Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia

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.

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| 1= 1. Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia

| 2= 2. Ulrich II, Count of East Frisia

| 3= 3. Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt

| 4= 4. Enno III, Count of East Frisia

| 5= 5. Anna of Holstein-Gottorp

| 6= 6. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

| 7= 7. Magdalene of Brandenburg

| 8= 8. Edzard of East Frisia

| 9= 9. Katarina Vasa

| 10= 10. Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp

| 11= 11. Christine of Hesse

| 12= 12. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

| 13= 13. Magdalene of Lippe

| 14= 14. John George, Elector of Brandenburg

| 15= 15. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

| 16= 16. Enno II of East Frisia

| 17= 17. Anna of Oldenburg

| 18= 18. Gustav I of Sweden

| 19= 19. Margaret Leijonhufvud

| 20= 20. Frederick I of Denmark

| 21= 21. Sophie of Pomerania

| 22= 22. Philip I of Hesse

| 23= 23. Christine of Saxony

| 24= 24. Philip I of Hesse (= 22)

| 25= 25. Christine of Saxony (= 23)

| 26= 26. Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe

| 27= 27. Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg

| 28= 28. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

| 29= 29. Magdalena of Saxony

| 30= 30. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

| 31= 31. Agnes of Barby

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• 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

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