West-Europese adel » Paul van Rantzau Heer van Bothkamp (1527-1579)

Personal data Paul van Rantzau Heer van Bothkamp 

  • He was born on December 16, 1527 in Steinburg, Sleeswijk-Holstein.
  • Title: Heer van Bothkamp, Beyenfleth, Lindved, Stendorf, Arlevad, Schapus en Himmelmark
  • He died on April 22, 1579, he was 51 years old.
  • A child of Johan van Rantzau Heer van Breitenburg and Anna van Walstorp
  • This information was last updated on January 25, 2018.

Household of Paul van Rantzau Heer van Bothkamp

He is married to Beatrix van Sehested.

They got married on August 13, 1553 at Itzehoe, Sleeswijk-Holstein, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Margaretha van Rantzau  1556-1624 
  4. Ida van Rantzau  1571-1638 


Notes about Paul van Rantzau Heer van Bothkamp

til Bothkamp, Lindved, Stendorf, Arlevad, Schapus, Beyenfleth og Himmelmark.
Amtmand i Svavested, Kiel, Reinbeck og Trittau

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Birthday December 16, 1527

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1527: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
    • May 16 » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    • June 22 » Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
    • July 12 » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
    • August 3 » The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Day of marriage August 13, 1553

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1553: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 10 » Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
    • July 19 » Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
    • August 13 » Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
    • October 1 » Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
    • October 27 » Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
    • December 25 » Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

Day of death April 22, 1579

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
    • January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
    • February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
    • June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
    • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
    • October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.


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