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Sophie Luise zu Castell-Remlingen

1645–1717

Born
8 Jul 1645
Country of birth
Germany
Died
19 Jul 1717, Castell
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A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein

    Birth, Sulzbürg

  3. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.