West-Europese adel » Sophia van Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1481-1503)

Personal data Sophia van Mecklenburg-Schwerin 


Household of Sophia van Mecklenburg-Schwerin

She is married to Johan (de Standvastige) Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen.

They got married on March 1, 1500 at Torgau aan de Elbe, Saksen, she was 18 years old.


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Birthday December 18, 1481

  • Gravin Maria de Rijke (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1477 till 1482 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1481: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 3 » The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
    • December 26 » Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.

Day of marriage March 1, 1500

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
    • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
    • April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
    • April 22 » Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
    • August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
    • December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.

Day of death July 12, 1503

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1503: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
    • April 28 » The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
    • May 10 » Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
    • August 8 » King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • November 1 » Pope Julius II is elected.
    • December 29 » The Battle of Garigliano (1503) was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.


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