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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

Ancestors of
Friedrich Wilhelm, Kurfuerst von Brandenburg
(6 generations)
 

        1. Friedrich Wilhelm
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1640-1688 
            Born 6 February 1620 Berlin 
            Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam 

        2. Georg Wilhelm 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1619-1640 
            Born 13 November 1595 Berlin 
            Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen 
            Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg 
        3. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz 
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt 
            Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O. 

        4. Johann Sigismund 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1608-1619 
            Born 8 November 1572 Halle 
            Died 23 December 1619 Koeln a.d.Spree (Berlin) 
            Married 30 October 1594 Koenigsbergen 
        5. Duchess Anna of Prussia 
            Born 3 July 1576 Koenigsbergen 
            Died 9 April 1625 Berlin 
        6. Friedrich IV 
            Kurfuerst von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610 
            Born 5 March 1574 Amberg 
            Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg 
            Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg 
        7. Graefin Louise Juliana von Nassau 
            Born 31 March 1576 Delft 
            Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia 

        8. Joachim Friedrich 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1598-1608 
            Born 27 January 1546 Berlin 
            Died 28 July 1608 nr Koepenik 
            Married 8 January 1570 Kuestrin 
        9. Markgraefin Katharina von Brandenburg-Kuestrin 
            Born 10 August 1549 Kuestrin 
            Died 10 October 1602 Berlin 
       10. Albrecht Friedrich 
            Duke of Prussia 
            Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen 
            Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen 
            Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen 
       11. Marie Eleonore 
            Duchess von Kleef, Juelich and Berg 
            Born 16 June 1550 Cleves 
            Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen 
       12. Ludwig VI 
            Kurfuerst von der Pfalz 1576-1583 
            Born 4 July 1539 Simmern 
            Died 22 October 1583 Heidelberg 
            Married 8 July 1560 Marburg 
       13. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen 
            Born 13 February 1539 Kassel 
            Died 14 March 1582 Heidelberg 
       14. Willem I "the Silent" 
            Prince of Orange, Graf von Nassau 
            Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg 
            Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered) 
            Married 12 July 1575 Den Briel 
       15. Charlotte de Bourbon 
            Born circa 1546 
            Died 5 May 1582 Antwerpen 

       16. Johann Georg 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1571-1598 
            Born 11 September 1525 
            Died 18 January 1598 Berlin 
            Married 15 February 1545 Berlin 
       17. Duchess Sophie von Schlesien-Liegnitz 
            Born circa 1525 
            Died 6 February 1546 Berlin 
       18. Johann I 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Kuestrin 
            Born 3 August 1513 Tangermuende 
            Died 13 January 1571 Kuestrin 
            Married 31 December 1537 Wolfenbuettel 
       19. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 1518 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 16 May 1574 Krossen a.d.O. 
       20. Albrecht 
            Duke of Prussia 
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach 
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau 
            Married 26 February 1550 Koenigsbergen 
       21. Duchess Anna Maria of Brunswick-Kalenberg 
            Born 1532 
            Died 20 March 1568 Koenigsbergen 
       22. Wilhelm III "the Rich" 
            Duke von Kleef, Juelich and Berg 
            Born 28 July 1516 Duesseldorf 
            Died 5 January 1592 Duesseldorf 
            Married 18 July 1546 Regensburg 
       23. Archduchess Maria of Austria 
            Born 15 May 1531 Praha, Bohemia 
            Died 11 December 1581 Hambach 
       24. Friedrich III 
            Kurfuerst von der Pfalz 1559-1576 
            Born 14 February 1515 Simmern 
            Died 26 October 1576 Heidelberg 
            Married 12 June 1537 Crailsheim 
       25. Markgraefin Marie von Brandenburg-Bayreuth 
            Born 14 October 1519 
            Died 31 October 1567 Heidelberg 
       26. Philipp I "the Magnanimous" 
            Landgraf von Hessen 1509-1518-1567 
            Born 13 November 1504 Marburg 
            Died 31 March 1567 Kassel 
            Married 11 December 1523 Dresden 
       27. Duchess Christine of Saxony 
            Born 25 December 1505 
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel 
       28. Wilhelm "the Rich" 
            Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg 
            Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg 
            Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg 
            Married 20 September 1531 
       29. Graefin Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode 
            Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg 
            Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg 
       30. Louis III de Bourbon 
            Duc de Montpensier 
            Born 10 June 1513 
            Died 23 September 1582 Chateau de Champagny 
            Married August 1538 
       31. Jacqueline de Longvy 
            2.Comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine 
            Died 28 August 1561 

