Edzard Cirksena (born: Edzard Edzardisna ; died: 1441) was an East Frisian chieftain at Greetsiel , Norden , Emden and Brokmerland .
4-415: He and his father Enno Edzardisna had married the last two heiresses of the great family of Syardsna from Berum ; Edzard married Frauwa Cirksena; his father married her aunt Gela Cirksena. Enno and Edzard adopted their wives' family name, which was also spelled Sirtzena , Syrtza , or Zyertza . Edzard was probably the first to spell the name as Cirksena ; this spelling was retained by all later members of
8-590: A daughter of the chieftain Affo Beninga of Pilsum. After Gela's only son from her first marriage, the chief Liudward Cirksena ("Syrtza") of Berum had died without an heir in the middle 1430s, Gela and her niece Frauwa Cirksena ("Sirtzena") were the only heirs of the Cirksena family in Berum. Enno seized the opportunity. His son Edzard from his first marriage, married Frauwa Cirksena and Enno and Edzard adopted
12-703: The family. From his father he inherited the reign over almost all of East Frisia , albeit without the Harlingerland . He died at an advanced age, of the plague , in 1441, one day after his stepmother Gela died. This article about a member of the German nobility is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This East Frisia article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Enno Edzardisna Enno Edzardisna (also known as Enno Cirksena , Enno Attena and rarely Enno Syardsna ; c. 1380 – c. 1450 )
16-589: Was a chieftain of Norden , Greetsiel , Berum and Pilsum in East Frisia . He was the son of the chieftain Edzard II of Appingen- Greetsiel and his wife Doda tom Brok . Enno was a pioneer of the claim of the house Cirksena to the rule over all of East Frisia , which his son finally Ulrich I formally achieved when he was made an Imperial Count in 1464. Enno's first wife is not documented. He married his second wife Gela Syardsna of Manslagt (d. 1455),
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