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East Frisian Low Saxon (or Eastern Friesland Low Saxon, as some people prefer to say for a better distinction from East Frisian, which is Frisian but not Low Saxon) is a variant of Low German with many of its own features due to the Frisian substrate and some other influences originating in the varied history of East Frisia.
The County of East Frisia (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə /; Frisian: Greefskip Eastfryslân; Dutch: Graafschap Oost-Friesland) was a county (though ruled by a prince after 1662) in the region of East Frisia in the northwest of the present-day German state of Lower Saxony.
County of East Frisia: Unmarried: 17 April 1628 Hage aged 25: Half-brother of Sabina Catharina, inherited the main county of East Frisia. Left no descendants. The county passed to his brother. Ulrich II: 6 July 1605 Aurich Second son of Enno III and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp: 17 April 1628 – 1 November 1648: County of East Frisia: Juliana of ...
Carl Carlton (German musician), rock musician Karl Dall, comedian, actor, entertainer; H.P. Baxxter, real name: Hans-Peter Geerdes, front man of the techno band Scooter; Al Shean, US American-German comedian
Marie Charlotte of East Frisia (April 10, 1689 in Berum – December 9, 1761) was a daughter of Prince Christian Everhard of East Frisia and the wife of Frederick Ulrich of East Frisia. As his wife, she was Countess of Kriechingen , as well as Lady of Püttlingen .
Ostfriesland (light green), Oldenburger Friesland (dark green) and other areas (grey) that are part of East Frisia. East Frisia (German: Ost-Friesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oost-Freesland) is a collective term for all traditionally Frisian areas in Lower Saxony, Germany, which are primarily located on a peninsula between the Dollart and the Jade Bight.
West Frisia, the region from the Scheldt to the Vlie roughly the modern region of Holland conquered in 719; Middle Frisia, the region from the Vlie to the Lauwers roughly the modern territory of the province Friesland conquered in 734; East Frisia, the region from the Lauwers to the Weser conquered in 775; It is further divided in Gaue
East Frisia c. 1600, drawn by Ubbo Emmius The history of East Frisia developed rather independently from the rest of Germany because the region was relatively isolated for centuries by large stretches of bog to the south, while at the same time its people were oriented towards the sea .