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Attena
{{distinguish, Antenna (other){{!antenna The Attena family is a former ruling family of List of counts of East Frisia#Attena family, East Frisian chieftains. They reigned over Lordships of Dornum and Nesse, Dornum, Nesse, located in Lower Saxony, in what is today Germany. Genealogy # Eylwerd I, chieftain of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden (c. 1310 - unknown) ## Hero I, chieftain of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden, Dornum, Dornum-Norderburg and Nesse, Dornum, Nesse (c. 1340 - c. 1410) ### Lütet Attena, Lütet I, chieftain Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden, Dornum, Dornum-Norderburg and Nesse, Dornum, Nesse (c. 1365 - c. 1410) ### Eger I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Westerbug (c. 1367 - unknown) #### Hicko I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Westerburg (c. 1390 - unknown) ### Enno I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Osterburg (after 1375 - unknown) #### Sibet I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Osterburg (c. 1400 - 1433) ##### Sibet Attena, Sibet I, Lordships of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund, lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lordships Of Esens, Stedesdorf And Wittmund
The Lordships of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund (German language, German: ''Herrlichkeiten Esens, Wittmund und Stedesdorf'') formed a contiguous area in the old district of Harlingerland in the north of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula. As in the other areas of East Frisia, the system of the old Frisian freedom in Harlingerland came under increasing pressure due to the rise of the East Frisian chieftains, chieftains. In Harlingerland they owned castles in places such as Dornum, Esens, Lower Saxony, Esens, Stedesdorf, Werdum and Wittmund. All these strongholds came one by one into the hands of the powerful chieftain family Attena in the fifteenth century. The first to call himself 'Chieftain of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund' was Sibet Attena in 1455; a loyal follower of Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia, Ulrich Cirksena, the later founder of the County of East Frisia. His son, Hero Oomkens von Esens, Hero Oomkens, on the other hand, turned away from the Cirksena dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lütet Attena
Lütet Attena (died: , in Dornum) was a 14th-century East Frisian chieftain of Dornum and Nesse in the Norderland area. Life Lütet Attena was a son of Hero Attena. His brothers were Eger and Enno Attena. In 1395 Lütet married Ocka tom Brok, the daughter of the chieftain Ocko I tom Brok and Foelke Kampana from the adjacent Brokmerland. They had two daughters named Etta and Hebe. Legend Legend has it that when Lütet complained to Foelke, his mother-in-law about the infidelity of his wife Ocka, Foelke advised him to kill Ocka. When Lütet again caught Ocka in an act of adultery, he did just that. Foelke then sought revenge and tried to utilize the situation to expand the influence of her family on the Attena's territory. Lütet fled to his father's castle in Dornum, Norderburg Castle. Foelke besieged the castle and conquered it. In 1397, Hero was executed in the courtyard of Norderburg Castle on her orders. This earned her the nickname ("evil Foelke").Ubbo Emmiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attena
{{distinguish, Antenna (other){{!antenna The Attena family is a former ruling family of List of counts of East Frisia#Attena family, East Frisian chieftains. They reigned over Lordships of Dornum and Nesse, Dornum, Nesse, located in Lower Saxony, in what is today Germany. Genealogy # Eylwerd I, chieftain of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden (c. 1310 - unknown) ## Hero I, chieftain of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden, Dornum, Dornum-Norderburg and Nesse, Dornum, Nesse (c. 1340 - c. 1410) ### Lütet Attena, Lütet I, chieftain Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden, Dornum, Dornum-Norderburg and Nesse, Dornum, Nesse (c. 1365 - c. 1410) ### Eger I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Westerbug (c. 1367 - unknown) #### Hicko I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Westerburg (c. 1390 - unknown) ### Enno I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Osterburg (after 1375 - unknown) #### Sibet I, chieftain of Dornum, Dornum-Osterburg (c. 1400 - 1433) ##### Sibet Attena, Sibet I, Lordships of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund, lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counts Of East Frisia
The counts and princes of East Frisia from the East Frisians, East Frisian noble Cirksena, House of Cirksena descended from a line of East Frisian chieftains from Greetsiel. The county came into existence when Emperor Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III raised Ulrich I the son of a local chieftain to the status of Imperial Count in 1464. The most important ruler from the House of Cirksena was Edzard I of East Frisia, Edzard the Great (1462–1528), under whose leadership the Imperial County of East Frisia reached its greatest extent. During his reign the Reformation spread throughout East Frisia. In 1654 the Cirksena were elevated to princes by the emperor. Charles Edzard, Prince of East Frisia, Charles Edzard, the last ruler from the House of Cirksena, died without issue during the night of 25/26 May 1744 (reportedly from a glass of buttermilk, which is said to have drunk after a hunt). Immediately thereafter, the county passed to King Frederick II of Prussia. Medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero Oomkens Von Esens