       32. Joachim II "Hektor" 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1535-1571 
            Born 9 January 1505 
            Died 3 January 1571 Koepeninck 
            Married 6 November 1524 Dresden 
       33. Duchess Magdalene of Saxony 
            Born 7 March 1507 Dresden 
            Died 25 January 1534 (Berlin?) 
       34. Friedrich II von Schlesien 
            Duke von Liegnitz & Wohlau 
            Born 12 February 1480 
            Died 17 September 1547 Liegnitz 
            Married 14 November 1518 Liegnitz 
       35. Markgraefin Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
            Born 10 March 1485 Ansbach 
            Died 24 May 1537 
       36. Joachim I "Nestor" 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1499-1535 
            Born 21 February 1484 
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin 
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal 
       37. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark and Norway 
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoeping 
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin 
       38. Heinrich II 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 10 November 1489 
            Died 11 June 1568 Wolfenbuettel 
            Married 1 January 1515 Wolfenbuettel 
       39. Marie von Wuerttemberg 
            Born 15 August 1496 Urach 
            Died 28 December 1541 
       40. Friedrich V 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth 
            Born 8 May 1460 Ansbach 
            Died 4 April 1536 Ansbach 
            Married 14 February 1479 Frankfurt a.d.Oder 
       41. Sofie of Poland 
            Born 6 April 1464 
            Died 5 October 1512 
       42. Erich I 
            Duke von Brunswick zu Kalenberg 
            Born 16 February 1470 
            Died 30 July 1540 
            Married 12 March 1525 
       43. Markgraefin Elisabeth von Brandenburg 
            Born 24 August 1510 
            Died 25 May 1558 
       44. Johann III 
            Duke von Kleef 1521-1539 Juelich & Berg 1524-1539 
            Born 10 November 1490 
            Died 6 February 1539 
            Married 1 October 1510 
       45. Marie von Juelich und Berg 
            Born 3 August 1491 
            Died 19 August 1543 
       46. Ferdinand I 
            Holy Roman Emperor 1556-1564 
            Born 10 March 1503 Alcala de Henares 
            Died 25 July 1564 Wien 
            Married 25 May 1521 Linz 
       47. Princess Anna Jagiello of Hungary 
            Born 23 June 1503 Ofen 
            Died 27 January 1547 Praha, Bohemia 
       48. Johann II 
            Pfalzgraf von Simmern 1509-1557, Graf von Sponheim 
            Born 21 March 1492 Simmern 
            Died 18 May 1557 Simmern 
            Married 1508 (Heidelberg?) 
       49. Markgraefin Beatrix von Baden 
            Born 22 January 1492 
            Died 4 April 1535 
       50. Markgraf Kasimir von Brandenburg-Kulmbach 
            Born 27 September 1481 
            Died 21 September 1527 Ofen an der Ruhr 
            Married 25 August 1518 Augsburg 
       51. Duchess Susanne of Bavaria 
            Born 2 April 1502 
            Died 23 April 1543 Neuburg a.Donau 
       52. Wilhelm II 
            Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509 
            Born circa 29 March 1469 
            Died 11 July 1509 Kassel 
            Married 20 October 1500 Kassel 
       53. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
            Born 14 September 1485 Wismar 
            Died 12 May 1525 Roedelheim 
       54. Georg 
            Duke of Saxony 1500-1539 
            Born 27 August 1471 Meissen 
            Died 17 April 1539 Dresden 
            Married 21 November 1496 Leipzig 
       55. Barbara of Poland 
            Born 15 July 1478 Sandomir 
            Died 15 February 1534 Leipzig 
       56. Johann V 
            Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg 
            Born 9 November 1455 Breda, The Netherlands 
            Died 30 July 1516 Dillenburg 
            Married 11 February 1482 Marburg 
       57. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen 
            Born May 1466 Marburg 
            Died 17 January 1523 Koeln 
       58. Botho 
            Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode 
            Born 4 January 1467 Stolberg 
            Died 18 June 1538 Stolberg 
            Married 24 August 1500 Stolberg 
       59. Graefin Anna von Eppenstein-Koenigstein 
            Born 1482 
            Died 7 August 1538 Stolberg 
       60. Louis de Bourbon 
            Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon 
            Born 1473 
            Died 1520 
            Married 21 March 1504 Moulins 
       61. Louise de Bourbon 
            Comtesse de Montpensier, Dauphine d'Auvergne 
            Died 5 July 1561 
       62. Jean IV de Longvy 
            Seigneur de Givry, Baron de Pagny et de Mirebeau 
            Died 1520 / 1521 
       63. Jeanne legitimee d'Angoulˆme 
            1.Comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine 
            Died after 1531 

