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Medieval

 
Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

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

        1. Friedrich Wilhelm III
            King of Prussia 1797-1840 
            Born 3 August 1770 Potsdam 
            Died 7 June 1840 Berlin 

        2. Friedrich Wilhelm II 
            King of Prussia 1786-1797 
            Born 25 September 1744 Berlin 
            Died 16 November 1797 Marmorpalais nr Berlin 
            Married 14 July 1769 Charlottenburg 
        3. Princess Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt 
            Born 16 October 1751 Prenzlau 
            Died 25 February 1805 Berlin 

        4. Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia 
            Born 9 August 1722 Berlin 
            Died 12 June 1758 Oranienburg 
            Married 6 January 1742 Berlin 
        5. Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 29 January 1722 Castle Bevern, Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 13 January 1780 Berlin 
        6. Ludwig IX 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1768-1790 
            Born 15 December 1719 Darmstadt 
            Died 6 April 1790 Pirmasens 
            Married 12 August 1741 Zweibruecken 
        7. Pfalzgraefin Karoline von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld 
            Born 9 March 1721 Strassburg 
            Died 30 March 1774 Darmstadt 

        8. Friedrich Wilhelm I 
            King in Prussia 1713-1740 
            Born 14 August 1688 Berlin 
            Died 31 May 1740 Potsdam 
            Married 28 November 1706 Berlin 
        9. Princess Sophie Dorothea von Hannover 
            Born 16 March 1687 Hannover 
            Died 28 June 1757 Castle Montbijou nr Berlin 
       10. Ferdinand Albrecht II 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 29 May 1680 Bevern 
            Died 3 September 1735 Salzdahlem 
            Married 15 October 1712 Braunschweig 
       11. Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 14 April 1696 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 6 March 1762 Braunschweig 
       12. Ludwig VIII 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1739-1768 
            Born 5 April 1691 Darmstadt 
            Died 17 October 1768 Darmstadt 
            Married 5 April 1717 Castle Philippsruhe 
       13. Graefin Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg 
            Born 2 May 1700 Buchsweiler 
            Died 1 July 1726 Darmstadt 
       14. Christian III 
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld 
            Born 7 November 1674 Strassburg 
            Died 3 February 1735 Zweibruecken 
            Married 21 September 1719 Sankt Lorenzen 
       15. Graefin Caroline von Nassau-Saarbruecken 
            Born 12 August 1704 Saarbruecken 
            Died 25 March 1774 Darmstadt 

       16. Friedrich III-I 
            King in Prussia 1701-1713 
            Born 11 July 1657 Koenigsberg, Prussia 
            Died 25 February 1713 Berlin 
            Married 8 October 1684 Herrenhausen 
       17. Princess Sophie Charlotte von Hannover 
            Born 20 October 1668 Castle Iburg 
            Died 1 February 1705 Hannover 
       18. 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 
       19. Princess Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle 
            Born 10 September 1666 Celle 
            Died 13 November 1726 Castle Ahlden 
       20. Ferdinand Albrecht I 
            Duke of Brunswick-Bevern 
            Born 22 May 1636 Braunschweig 
            Died 23 April 1687 Bevern 
            Married 25 November 1667 Eschwege 
       21. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Eschwege 
            Born 30 October 1649 Kassel 
            Died 18 March 1702 Bevern 
       22. Ludwig Rudolf 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 22 July 1671 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 1 March 1735 Braunschweig 
            Married 22 April 1690 Aurich 
       23. Princess Christine Luise zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 20 March 1671 Oettingen 
            Died 3 September 1747 Blankenburg 
       24. Ernst Ludwig 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1678-1688-1739 
            Born 15 December 1667 Castle Friedenstein nr Gotha 
            Died 12 September 1739 Castle Jaegersburg nr Darmstadt 
            Married 1 December 1687 Darmstadt 
       25. Markgraefin Dorothea Charlotte von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
            Born 18 November 1661 Ansbach 
            Died 15 November 1705 Darmstadt 
       26. Johann Reinhard III 
            Fuerst von Hanau 
            Born 31 July 1665 Bischofsheim 
            Died 28 March 1736 Hanau 
            Married 20 August 1699 Hanau 
       27. Markgraefin Dorothea Friederike von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
            Born 12 August 1676 Ansbach 
            Died 13 March 1731 Hanau 
       28. Christian II 
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld 
            Born 22 June 1637 Bischweiler 
            Died 26 April 1717 Birkenfeld 
            Married 5 September 1667 Rappoltsweiler 
       29. Graefin Catharine Agathe zu Rappoltstein 
            Born 15 June 1648 Rappoltsweiler 
            Died 16 July 1683 Bischweiler 
       30. Ludwig Kraft 
            Graf von Nassau-Saarbruecken 
            Born 28 March 1663 Saarbruecken 
            Died 14 February 1713 Saarbruecken 
            Married 25 April 1699 Saarbruecken 
       31. Graefin Philippine Henriette zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 
            Born 19 November 1679 Langenburg 
            Died 14 January 1751 Bergzabern 

