Sophie Luise zu Castell-Remlingen
1645–1717
- Born
- 8 Jul 1645
- Country of birth
- Germany
- Died
- 19 Jul 1717, Castell
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- sources
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Facts and their sources
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- Birth8 Jul 1645Probable1 source
- Death19 Jul 1717, CastellProbable1 source
- ParentWolfgang Georg I. zu Castell-RemlingenConfirmed1 source
- ParentSophie Juliane of Hohenlohe-PfedelbachConfirmed1 source
A life in time
Born
Birth
Child born: Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein
Birth, Sulzbürg
Died · Castell
Death, Castell
What was it like?
The world around 1645: 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.
For ordinary people, clothing was strictly divided into everyday wear and Sunday best, as a person's wardrobe was very limited three hundred years ago.
During their lifetime
- 1654
Demonstration of vacuum power
Otto von Guericke demonstrated the power of a vacuum in Regensburg using sixteen horses to pull apart two sealed hemispheres.
- 1654
Legally binding serfdom in Mecklenburg
The Servants Law of 1654 legally anchored serfdom in Mecklenburg, divesting serfs of personal freedoms and allowing them to be sold with property.
- 1660
Invention of the berlin carriage
The carriage known as the berlin was developed in Berlin, quickly becoming the most popular horse-drawn vehicle of the century.
- 1685
Huguenot migration to Brandenburg
The Great Elector issued the Edict of Potsdam, inviting French Huguenot refugees to settle in Brandenburg and Berlin to help rebuild the economy.
- 1709
Great famine after the 1709 winter
A severe winter caused the Bodensee to freeze completely, leading to widespread crop failures and famine across Europe.
- 1717
Christmas flood kills 11,000 people
A major storm surge on Christmas claimed over 11,000 lives along the German North Sea coast.
Family
Ancestors and children
Open the full treeFour generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.