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Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg

Germany, 4 May 1679 – Copenhagen, 27 Jun 1704

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Facts and their sources

  • Born4 May 1679, Germanynot verified1 source
  • Died27 Jun 1704, Copenhagennot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 4 May 1679

    Born in Germany

  2. 27 Jun 1704

    Dies in Copenhagen, aged 25

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Germany.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1670s · Elisabeth is born in Germany

In the news1676

Battle of Lund fought in 1676

During the Skåne War, a bloody battle at Lund on 4 December 1676 resulted in the deaths of approximately 6,000 men.

At the table

Daily Porridge Habits

Because meat was expensive and rarely eaten, families often relied on a thick, long-cooking grain porridge as their primary warm meal. To stretch the food, they frequently reheated it, resulting in a thick, semi-solid consistency.

What people wore

Eleven caps for one woman

In Scheessel, a woman possessed about eleven different caps for various occasions, with five reserved exclusively for mourning. These caps were stored in colorful painted hatboxes.

Getting around

Travel speeds for foot passengers

Most travelers were foot passengers who could expect to cover about 100 kilometers in a week, accounting for rest days and potential travel obstacles like bad weather or floods.

What it cost

Cost of clothing fabric

Coarse woolen fabric for everyday work clothes, known as vadmel, cost between 16 and 24 skilling per alen at the end of the century.

Music

Village dance in 1678 with bagpipes

A painting of a 1678 village dance shows young people dancing to a bagpiper and a drummer while villagers drink beer in the outdoor setting.

Daily life

Dark and smoky rural homes

Rural homes often lacked chimneys, causing smoke from open hearths to fill living areas with poor air. Many houses were dark, with only small windows or simple peep-holes.