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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

Ancestors of
Friedrich Wilhelm II , King of Prussia
(6 generations)
 

        1. Friedrich Wilhelm II
            King of Prussia 1786-1797 
            Born 25 September 1744 Berlin 
            Died 16 November 1797 Marmorpalais nr Berlin 

        2. Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia 
            Born 9 August 1722 Berlin 
            Died 12 June 1758 Oranienburg 
            Married 6 January 1742 Berlin 
        3. Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 29 January 1722 Castle Bevern, Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 13 January 1780 Berlin 

        4. Friedrich Wilhelm I 
            King in Prussia 1713-1740 
            Born 14 August 1688 Berlin 
            Died 31 May 1740 Potsdam 
            Married 28 November 1706 Berlin 
        5. Princess Sophie Dorothea von Hannover 
            Born 16 March 1687 Hannover 
            Died 28 June 1757 Castle Montbijou nr Berlin 
        6. Ferdinand Albrecht II 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 29 May 1680 Bevern 
            Died 3 September 1735 Salzdahlem 
            Married 15 October 1712 Braunschweig 
        7. Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 14 April 1696 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 6 March 1762 Braunschweig 

        8. Friedrich III-I 
            King in Prussia 1701-1713 
            Born 11 July 1657 Koenigsberg, Prussia 
            Died 25 February 1713 Berlin 
            Married 8 October 1684 Herrenhausen 
        9. Princess Sophie Charlotte von Hannover 
            Born 20 October 1668 Castle Iburg 
            Died 1 February 1705 Hannover 
       10. George I 
            King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-1727 
            Born 28 May 1660 / 7 June 1660 Hannover 
            Died 11 June 1727 / 22 June 1727 Osnabrueck 
            Married 21 November 1682 Celle Div.28-12-1694 
       11. Princess Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle 
            Born 10 September 1666 Celle 
            Died 13 November 1726 Castle Ahlden 
       12. Ferdinand Albrecht I 
            Duke of Brunswick-Bevern 
            Born 22 May 1636 Braunschweig 
            Died 23 April 1687 Bevern 
            Married 25 November 1667 Eschwege 
       13. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Eschwege 
            Born 30 October 1649 Kassel 
            Died 18 March 1702 Bevern 
       14. Ludwig Rudolf 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 22 July 1671 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 1 March 1735 Braunschweig 
            Married 22 April 1690 Aurich 
       15. Princess Christine Luise zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 20 March 1671 Oettingen 
            Died 3 September 1747 Blankenburg 

       16. Friedrich Wilhelm 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1640-1688 
            Born 6 February 1620 Berlin 
            Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam 
            Married 7 December 1646 's-Gravenhage 
       17. Graefin Louise Henriette von Nassau 
            Born 27 November 1627 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 6 June 1667 Berlin 
       18. Ernst August 
            Kurfuerst von Hannover 1692-1698 
            Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg 
            Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen 
            Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg 
       19. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz 
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen 
       20. = 18        21. = 19 
       22. Georg Wilhelm 
            Duke of Brunswick-Celle 1665-1705 
            Born 26 January 1624 Herzberg 
            Died 28 August 1705 Wienhausen 
            Married 15 September 1665 Celle 
       23. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse 
            Born 13 January 1637 Olbreuse 
            Died 5 February 1722 Celle 
       24. August 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1635-1666 
            Born 10 April 1579 Dannenberg 
            Died 17 September 1666 Wolfenbuettel 
            Married 13 July 1635 Guestrow 
       25. Duchess Sophie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Guestrow 
            Born 20 August 1613 Guestrow 
            Died 12 July 1676 Luechow 
       26. Friedrich 
            Landgraf von Hessen zu Eschwege 
            Born 9 May 1617 Kassel 
            Died 24 September 1655 Kosten nr Posen (in battle) 
            Married 6 September 1646 Stockholm 
       27. Pfalzgraefin Eleonora Catharina von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg 
            Born 17 May 1626 Stegeborg, Ostergothland 
            Died 3 March 1692 Osterholz nr Bremen 
       28. Anton Ulrich 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1704-1714 
            Born 4 October 1633 Hitzacker 
            Died 27 March 1714 Salzdahlum 
            Married 27 August 1656 Wolfenbuettel 
       29. Princess Elisabeth Juliane von Holstein-Norburg 
            Born 3 June 1634 Norburg 
            Died 4 February 1704 Wolfenbuettel 
       30. Albrecht Ernst I 
            1.Fuerst zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 14 May 1642 Oettingen 
            Died 8 February 1683 Schrattenhofen 
            Married 7 June 1665 Stuttgart 
       31. Duchess Christine Friederike von Wuerttemberg 
            Born 9 March 1644 Stuttgart 
            Died 9 November 1674 Stuttgart 