       64. = 36        65. = 37        66. = 54        67. = 55 
       68. Friedrich I 
            Duke von Schlesien zu Liegnitz und Brieg 
            Born 3 May 1446 
            Died 9 May 1488 
            Married 5 September 1474 
       69. Ludmilla of Bohemia 
            Born 16 October 1456 
            Died 20 January 1503 
       70. = 40        71. = 41 
       72. Johann Cicero 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1486-1499 
            Born 2 August 1455 Ansbach 
            Died 9 January 1499 Arneburg 
            Married 25 August 1476 Berlin 
       73. Margarete of Saxony 
            Born 1449 Weimar 
            Died 13 July 1501 Spandau 
       74. Hans 
            King of Denmark and Norway 1481-1513 
            Born 8 July 1455 Copenhagen 
            Died 20 February 1513 Alborg 
            Married 6 September 1478 Copenhagen 
       75. Duchess Christine of Saxony 
            Born circa 1461 Torzau 
            Died 8 December 1521 Odense 
       76. Heinrich I "the Bad" 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 24 June 1463 
            Died 23 June 1514 Leer, East-Friesland in battle 
            Married August 1486 
       77. Katharina von Pommern 
            Born circa 1465 
            Died 1526 
       78. Heinrich 
            Graf von W?rttemberg-Moempelgard 
            Born 7 September 1448 
            Died 16 April 1519 Hohen-Urach 
            Married 21 July 1488 
       79. Eva von Salm 
            Died 26 April 1521 
       80. Albrecht Achilles 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1470-1486 
            Born 24 November 1414 Tangermuende 
            Died 11 March 1486 Frankfurt am Main 
            Married 12 November 1458 
       81. Duchess Anna of Saxony 
            Born 7 March 1437 
            Died 31 October 1512 
       82. Kazimierz IV Jagiello 
            King of Poland 1445-1492, Grand Duke of Lithuania 
            Born 30 November 1427 
            Died 7 June 1492 Grodno 
            Married 10 February 1454 Krakow 
       83. Elisabeth of Austria 
            Born 1437 
            Died 30 August 1505 Krakow 
       84. Wilhelm II 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born circa 1426 
            Died 7 July 1503 Burg Hardegsen 
            Married circa 8 November 1457 
       85. Graefin Elisabeth zu Stolberg 
            Born 7 May 1444 
            Died circa 2 June 1520 
       86. = 36        87. = 37 
       88. Johann II "der Kindermacher" 
            Duke von Kleef 1481-1521 
            Born 13 April 1458 
            Died 15 March 1521 
            Married 3 November 1489 
       89. Mathilde von Hessen 
            Born July 1473 
            Died 19 February 1505 
       90. Wilhelm III 
            Duke of Juelich & Berg 1475-1511 
            Born 9 January 1455 
            Died 6 September 1511 
            Married 8 July 1481 
       91. Markgraefin Sibylle von Brandenburg 
            Born 31 May 1467 
            Died 9 July 1524 
       92. Archduke Philip of Austria 
            King of Castile 1504-1506 
            Born 22 June 1478 Brugge 
            Died 25 September 1506 Burgos 
            Married 22 October 1496 Lier (in person) 
       93. Infanta Juana of Aragon 
            Born 6 November 1479 Toledo 
            Died 12 April 1555 Castle Tordesillas, Valladolid 
       94. Wladislaw Jagiello 
            King of Hungary 1490-1516 and Bohemia 1471-1516 
            Born 1 March 1456 Krakow 
            Died 13 March 1516 Buda 
            Married 6 October 1502 Buda 
       95. Anne de Foix 
            Born 1484 
            Died 26 July 1506 Buda 
       96. Johann I 
            Pfalzgraf von Simmern, Graf von Sponheim 
            Born 15 May 1459 
            Died 27 January 1509 Starkenburg 
            Married 29 September 1481 
       97. Graefin Susanne von Nassau-Saarbruecken 
