Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Greetsiel, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Edzard II, Count of East Frisia
- Edzard II, Count of East Frisia was count of East Frisia, (24 June 1532, in Greetsiel – 1 March 1599, in Aurich) and the son of Enno II of East Frisia and Anna of Oldenburg. During his reign, he came into conflict with the city of Emden.
- Edzard was a staunch Lutheran while the city of Emden was mostly Calvinistic.
- In 1595 Emden revolted and, after an intercession by the Calvinistic Dutch Republic, Edzard was forced to accept a large degree of independence from Emden.
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