       32. Georg Wilhelm 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1619-1640 
            Born 13 November 1595 Berlin 
            Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen 
            Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg 
       33. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz 
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt 
            Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O. 
       34. Frederik Hendrik 
            Prince of Orange, Graf von Nassau 
            Born 29 January 1584 Delft 
            Died 14 March 1647 's-Gravenhage 
            Married 4 April 1625 's-Gravenhage 
       35. Graefin Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels 
            Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels 
            Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage 
       36. Georg 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg zu Kalenberg 
            Born 17 February 1582 Celle 
            Died 12 April 1641 Wolfenbuettel 
            Married 14 December 1617 Darmstadt 
       37. Landgraefin Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt 
            Born 30 July 1601 Darmstadt 
            Died 6 May 1649 Herzberg 
       38. Friedrich V 
            Kurfuerst von der Pfalz 1610-1620, King of Bohemia 
            Born 26 August 1596 Huntinglodge Deinschwang 
            Died 29 November 1632 Mainz 
            Married 14 February 1613 Whitehall, London 
       39. Princess Elizabeth of England 
            Born 19 August 1596 Falkland Castle 
            Died 14 February 1662 London, Leicester House 
       40. = 36        41. = 37        42. = 38        43. = 39 
       44. = 36        45. = 37 
       46. Alexandre Desmier 
            Sire d'Olbreuse 
            Born 1608 
            Died 1660 Medoc 
            Married 16 September 1631 
       47. Jacquette Poussard de Vendre 
            Died before 22 August 1648 
       48. Heinrich 
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle 
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg 
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg 
       49. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 1545 Lauenburg 
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck 
       50. Johann Albrecht II 
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1611-1628, 1632-1636 
            Born 5 May 1590 Waren 
            Died 23 April 1636 Guestrow 
            Married 9 October 1608 Stockholm 
       51. Duchess Margarete Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
            Born 11 July 1584 Schoenberg 
            Died 16 November 1616 Guestrow 
       52. Moritz "den Gelehrten" 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1592-1627 
            Born 25 May 1572 Kassel 
            Died 15 March 1632 Eschwege 
            Married 22 May 1603 Dillenburg 
       53. Graefin Juliana von Nassau-Siegen 
            Born 3 September 1587 Dillenburg 
            Died 15 February 1643 Eschwege 
       54. Pfalzgraf Johann Kasimir von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg 
            Born 10 April 1589 Zweibruecken 
            Died 8 June 1652 Stegeborg 
            Married 11 June 1615 Stockholm 
       55. Princess Katharine of Sweden 
            Born 19 November 1584 Nykoping 
            Died 13 December 1638 Westeras 
       56. = 24 
       57. Princess Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst 
            Born 5 October 1607 Zerbst 
            Died 26 September 1634 Hitzacker 
       58. Friedrich 
            Duke of Holstein-Norburg 1624-1658 
            Born 26 November 1581 Sonderburg 
            Died 1 August 1658 Norburg 
            Married 15 February 1632 Norburg 
       59. Princess Eleonore von Anhalt-Zerbst 
            Born 20 November 1608 Zerbst 
            Died 12 November 1680 Osterholm 
       60. Joachim Ernst I 
            Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 31 March 1612 Oettingen 
            Died 8 August 1659 Harburg 
            Married 5 December 1638 Neuenstein 
       61. Graefin Anna Dorothea zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 
            Born 26 January 1621 Neuenstein 
            Died 16 September 1643 Oettingen 
       62. Eberhard III 
            Duke von Wuerttemberg 1628-1633-1674 
            Born 16 December 1614 Stuttgart 
            Died 2 July 1674 Stuttgart 
            Married 26 February 1637 Strassburg 
       63. Wild- & Rheingraefin Anna Dorothea zu Salm-Kyrburg 
            Born 27 January 1614 Finstingen 
            Died 27 June 1655 Stuttgart 