            Born 14 April 1464 
            Died 7 May 1521 
       98. Christoph I 
            Markgraf von Baden 
            Born 13 November 1453 
            Died 19 April 1527 Castle Hohenbaden 
            Married 19 December 1468 
       99. Graefin Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen 
            baptised 22 March 1453 Darmstadt 
            Died 15 August 1517 Baden 
      100. = 40       101. = 41 
      102. Albrecht IV "der Weise" 
            Duke of Bavaria 1469-1508 
            Born 15 December 1447 Muenchen 
            Died 18 June 1508 Muenchen 
            Married 3 January 1487 Innsbruck 
      103. Archduchess Kunigunde of Austria 
            Born 16 March 1465 Wiener Neustadt 
            Died 6 August 1520 Muenchen 
      104. Ludwig II 
            Landgraf von Hessen 1458-1471 
            Born 7 September 1438 
            Died 8 November 1471 Reichenbach 
            Married 1453 
      105. Mechtild von Wuerttemberg 
            Born 1436 Urach 
            Died 6 June 1495 Rotenburg, Hessen 
      106. Magnus II 
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow 
            Born 1441 
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar 
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam 
      107. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast 
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar 
      108. Albrecht III 
            Duke of Saxony in Meissen 1485-1500 
            Born 31 July 1443 Grimma 
            Died 12 September 1500 Emden, East-Friessia 
            Married 11 November 1459 Eger 
      109. Sidonia of Bohemia 
            Born 14 November 1449 
            Died 1 February 1510 Tharandt 
      110. = 82       111. = 83 
      112. Johann IV 
            Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg 
            Born 1 August 1410 
            Died 3 February 1475 Dillenburg 
            Married 7 February 1440 
      113. Maria van Heinsberg 
            Gravin van Loon 
            Born 1424 
            Died 20 April 1502 
      114. Heinrich III 
            Landgraf von Hessen zu Marburg 
            Born 15 October 1441 Spangenberg 
            Died 13 January 1483 Marburg 
            Married 30 August 1458 St.Goar 
      115. Anna von Katzenelnbogen 
            Born 5 September 1443 
            Died 16 February 1494 Marburg 
      116. Heinrich "der Aeltere" 
            Graf von Stolberg 
            Born circa 1433 
            Died 17 September 1511 Stolberg 
            Married 1452 
      117. Graefin Margarethe von Mansfeld 
      118. Philipp I 
            Graf von Eppenstein-Koenigstein 
            Died 1481 
      119. Graefin Ludowika von der Marck 
            heiress of Rochefort, Montagu, Agimont 
            Died 1524 
      120. Jean II de Bourbon 
            Comte de Vendome 
            Born 1426 
            Died 6 January 1478 Chateau Lavardain, Vendome 
            Married 9 November 1454 Angers 
      121. Isabella de Beauvau 
            Dame de Champigny et de La Roche-sur-Yon 
            Born 1436 
            Died circa 1474 
      122. Gilbert de Bourbon 
            Comte de Montpensier 
            Born circa 1443 
            Died 5 October 1496 Pozzuolo 
            Married 24 February 1481 
      123. Clara Gonzaga 
            Born 1 July 1464 
            Died 2 June 1503 
      124. Philippe de Longvy 
            Seigneur de Pagny, Givry et Longepierre 
            Born 1447 
            Died 1493 
            Married 4 October 1481 
      125. Jeanne de Bauffremont 
            Dame de Mirebeau, de La Borde, de Ruigny 
            Died 1508 
      126. Charles d'Orleans 
            Comte d'Angouleme 
            Born 1459 
            Died 1 January 1496 Chateauneuf-en-Angoumois 
      127. Antoinette de Polignac 

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