Hero Oomkens von Esens (c. 1455 – 1522) was a Frisian nobleman, the Lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund. He inherited the title upon the death of his father, Sibet Attena von Esens, in 1473. Other names He is usually referred to as Hero Oomkens "the Younger" to distinguish him from his maternal grandfather, Hero Oomkens the Elder. As with most names of this period, Hero Oomkens von Esens is referred to by a plethora of variations in contemporary texts (e.g. Hero, Here, Heer, Her; Omken, Omcken, Oemkens, Omkens). Moreover, given that he had held various lordships, he is also referred to, in addition to von or zu Esens, as von Wittmund, von Harlingerland, von Stedesdorf, etc. Family The Oomkens family was established in East Frisia (now part of Niedersachsen in Germany) and the Frisian Oldambt, in the Groninger Ommelanden (now part of Groningen in the Netherlands). The family prided itself on its direct descent from Radbod, King of the Frisians. Hero Oomkens vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibet Attena
Sibet Attena (also: ; – 8 November 1473) was an East Frisian chieftain. He was a son of Sibet of Dornum (''"old Sibet"'') (d. 1433) and Frouwa of Manslagt, a daughter of Enno Cirksena. From his father he inherited the Beninga Castle in Dornum. From his first wife, Onna of Stedesdorf, a daughter of Hero Omken the Elder, he inherited Stedesdorf in 1447. As a nephew and a loyal supporter of Ulrich Cirksena, he was invested with Esens in 1454. He was also to inherit Manslagt via his mother, but he renounced this. Also in 1454, he supported Ulrich Cirksena against Tanne Kankena in Wittmund. He occupied Kankena's castle in Wittmund and expelled him. Seven years later he invested Kankena with Dornum. From 1455, he called himself "Chieftain at Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund". Thus, he viewed himself as the ruler of the Lordships of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund. After Onna of Stedesdorf died in 1464, he married his second wife Margaret of Westerwolde. Sibet was pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Von Dornum
Ulrich von Dornum (1465/66Klaus Euhausen (Ortschronisten der ostfriesischen Landschaft)''Oldersum, Gemeinde Moormerland, Landkreis Leer''(PDF; 1,2 MB) - 12 March 1536) was a son of the East Frisian chieftain Sibet Attena and his second wife Margarete von Westerwolde. Through his marriage to Essa von Oldersum in 1494, Ulrich von Dornum became lord of half of the Lordship of Oldersum, as well as of Jarßum and Widdelswehr. His inheritance in Harlingerland, which his father had left in his will, was withheld from him by his older half brother Hero Oomkens. His wife Essa von Oldersum died in 1515. Since their marriage had remained childless, her inheritance reverted to the House of Oldersum. Ulrich married for a second time, this time with Hyma von Grimersum in 1519. In June 1526, Ulrich von Dornum initiated and organized the so-called Colloquy of Oldersum in the Oldersum Church. The transcript of the Oldersum Colloquy, which he wrote, was printed by Nikolaus Schirlentz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balthasar Oomkens Von Esens
Balthasar Oomkens von Esens (c. 1500 – 1540) was an East Frisian nobleman who died during the siege of his castle in Esens by the Bremen army. He was described by his partisans as the last true Frisian freedom fighter, although some decried his seemingly insatiable appetite for violence. Biography and history Balthasar Oomkens von Esens was the son of Hero Oomkens von Esens, Lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund and Irmgard of Oldenburg. The Oomkens family were established in East Frisia (now part of Niedersachsen in Germany) and in the Frisian Oldambt, in the Groninger Ommelanden (now part of Groningen in the Netherlands). The family prided itself on its direct descent from Radbod, King of the Frisians. Balthasar led a successful resistance of the old Frisian aristocracy against the rise of the Cirksena family, which attempted to unite East Frisia under its rule from the late fifteenth century. The Cirksenas supported Protestantism whilst both Balthasar and his father r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesse, Dornum
Nesse is an East Frisian village in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is an ''Ortsteil'' of the municipality of Dornum, in the district of Aurich., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It is situated near the Wadden Sea coast, approximately 2.5 km west of the village of Dornum, and 20 km north of the town of Aurich. As of 2021, the village and surrounding farms had a population of 639. History Before 2 August 1972, Nesse was the administrative seat of its own eponymously named municipality. From 2 August 1972 to 31 October 2001 it was part of a municipal association (''Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division) ...''), consisting of the municipalities of Dornum, Dornumersiel and Nesse. In 2001, that municipality was renamed Dornum municipality. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornum
Dornum is a village and a municipality in the East Frisian district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located near the North Sea coast, approx. 15 km east of Norden, and 20 km north of Aurich. Division of the municipality The municipality is divided into ten districts, namely: Dornumergrode, Dornumersiel/Westeraccumersiel, Nesse, Neßmersiel, Roggenstede, Schwittersum, Westdorf (including Ostdorf), Westeraccum, and Westerbur (including Middelsbur). Notable places Dornum is home to the Lutheran St. Bartholomaeus Church. This church contains an organ built by Gerhard von Holy. The organ is now considered a national treasure. Dornum also houses the only surviving synagogue building in East Frisia. The synagogue was deconsecrated and sold on 7 November 1938 for 600 Reichsmarks to the neighboring master carpenter August Tessmer, who subsequently used it as a storeroom. Nevertheless, on Kristallnacht, the windows of the building were smashed in, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian language, Saterland Frisian are still spoken, though by declining numbers of people. Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the Bremen (state), state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other its seaport, Bremerhaven (which is a semi-exclave, as it has a coastline). Lower Saxony thus borders more neighbours than any other single '. The state's largest cities are the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
