Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

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Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (Ostfriesland). Born June 24, 1532, died September 1, 1599.

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Married to Katharina Vasa, daughter of King Gustav I of Sweden, on October 1, 1559 in Stockholm. They had the following children:

1. Margareta of Ostfriesland, 1560-1588
2. Anna of Ostfriesland, 1562-1621, Electress Palatine 1583, m. Louis VI, Elector Palatine
3. Enno III of Ostfriesland, 1563-1625, (ancestor of Queen Victoria).
4. John III of Rietberg, Född 1566. Död 29 September 1625.
5. Christopher of Ostfriesland, 1569-1636
6. Edzard of Ostfriesland, 1572?-1573
7. Elizabeth of Ostfriesland, 1572?-1573
8. Sophia of Ostfriesland, 1574-1630
9. Karl Otto of Ostfriesland, 1577-1603.
10. Maria of Ostfriesland, 1582-1616