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Graf Wolfgang von Honstein in Vierraden und Schwedt

1480 – 1535

5 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born1480not verified1 source
  • Died1535not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1480

    Born

  2. 1525

    A daughter is born

  3. 1535

    Dies

During his lifetime

He lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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

The 1480s · Graf is born

News and letters

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

News and letters

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.