       64. 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 
       65. Duchess Anna of Prussia 
            Born 3 July 1576 Koenigsbergen 
            Died 9 April 1625 Berlin 
       66. Friedrich IV 
            Kurfuerst von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610 
            Born 5 March 1574 Amberg 
            Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg 
            Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg 
       67. Graefin Louise Juliana von Nassau 
            Born 31 March 1576 Delft 
            Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia 
       68. Willem I "the Silent" 
            Prince of Orange, Graf von Nassau 
            Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg 
            Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered) 
            Married 24 April 1583 Antwerpen 
       69. Louise de Coligny 
            baptised 23 September 1555 Chatillon-sur-Loing 
            Died 13 November 1620 Fontainebleau 
       70. Graf Johann Albrecht I zu Solms-Braunfels 
            Born 5 March 1563 
            Died 14 May 1623 's-Gravenhage 
            Married 13 May 1590 
       71. Graefin Agnes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 
            Born 18 April 1568 
            Died 22 April 1617 
       72. Wilhelm 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Born 4 July 1535 (Celle?) 
            Died 30 August 1592 Celle 
            Married 12 October 1561 Celle 
       73. Princess Dorothea of Denmark and Norway 
            Born 29 June 1546 Koldinghus 
            Died 16 January 1617 Winsen 
       74. Ludwig V "der Getreue" 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1596-1626 
            Born 24 September 1577 Darmstadt 
            Died 27 July 1626 Darmstadt 
            Married 5 June 1598 Berlin 
       75. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg 
            Born 7 January 1582 Berlin 
            Died 4 May 1616 Darmstadt 
       76. = 66        77. = 67 
       78. James VI-I 
            King of England 1603-1625, King of Scots 1567-1625 
            Born 19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle 
            Died 27 March 1625 Theobalds Park, Herts. 
            Married 24 November 1589 Oslo 
       79. Princess Anna of Denmark and Norway 
            Born 12 October 1574 Skanderborg Castle, Jutland 
            Died 4 March 1619 Hampton Court Palace 
       80. = 72        81. = 73        82. = 74        83. = 75 
       84. = 66        85. = 67        86. = 78        87. = 79 
       88. = 72        89. = 73        90. = 74        91. = 75 
       92. Alexandre Desmier 
            Sire d'Olbreuse 
            Died circa 1621 
            Married 14 January 1605 La Rochelle 
       93. Marie Baudouin 
            Born 1577 
            Died after 19 February 1619 
       94. Joachim Poussard 
            Seigneur de Bas-Vendre 
       95. Susanne Gaillard 
       96. Ernst "the Confessor" 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Born 26 June 1497 Velzen 
            Died 11 January 1546 Celle 
            Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin 
       97. Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
            Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin 
            Died 17 June 1541 Celle 
       98. Franz I 
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1543-1581 
            Born 1510 
            Died 19 March 1581 Buxtehude 
            Married 8 February 1540 Dresden 
       99. Duchess Sibylle of Saxony 
            Born 2 May 1515 Freiburg 
            Died 28 July 1592 Lauenburg 
      100. Johann V-VII 
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592 
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow 
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin 
            Married 17 February 1588 
      101. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp 
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp 
