Ancestors of
Wilhelm III *der Tapfere*
Duke of Saxony in Thueringen
(6 generations)
 

        1. Wilhelm III "der Tapfere"
            Duke of Saxony in Thueringen 1445-1482 
            Born 30 April 1425 Meissen 
            Died 17 September 1482 Weimar 

        2. Friedrich I "der Streitbare" 
            Elector of Saxony 1423-1428 
            Born 11 April 1370 
            Died 4 January 1428 Altenburg 
            Married 7 February 1402 
        3. Catharina of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Died 28 December 1442 Grimma 

        4. Friedrich III "der Strenge" 
            Markgraf von Meissen 1349-1381 
            Born 14 October 1332 Dresden 
            Died 25 May 1381 Meissen 
            Married 1346 
        5. Graefin Katharina von Henneberg-Schleusingen 
            Died 15 July 1397 Meissen 
        6. Heinrich II 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Died 14 October 1416 
            Married 11 November 1388 
        7. Sofie von Pommern 
            Died 28 June 1406 

        8. Friedrich II "der Ernsthafte" 
            Markgraf von Meissen 1324-1349 
            Born 30 November 1310 ? Gotha 
            Died 18 November 1349 Wartburg 
            Married 1 July 1329 
        9. Mathilde of Bavaria 
            Born circa 1309 
            Died 2 July 1346 Wartburg 
       10. Heinrich VIII 
            Graf von Henneberg in Schleusingen 
            Died 10 September 1347 
            Married August 1317 
       11. Markgraefin Judith (Jutta) von Brandenburg 
            Heiress of Coburg, Schmalkalden 
            Born 1301 
            Died 1 February 1353 
       12. Magnus II Torquatus 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Born circa 1328 
            Died 26 July 1373 Leveste, Hannover (in battle) 
            Married before 6 October 1356 
       13. Katarina von Anhalt-Bernburg 
            Died 30 January 1390 
       14. Wartislaw VI 
            Duke von Pommern in Barth 
            Born 1345 
            Died 13 June 1394 
            Married 4 April 1363 
       15. Anna zu Mecklenburg-Stargard 
            Died circa 1397 

       16. Friedrich I "der Freidige" 
            Markgraf von Meissen, Landgraf von Thueringen 
            Born 16 November 1257 
            Died 16 November 1323 Wartburg 
            Married 24 August 1300 Gotha 
       17. Elisabeth von Lobdeburg 
            Herrin von Arnshaugk 
            Born 1286 
            Died 22 August 1359 Gotha 
       18. Ludwig IV "der Bayer" 
            Emperor 1314-1328-1347, Duke of Bavaria 
            Born 1 April 1282 Muenchen 
            Died 11 October 1347 Fuerstenfeld nr Muenchen 
            Married circa 1309 
       19. Beatrix von Schlesien-Glogau 
            Born circa 1290 
            Died 25 August 1322 Muenchen 
       20. Berthold VII 
            Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen 
            Born circa 1271 
            Died 14 April 1340 Schmalkalden 
            Married 1284 
       21. Adelheid von Hessen 
            Born circa 1268 
            Died 7 December 1317 
       22. Hermann 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg 1295-1308 
            Died January 1308 
            Married September 1295 Graz 
       23. Anna of Austria 
            Born circa 1275 /1280 
            Died 19 March 1328 Breslau 
       24. Magnus I "the Pious" 
            Duke of Brunswick 
            Born circa 1304 
            Died July 1369 
            Married circa 1327 
       25. Markgraefin Sofie von Brandenburg 
            Heiress of Landsberg, Sangerhausen 
            Died 1356 
       26. Bernhard III 
            Fuerst von Anhalt in Bernburg 
            Died 20 August 1348 
            Married circa 1328 
       27. Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg 
            Died 4 January 1338 
       28. Barnim IV 
            Duke von Pommern 
            Born 17 July 1325 
            Died 22 August 1365 
            Married 1343 
       29. Sophie von Werle 
            Died September 1364 Belgard 
       30. Johann I 
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Stargard 1352-1393 
            Born after 1323 
            Died 10 October 1392 / 9 February 1393 
       31. Anna von Holstein 
            Died before 1356 