       32. Friedrich Wilhelm 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1640-1688 
            Born 6 February 1620 Berlin 
            Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam 
            Married 7 December 1646 's-Gravenhage 
       33. Graefin Louise Henriette von Nassau 
            Born 27 November 1627 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 6 June 1667 Berlin 
       34. Ernst August 
            Kurfuerst von Hannover 1692-1698 
            Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg 
            Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen 
            Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg 
       35. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz 
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen 
       36. = 34        37. = 35 
       38. Georg Wilhelm 
            Duke of Brunswick-Celle 1665-1705 
            Born 26 January 1624 Herzberg 
            Died 28 August 1705 Wienhausen 
            Married 15 September 1665 Celle 
       39. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse 
            Born 13 January 1637 Olbreuse 
            Died 5 February 1722 Celle 
       40. August 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1635-1666 
            Born 10 April 1579 Dannenberg 
            Died 17 September 1666 Wolfenbuettel 
            Married 13 July 1635 Guestrow 
       41. Duchess Sophie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Guestrow 
            Born 20 August 1613 Guestrow 
            Died 12 July 1676 Luechow 
       42. 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 
       43. Pfalzgraefin Eleonora Catharina von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg 
            Born 17 May 1626 Stegeborg, Ostergothland 
            Died 3 March 1692 Osterholz nr Bremen 
       44. Anton Ulrich 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1704-1714 
            Born 4 October 1633 Hitzacker 
            Died 27 March 1714 Salzdahlum 
            Married 27 August 1656 Wolfenbuettel 
       45. Princess Elisabeth Juliane von Holstein-Norburg 
            Born 3 June 1634 Norburg 
            Died 4 February 1704 Wolfenbuettel 
       46. Albrecht Ernst I 
            1.Fuerst zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 14 May 1642 Oettingen 
            Died 8 February 1683 Schrattenhofen 
            Married 7 June 1665 Stuttgart 
       47. Duchess Christine Friederike von Wuerttemberg 
            Born 9 March 1644 Stuttgart 
            Died 9 November 1674 Stuttgart 
       48. Ludwig VI 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1661-1678 
            Born 25 January 1630 Darmstadt 
            Died 24 April 1678 Darmstadt 
            Married 5 December 1666 Castle Friedenstein nr Gotha 
       49. Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 8 January 1640 Coburg 
            Died 24 August 1709 Butzbach, Hessen 
       50. Albrecht 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach 1634-1667 
            Born 16 September 1620 Ansbach 
            Died 22 October 1667 Ansbach 
            Married 5 October 1651 Oettingen 
       51. Graefin Sophie Margarete zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 9 December 1634 Ulm 
            Died 26 July 1664 Ansbach 
       52. Johann Reinhard II 
            Graf von Hanau-Lichtenberg in Bischofsheim 
            Born 23 January 1628 Buchsweiler 
            Died 25 April 1666 Bischofsheim 
            Married 18 October 1659 Buchsweiler 
       53. Pfalzgraefin Anna Magdalena von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 
            Born 14 February 1640 Bischweiler 
            Died 12 December 1693 Babenhausen 
       54. Johann Friedrich 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach 1667-1686 
            Born 18 October 1654 Ansbach 
            Died 22 March 1686 Ansbach 
            Married 5 February 1673 Durlach 
       55. Markgraefin Johanna Elisabeth von Baden-Durlach 
            Born 16 November 1651 Durlach 
            Died 8 October 1680 Ansbach 
       56. Christian I 
            Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 
            Born 3 September 1598 Birkenfeld 
            Died 6 September 1654 Neuenstein 
            Married 14 November 1630 Zweibruecken 
       57. Pfalzgraefin Magdalene Catharine von Zweibruecken 
            Born 26 April 1607 Zweibruecken 
            Died 20 January 1648 Strassburg 
       58. Graf Johann Jakob zu Rappoltstein 
            Born 12 February 1598 Rappoltsweiler 
            Died 28 July 1673 Rappoltsweiler 
            Married 10 December 1637 Strassburg 
       59. Wild- & Rheingraefin Anna Claudia zu Salm-Kyrburg 
            Born 14 March 1615 Kyrburg 
            Died 18 June 1673 Rappoltsweiler 
       60. Graf Gustav Adolf von Nassau-Saarbruecken 
            Imperial General-Major 
            Born 6 April 1632 Saarbruecken 
            Died 9 October 1677 Kochersberg, Elzas (in battle) 
            Married 14 June 1662 Saarbruecken 
       61. Graefin Eleonora Clara zu Hohenlohe 
            Born 16 July 1632 Castle Neuenstein 
            Died 4 May 1709 Saarbruecken 
       62. Heinrich Friedrich 
            Graf zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 
            Born 7 September 1625 Langenburg 
            Died 2 June 1699 Langenburg 
            Married 5 July 1658 Langenburg 
       63. Graefin Juliane Dorothea zu Castell-Remlingen 
            Born 30 January 1640 Remlingen 
            Died 5 May 1706 Ingelfingen 

