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Hans Jacob Hess 1617–1668 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1617

Birth Location: Wald, Bern, Switzerland

Death Date: 1668

Death Location: Rhine River, Palatinate, Germany

Father: Johann Hess

Mother: Anna Nassau-Siegen

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The story of Hans Jacob Hess began in 1617 in Wald, Bern, Switzerland. Hans Jacob Hess passed away in 1668 in Rhine River, Palatinate, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Hans Jacob Hess began in 1617 in Wald, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Hans Jacob Hess passed away in 1668 in Rhine River, Palatinate, Germany.

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Hans Hess's Ancestors

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Hans Hess
1617–1668
Birth Place: Wald, Bern, Switzerland
Parents
Johann Adolf von Daun, Graf von Falkenstein Hess
1582–1623
Teningen, Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Anna (Maria Gräfin von) Nassau-Siegen
1589–1680
Altenreit, Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Grandparents
Hanss Hess
1560–1616
Teningen, Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Barbara Wagner
1564–1608
Teningen, Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Count (of Nassau-Siegen and Nassau-and Freudenberg (as Johann I) Johann VII of Nassau-Dillenburg With his two wives, sired twenty-five) children.
1561–1623
Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
Margarete (von Oldenburg) (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon)
1583–1638
Sønderborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark
Great-Grandparents
Hans Hess
1536–1587
Adelheid Kuntz
1546–1587
Hanß Wagner
1529–1583
Margretha Schurmann
1518–1585
John Dietz
1535–1606
Princess vanLeuchtenburg
1537–1579
Johan Denemarken
1545–1622
Elisabeth Brunswick-Grubenhagen
1550–1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johannes (Deussen)
1512–1538
Mechteld Hesse
1516–1539
Hans (Kuntz?)
1526–1584
Elsa Knecht
1516–1561
William Nassau-Siegen
1487–1559
Juliana Stolberg
1506–1580
Georg Leuchtenburg
1502–1555
Barbara Brandenburg-Ansbach
1488–1552
Christian Denmark
1503–1559
Dorothea Norway
1570–1649
Ernst Osterode
1518–1567
Anna Pommern-Wolgast
1518–1569

Hans Hess's Timeline

2 Records

1617
24 May 1617
Birth of Hans Jacob Hess in Wald, Bern, Switzerland
Wald, Bern, Switzerland
1668
1668
Age 51
Death of Hans Jacob Hess in Rhine River, Palatinate, Germany
Rhine River, Palatinate, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 May 1617
    Event Place: Wald, Bern, Switzerland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1668
    Event Place: Rhine River, Palatinate, Germany

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