Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia

Enno Louis
Count of East Frisia Prince of East Frisia (1654)
Enno Louis, count of East Frisia
Reign	1651–1660
Predecessor	Ulrich II
Successor	Georg Christian
Born	29 October 1632 Aurich
Died	4 April 1660 Aurich
Spouse	Juliana Sophia of Barby-Mühlingen
House	Cirksena
Father	Ulrich II
Mother	Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt

Enno Louis of East Frisia, was count of East Frisia and after 1654 Fürst (Prince) of East Frisia, (29 October 1632 – Aurich, 4, April 1660) and the son of Ulrich II and Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Life

Enno Louis grew up in the Netherlands, France and Switzerland and had an expensive education. At the age of 19 he was appointed Reichshofrat on the court of emperor Ferdinand III. With this the emperor recognised his maturity and governing skills. So he could push aside his mother Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt and her advisers from the government. In 1651 he became count of East Frisia. Quickly after this he tried and executed the favourite and lover of his mother, the geheimrat Johann von Marenholz. He was executed in Wittmund on July 21, 1651.

He attempted to become Reichsfürst (Prince) and with the help of the East Frisian scholar Hermann Conring and 15,000 guiders he succeeded in this goal in 1654. Although only for himself and without a seat in the Reichstag. His brother George Christian who succeeded him managed to obtain the hereditary title. He was engaged with Henriette Catherine of Nassau but eventually married in 1656 with Juliana Sophia of Barby-Mühlingen. With her he had two daughters, Juliane Louise and Sophie Wilhelmine, who became the third wife of Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels. He died in 1660 after a hunting accident. Because he had only daughters he was succeeded by his brother.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia

16. Enno II of East Frisia               8. Edzard of East Frisia                       17. Anna of Oldenburg               4. Enno III, Count of East Frisia                             18. Gustav I of Sweden               9. Katarina Vasa                       19. Margaret Leijonhufvud               2. Ulrich II, Count of East Frisia                                   20. Frederick I of Denmark               10. Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp                       21. Sophie of Pomerania               5. Anna of Holstein-Gottorp                             22. Philip I of Hesse               11. Christine of Hesse                       23. Christine of Saxony               1. Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia                                         24. Philip I of Hesse (= 22)               12. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       25. Christine of Saxony (= 23)               6. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                             26. Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe               13. Magdalene of Lippe                       27. Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg               3. Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   28. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg               14. John George, Elector of Brandenburg                       29. Magdalena of Saxony               7. Magdalene of Brandenburg                             30. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt               15. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst                       31. Agnes of Barby

Literature

• Tielke, Martin (ed.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland, Bd. 1 ISBN 3-925365-75-3 (1993), Bd. 2 ISBN 3-932206-00-2 (1997), Bd. 3 ISBN 3-932206-22-3 (2001) Ostfries. Landschaftliche Verl.- u. Vertriebsges. Aurich
• Ernst Kaeber: Bilder aus dem Leben ostfries. Fürstlichkeiten des 17. Jahrhunderts. I. Die jüngeren Brüder des Fürsten Enno Ludwig. II. Aus dem Leben des Fürsten Christian Eberhard, Aurich, 1912
• Ernst Kaeber: Die Jugendzeit Fürst Enno Ludwigs von Ostfriesland, Aurich, 1911