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin 
      102. Duke Christof von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
            Born 30 June 1537 Augsburg 
            Died 4 March 1592 Tempzin 
            Married 14 May 1581 Stockholm 
      103. Princess Elisabeth of Sweden 
            Born 5 April 1549 Kungsor 
            Died 20 November 1597 Stockholm 
      104. Wilhelm IV "der Weise" 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1567-1592 
            Born 24 June 1532 Kassel 
            Died 25 August 1592 Kassel 
            Married 12 February 1566 Marburg 
      105. Duchess Sophie Sabine von Wuerttemberg 
            Born 2 July 1549 Moempelgard 
            Died 17 August 1581 Rotenburg 
      106. Johann VII 
            Graf von Nassau-Siegen 
            Born 7 June 1561 Dillenburg Castle 
            Died 27 September 1623 Siegen 
            Married 9 December 1581 Dillenburg Castle 
      107. Graefin Magdalena von Waldeck 
            Born 1558 
            Died 9 September 1599 
      108. Johann I 
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken 1569-1604 
            Born 18 May 1550 Meissenheim 
            Died 22 August 1604 Germersheim 
            Married 4 October 1579 Bergzabern 
      109. Duchess Magdalene von Kleef 
            Born 2 November 1553 Kleef 
            Died 9 August 1633 Meisenheim 
      110. Carl IX 
            King of Sweden 1604-1611 
            Born 4 October 1550 Stockholm 
            Died 30 October 1611 Nykoping 
            Married 3 May 1579 Heidelberg 
      111. Princess Anna Marie von der Pfalz 
            Born 24 July 1561 Heidelberg 
            Died 29 July 1589 Eskilstuna nr Nykoping 
      112. = 48       113. = 49 
      114. Rudolf 
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst 
            Born 28 October 1576 Harzgerode 
            Died 30 July 1621 Zerbst 
            Married 9 January 1606 Wolfenbuettel 
      115. Duchess Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 3 February 1587 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 16 October 1609 Zerbst 
      116. Johann 
            Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Ploen 1564-1622 
            Born 25 March 1545 Koldinghus 
            Died 9 October 1622 Gluecksburg 
            Married 19 August 1568 Kolding 
      117. Princess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 
            Born 20 March 1550 Salzerhelden 
            Died 11 February 1586 Osterholm 
      118. = 114      119. = 115 
      120. Ludwig Eberhard 
            Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 9 July 1577 Schillingsfuerst 
            Died 4 July 1634 Heidenheim 
            Married 17 May 1598 Oettingen 
      121. Graefin Margarethe zu Erbach 
            Born 17 May 1576 Erbach 
            Died 5 June 1635 Ulm 
      122. Kraft VII 
            Graf zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 
            Born 14 November 1582 Langenburg 
            Died 11 September 1641 Regensburg 
            Married 17 May 1615 Neuenstein 
      123. Pfalzgraefin Sofia von Birkenfeld 
            Born 29 March 1593 Ansbach 
            Died 16 November 1676 Neuenstein (1666?) 
      124. Johann Friedrich 
            Duke von Wuerttemberg 1608-1628 
            Born 5 May 1582 Moempelgard 
            Died 18 July 1628 Stuttgart 
            Married 5 November 1609 Stuttgart 
      125. Markgraefin Barbara Sophie von Brandenburg 
            Born 16 November 1584 Halle a.d.S. 
            Died 13 February 1636 Strassburg 
      126. Graf Johann Kasimir von Salm 
            Wild- und Rheingraf in Kyrburg 
            Born 6 July 1577 Kyrburg 
            Died 4 February 1651 Kyrburg 
            Married 17 May 1607 Kyrburg 
      127. Graefin Dorothea zu Solms-Laubach 
            Born 31 January 1579 Laubach 
            Died 19 July 1631 Finstingen 

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