       32. Albrecht II "der Entartete" 
            Markgraf von Meissen, Landgraf von Thueringen 
            Born 1240 
            Died 20 November 1315 Erfurt 
            Married 1254 
       33. Margarethe von Hohenstaufen 
            Born circa  February 1237 Graz 
            Died 8 August 1270 Frankfurt am Main 
       34. Hartmann IX von Lobdeburg 
            Herr von Arnshaugk 
            Died before 20 February 1289 
            Married before 1282 
       35. Graefin Elisabeth von Orlamuende 
            Died 24 March 1333 / 1355 
       36. Ludwig II 
            Duke of Bavaria 1253-1294 
            Born 13 April 1229 Heidelberg 
            Died 2 February 1294 Heidelberg 
            Married 24 October 1273 Aachen 
       37. Mathilde von Habsburg 
            Born circa 1253 Rheinfelden 
            Died 23 December 1304 Muenchen 
       38. Bolko I von Schlesien 
            Duke von Jauer und Schweidnitz 
            Born 1252 / 1256 
            Died 9 November 1301 
            Married 4 October 1281 
       39. Markgraefin Beatrix von Brandenburg 
            Died before 26 April 1316 
       40. Berthold V 
            Graf von Henneberg-Schleusingen 
            Died 13 February 1284 in France 
            Married before 1268 
       41. Graefin Sophie von Schwarzburg 
            Died 13 February 1279 
       42. Heinrich I "das Kind von Hessen" 
            Landgraf von Hessen 1247-1264-1308 
            Born 24 June 1244 
            Died 21 December 1308 Marburg a.d.Lahn 
            Married before 10 September 1263 
       43. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Died 12 June 1274 
       44. Otto V 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg 1267-1299 
            Died 23 July 1299 
            Married 22 October 1268 
       45. Jutta von Henneberg 
            Heiress of Koburg and Schmalkalden 
            Died 8 May 1327 
       46. Albrecht I 
            Emperor Elect, Duke of Austria 1282-1308 
            Born July 1255 
            Died 1 May 1308 crossing the Reuss (murdered) 
            Married 1274 Wien 
       47. Elisabeth von Tirol 
            Born before 1262 
            Died 28 October 1312 
       48. Albrecht II "the Fat" 
            Duke of Brunswick-Goettingen 1286-1318 
            Born 1268 
            Died 22 September 1318 
            Married 10 January 1284 
       49. Richsa von Werle 
            Died circa 1312 
       50. Heinrich I 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg 1293-1318 
            Died 1318 
            Married circa 1298 
       51. Agnes of Bavaria 
            Died 22 July 1345 
       52. Bernhard II 
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Bernburg 
            Died 1318 / 1324 
            Married 1290 / 1302 
       53. Helene von Ruegen 
            Died 9 August 1315 
       54. Rudolf I 
            Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg 1298-1356 
            Died 11 March 1356 
            Married 1298 / 1300 
       55. Markgraefin Judith von Brandenburg 
            Died 9 May 1328 
       56. Wartislaw IV 
            Duke von Pommern & Rugen 
            Born 1290 / 1292 
            Died 1 August 1326 Stralsund 
            Married before 1318 
       57. Elisabeth (von Lindow-Ruppin) 
            Died 1 February 1350 / 2 February 1356 
       58. Johann II 
            Fuerst von Werle in Guestrow 
            Died 27 August 1337 
            Married before 22 May 1318 
       59. Duchess Mechtild of Brunswick 
            Died before 14 March 1344 
       60. Heinrich II "the Lion" 
            Fuerst zu Mecklenburg 1302-1329 
            Born circa 1266 Riga 
            Died 21 January 1329 
            Married 1315 Domitz 
       61. Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg 
            Died 22 November 1327 
       62. Adolf VII 
            Graf von Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg 
            Died 5 June 1354 
            Married 1322 
       63. Heilwig zur Lippe 
            Died after 1369 

