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709:Uko Fockena
513:(1593-1651)
452:(1586-1665)
441:(1560-1604)
434:(1539-1583)
390:Married to
283:Calvinistic
164:Predecessor
1610:Categories
428:Heidelberg
80:newspapers
1580:as Regent
1520:Footnotes
555:Ancestors
400:Stockholm
325:in 1593.
256:Edzard II
190:Greetsiel
174:Successor
159:1540–1599
135:Edzard II
1598:Enno III
1550:Cirksena
497:Enno III
372:Reformed
368:Lutheran
364:Cirksena
342:Delfzijl
334:Cirksena
312:Johan II
279:Lutheran
228:Cirksena
178:Enno III
319:Estates
307:Swedish
168:Enno II
94:scholar
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446:Grabow
380:Aurich
332:, the
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234:Father
212:Spouse
206:Aurich
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1556:Born:
475:Esens
349:Jever
275:Emden
223:House
156:Reign
101:JSTOR
87:books
1531:See
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1088:12.
1062:24.
942:22.
854:10.
828:20.
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590:16.
547:and
299:Anna
293:Life
266:and
196:Died
184:Born
73:news
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1146:6.
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