Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia

Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia
Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia
Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia
Spouse(s) Eberhadine Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen
Noble family Cirksena
Father George Christian, Prince of East Frisia
Mother Christine Charlotte of Württemberg
Born 1 October 1665(1665-10-01)
Esens
Died 30 June 1708(1708-06-30) (aged 42)
Aurich

Prince Christian Everhard of East Frisia (1 October 1665, Esens – 30 June 1708, Aurich) was a Prince of East Frisia from the House of Cirksena from the day he was born in 1665, but remained under guardianship until 1690.

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Life

Before taking office, he had spent much time abroad. Unlike some other members of the Cirksena family, he had few disputes with the Estates of East Frisia. He took over gouvernment in 1690 from his mother, who had administered the country until then as his guardian and regent. He quickly settled some disputes with the Estates and thus consolidated the peace. This gave him his nickname "the peaceable".

Christian Everhard was considered prudent, tolerant, and pious. Like his mother, he allowed the presence of the Reformed Church, although he himself was Lutheran. He agreed an inheritance treaty with the Guelph elector Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg. However, the Emperor rejected this treaty, so it never came into force. Instead, the Emperor accepted a claim by Brandenburg and ruled that if the Cirksena family were to die out, Brandenburg would inherit East Frisia. Based on this ruling, Prussia occupied East Frisia when the Cirksena died out in 1744.

Christian Everhard had always been sickly since childhood, and was therefore always accompanied on his travels by his personal physician, Eberhard Bacmeister. He died at a young age, like many Cirksena. He died in 1708 and was succeeded by his second son George Albert.

Marriage and issue

Prince Christian Everhard was married to Eberhadine Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen (born: 16 August 1666; died 30 October 1700), a daughter of Albert Ernst I of Oettingen-Oettingen. The couple had the following children:

  • Leopold Ignaz (born: 10 or 20 February 1687; died: 11 or 21. June 1687)
  • Christina Sophia (born: 16 March 1688 in Bayreuth; died: 31 March 1750 in Rudolstadt
married on 31 December 1728 in Rudolstadt with Prince Frederick Anton I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (born: 14 August 1692; died: 1 September 1744)
  • Marie Charlotte (born: 10 April 1689; died: 9 December 1761)
married on 10 April 1709 Frederick Ulrich of East Frisia (born: 31 December 1667; died: 13 March 1710), son of Count Ferdinand Edzard of East Frisia.
married firstly, on 24 September 1709 in Idstein with Countess Christiane Louise of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (born: 31 March 1691; died 13 April 1723), daughter of George August Samuel of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1665 -1721) and Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen
married secondly, on 8 December 1723 in Berum with Sofie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born: 1705; died: 7 June 1764), daughter of Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
  • Frederick Ulrich (born: 18 July 1691; died 21 September 1691)
  • Charles Enno (born: 25 December 1692; died: 3 August 3, 1709)
  • Friederike Wilhelmine (born: 4 October 1695; died: 29 July 1750 in Aurich), canonist in Herford
  • Enno August (born: 13 February 1697; died: 3 August 1725)
  • Juliana Louise (born:13 June 1698 in Aurich, died: 6 Feb 1740 in Harzgerode)
married on 17 February 1721 in Brunswick with Duke Joachim Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (born: 9 May 1668, died: 25 January 1722)
  • Christine Charlotte (born: 17 September 1699; died: 23 August 23, 1733)

After the death of his first wife in 1701, he married Anna Juliana of Kleinau, Lady of Sandhorst (1674–1727). They had one daughter:

  • Antoinette Sophie Juliane of Sandhorst, (born: 4 January 1707; died: 14 January 1725), (died at the smallpox, buried in the Cirksena family mausoleum in Aurich)

References and sources

  • Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland
  • Ernst Esselborn: Das Geschlecht Cirksena. Die Häuptlinge, Grafen und Fürsten von Ostfriesland, Berlin-Pankow , 1945
  • This page is a translation of its German equivalent.

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Christian Everhard, Prince of East Frisia
Born: 1 October 1665 Died: 30 June 1708
Preceded by
Christine Charlotte
as Regent
Prince of East Frisia
1665-1708
Succeeded by
George Albert

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