       64. Georg Wilhelm 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1619-1640 
            Born 13 November 1595 Berlin 
            Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen 
            Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg 
       65. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz 
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt 
            Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O. 
       66. 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 
       67. Graefin Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels 
            Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels 
            Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage 
       68. Georg 
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg zu Kalenberg 1636-1641 
            Born 17 February 1582 Celle 
            Died 12 April 1641 Wolfenbuettel 
            Married 14 December 1617 Darmstadt 
       69. Landgraefin Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt 
            Born 30 July 1601 Darmstadt 
            Died 6 May 1649 Herzberg 
       70. 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 
       71. Princess Elizabeth of England 
            Born 19 August 1596 Falkland Castle 
            Died 14 February 1662 London, Leicester House 
       72. = 68        73. = 69        74. = 70        75. = 71 
       76. = 68        77. = 69 
       78. Alexandre Desmier 
            Sire d'Olbreuse 
            Born 1608 
            Died 1660 Medoc 
            Married 16 September 1631 
       79. Jacquette Poussard de Vendre 
            Died before 22 August 1648 
       80. Heinrich 
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle 
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg 
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg 
       81. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 1545 Lauenburg 
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck 
       82. 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 
       83. Duchess Margarete Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
            Born 11 July 1584 Schoenberg 
            Died 16 November 1616 Guestrow 
       84. Moritz "den Gelehrten" 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1592-1627 
            Born 25 May 1572 Kassel 
            Died 15 March 1632 Eschwege 
            Married 22 May 1603 Dillenburg 
       85. Graefin Juliana von Nassau-Siegen 
            Born 3 September 1587 Dillenburg 
            Died 15 February 1643 Eschwege 
       86. Pfalzgraf Johann Kasimir von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg 
            Born 10 April 1589 Zweibruecken 
            Died 8 June 1652 Stegeborg 
            Married 11 June 1615 Stockholm 
       87. Princess Katharine of Sweden 
            Born 19 November 1584 Nykoping 
            Died 13 December 1638 Westeras 
       88. = 40 
       89. Princess Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst 
            Born 5 October 1607 Zerbst 
            Died 26 September 1634 Hitzacker 
       90. Friedrich 
            Duke of Holstein-Norburg 1624-1658 
            Born 26 November 1581 Sonderburg 
            Died 1 August 1658 Norburg 
            Married 15 February 1632 Norburg 
       91. Princess Eleonore von Anhalt-Zerbst 
            Born 20 November 1608 Zerbst 
            Died 12 November 1680 Osterholm 
