von Solingen.
  • He died on February 29, 1572, he was 57 years old.
  • A child of Ludwig von Bernsau and Agnes van Eyll

Household of Wilhelm von Bernsau

He is married to Anne von Plettenberg.

They got married in the year 1542, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Wilhelm von Bernsau  1550-1599 
  2. Maria von Bernsau  ????-1592 


Notes about Wilhelm von Bernsau

Herr zu Hardenberg.

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Historical events

Day of death February 29, 1572

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1572: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
    • July 9 » Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
    • August 18 » Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
    • October 20 » Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
    • November 11 » Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.
    • December 23 » Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.


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About the surname Von Bernsau


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