       64. Heinrich "der Erlauchte" 
            Markgraf von Meissen, Landgraf von Thueringen 
            Born circa 1215 
            Died before 8 February 1288 
            Married 1 May 1234 
       65. Konstanze of Austria 
            Born 6 May 1212 
            Died before 5 June 1243 
       66. Friedrich II 
            Emperor 1212-1220-1250, King of Sicily 1197-1250 
            Born 26 December 1194 Jesi nr Ancona 
            Died 13 December 1250 (or 30 Dec?) Firenzuola 
            Married 20 July 1235 Worms 
       67. Isabella of England 
            Born 1214 
            Died 1 December 1241 Foggia 
       68. Otto IV von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 
            Died 1289 
       69. NN von Schwarzburg 
       70. Hermann III 
            Graf von Orlamuende 
            Died 1283 
       71. NN 
       72. Otto II 
            Duke of Bavaria 1231-1253 
            Born 7 April 1206 Kelheim 
            Died 29 November 1253 Landshut 
            Married 24 March 1225 
       73. Agnes 
            Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born circa 1201 
            Died 16 August 1267 Muenchen 
       74. Rudolf I von Habsburg 
            Holy Roman Emperor 1273-1291 
            Born 1 May 1218 Castle Limburg am Rhein 
            Died 15 July 1291 Spiers 
            Married 1245 
       75. Gertrud von Hohenberg 
            Born 1225 
            Died 16 February 1281 
       76. Boleslaw II von Schlesien 
            Duke von Liegnitz 
            Born 1220 / 1225 
            Died circa 26 December 1278 
            Married 8 May 1242 / 18 October 1242 
       77. Hedwig von Anhalt 
            Died 21 December 1259 
       78. = 44        79. = 45 
       80. Heinrich III 
            Graf von Henneberg in Schleusingen 
            Died 17 March 1262 or 9 April 1262 
       81. Sofie von Meissen 
            Died 17 March 1280 
       82. Guenther VII 
            Graf von Schwarzburg in Blankenburg 
            Born circa 1210 
            Died 1274 
       83. Sophie 
            Died after 1268 
       84. Hendrik II 
            Duke of Brabant 1235-1248 
            Born 1207 
            Died 1 February 1248 Louvain 
            Married 1240 
       85. Sophia von Thueringen 
            Born 20 March 1224 Wartburg 
            Died 29 May 1275 Marburg a.d.Lahn 
       86. Otto I "das Kind" 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1235-1252 
            Born 1204 
            Died 19 June 1252 
            Married 1228 
       87. Matilde von Brandenburg 
            Died 10 June 1261 
       88. Otto III 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg 1220-1267 
            Died 9 October 1267 
            Married June 1243 
       89. Beatrix of Bohemia 
            Died 25 May 1286 
       90. Hermann I 
            Graf von Henneberg 
            Born 1224 
            Died 18 December 1290 
            Married before 12 July 1249 
       91. Margaretha of Holland 
            Died 26 March 1277 
       92. = 74        93. = 75 
       94. Meinhard V-IV-II 
            Duke of Kaernten, Graf von Goerz und Tirol 
            Born circa 1238 
            Died 1 November 1295 
            Married 6 October 1259 
       95. Elisabeth of Bavaria 
            Born circa 1227 
            Died 9 October 1273 
       96. Albrecht I "the Great" 
            Duke of Brunswick 
            Born 1236 
            Died 15 August 1279 
            Married 1263 
       97. Alessina de Monferrato 
            Died 6 February 1285 
       98. Heinrich I 
            Fuerst von Werle in Guestrow 
            Died 8 October 1291 nr Saal (murdered) 
            Married 1262 
       99. Richiza Birgersdotter 
            Died before 13 December 1288 
      100. Johann I 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg 
            Born 1213 
            Died 4 April 1266 
            Married 7 May 1255 
      101. Jutta of Saxony 
            Died before 2 February 1267 
      102. = 36       103. = 37 
      104. Bernhard I 
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Bernburg 
            Born circa 1220 
            Died 1286 / 1287 
            Married 3 February 1258 Hamburg 
      105. Sophie of Denmark 
            Born circa 1240 
            Died after 1284 
      106. Wizlaw II 
            Fuerst von Ruegen, Duke von Pommern 
            Born 1240 
            Died 29 December 1302 
            Married 1263 / 1269 
      107. Agnes of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Died after 1302 
      108. Albrecht II 
            Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg 1260-1298 
            Died 25 August 1298 
            Married October 1273 
      109. Agnes von Habsburg 
            Born circa 1257 
            Died 11 October 1322 Wittenberg 
      110. = 44       111. = 45 
      112. Bogislaw IV 
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast 
            Born 1255 / 1258 
            Died 19 February 1309 
            Married circa 1287 
      113. Margarete von Ruegen 
            Born circa 1270 /1271 
            Died 4 December 1315 / 3 February 1320 
      114. 
      115. 
      116. Johann I 
            Fuerst von Werle zu Guestrow & Parchim 
            Died 15 October 1283 
      117. Sofie von Lindau-Ruppin 
            Died 18 January 1301 / 9 June 1304 Robel 
      118. Heinrich I 
            Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1286-1322 
            Born August 1267 
            Died 7 September 1322 
            Married 1282 
      119. Agnes von Meissen 
            Landgraefin von Thueringen 
            Died after 1332 
      120. Heinrich I "the Pilgrim" 
            Fuerst zu Mecklenburg 1264-1302 
            Born circa 1230 
            Died 2 January 1302 
            Married circa 1259 
      121. Anastasia von Pommern 
            Born circa 1245 
            Died 15 March 1317 
      122. = 108      123. = 109 
      124. Adolf VI 
            Graf von Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg 
            Born circa 1256 
            Died 13 May 1315 
            Married 14 February 1297 * 
      125. Duchess Helene of Saxe-Lauenburg 
            Died after 1332 
      126. Simon I 
            Edler Herr zur Lippe 
            Died 1344 
            Married circa 1285 
      127. Adelheid von Waldeck 
            Died circa 1342 

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