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Mary of Anhalt-Zerbst

1538–1563

Born
11 Dec 1538
Country of birth
Germany(inferred from the family)
Died
5 May 1563, Roßlau (Elbe)
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A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Mary of Barby and Mühlingen

    Birth, Magdeburg

  3. Died · Roßlau (Elbe)

    Death, Roßlau (Elbe)

What was it like?

The world around 1538: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Strict regulations controlled social class appearance; for example, commoners were forbidden from wearing gold, silver, pearls, or silk. A wife of a commoner could wear a simple gold ring worth no more than five or six guilders, without gemstones.

During their lifetime

  1. 1555

    Peace of Augsburg enacted (1555)

    The 1555 Peace of Augsburg established the legal principle that local princes could determine the religion of their subjects as either Lutheran or Catholic. If subjects disagreed with their ruler's choice, they were granted the right to emigrate with their property and families.

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