Ernest Christopher, Count of Rietberg [SEP] date of death
Ernest Christopher, Count of Rietberg
Ernest Christopher, Count of Rietberg (1 April 1606 – 31 December 1640) was a member of the house of Cirksena and was Count of Rietberg from 1625 to 1640.
Life.
Ernst Christoph was the fourth of the eleven children of John III and his wife, Sabina Catherine. Since his elder brother Edzard had died young, he was heir apparent of Rietberg from the day he was born.
Shortly before his father's death, Ernest Christopher promised to build a Franciscan
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