The family resettled in the Uckermark as a result of the Edict of Potsdam; as a way to escape the religious persecution against the Huguenots that resulted from the Edict of Fontainebleau issued by King Louis XIV of France in October 1685.
The family resettled in the Uckermark as a result of the Edict of Potsdam issued by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. In this way they were able to escape the religious persecution against the Huguenots that resulted from the Edict of Fontainebleau issued by King Louis XIV of France in October 1685.