When Elisabeth Gabrielsdatter Akeleye was born on 27 March 1654, in Bjällerup, Skåne, Sweden, her father, Gabriel Corfitzen Akeleye, was 75 and her mother, Beate Clausdatter Maccabaæus, was 51. She married Capt. Jens Pedersen Kofoed on 19 June 1680, in Skovsholm, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 13 February 1739, in Østermarie, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 84, and was buried in Østermarie, Østermarie, Bornholm, Denmark.
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King Charles II barred Jews from settling in Stockholm.
King Charles II invaded Denmark. Forced Danish King to sign Peace of Travendal.
By 1658, Sweden had become a great power in northern Europe. The Great Northern War from 1700 through 1721 resulted in the loss of land amassed by Sweden in areas such as Germany, Norway, and Denmark. Nearly 200,000 Swedes lost their lives due to the war while Sweden lost much of its dominance in the Baltic Region.
West African (Nigeria): from the Yoruba personal name Adélé̩yẹ, from adé l' é̩yẹ ‘the crown possesses honor’, with ‘crown’ understood as a metaphor for ‘child’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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