       92. Joachim Ernst I 
            Graf zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 31 March 1612 Oettingen 
            Died 8 August 1659 Harburg 
            Married 5 December 1638 Neuenstein 
       93. Graefin Anna Dorothea zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 
            Born 26 January 1621 Neuenstein 
            Died 16 September 1643 Oettingen 
       94. Eberhard III 
            Duke von Wuerttemberg 1628-1633-1674 
            Born 16 December 1614 Stuttgart 
            Died 2 July 1674 Stuttgart 
            Married 26 February 1637 Strassburg 
       95. Wild- & Rheingraefin Anna Dorothea zu Salm-Kyrburg 
            Born 27 January 1614 Finstingen 
            Died 27 June 1655 Stuttgart 
       96. Georg II "der Gelehrte" 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1626-1661 
            Born 17 March 1605 Darmstadt 
            Died 11 June 1661 Darmstadt 
            Married 1 April 1627 Torgau 
       97. Duchess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony 
            Born 23 November 1609 Dresden 
            Died 2 June 1671 Darmstadt 
       98. Ernst I "the Pious" 
            Duke of Saxe-Gotha 1641-1675 
            Born 25 December 1601 Castle Altenburg 
            Died 26 March 1675 Castle Friedenstein, Gotha 
            Married 24 October 1636 Altenburg 
       99. Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 10 October 1619 Halle a.S. 
            Died 20 December 1680 Gotha 
      100. Joachim Ernst 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach 1603-1625 
            Born 22 June 1583 Koelln a.d.Spree 
            Died 7 March 1625 Ansbach 
            Married 14 October 1612 Ansbach 
      101. Graefin Sophie zu Solms-Laubach 
            Born 15 May 1594 Laubach 
            Died 16 May 1651 Ploetzkau 
      102. = 92 
      103. Graefin Anna Sibylle zu Solms-Sonnenwalde 
            Born 1615 (Laubach?) 
            Died 29 September 1635 Neurenberg 
      104. Philipp Wolfgang 
            Graf von Hanau-Lichtenberg 
            Born 10 August 1595 Buchsweiler 
            Died 24 February 1641 Buchsweiler 
            Married 24 November 1619 Buchsweiler 
      105. Graefin Johanna zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 10 September 1602 Harburg 
            Died 17 September 1639 Strassburg 
      106. = 56       107. = 57       108. = 50       109. = 51 
      110. Friedrich VI 
            Markgraf von Baden-Durlach 1659-1677 
            Born 6 November 1617 Karlsburg nr Durlach 
            Died 31 January 1677 Karlsburg 
            Married 30 November 1642 Stockholm 
      111. Pfalzgraefin Christine Magdalene von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg 
            Born 14 March 1616 Castle Nykoping, Sweden 
            Died 4 August 1662 Karlsburg 
      112. Karl I 
            Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld 
            Born 4 September 1560 Neuburg 
            Died 16 December 1600 Birkenfeld 
            Married 23 February 1585 Celle 
      113. Duchess Dorothea of Brunswick-Lueneburg 
            Born 1 January 1570 Celle 
            Died 15 August 1649 Birkenfeld 
      114. Johann II 
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken 
            Born 26 March 1584 Bergzabern 
            Died 9 August 1635 Metz 
            Married 28 August 1604 Blain 
      115. Catherine de Rohan-Frontenay 
            Born 20 June 1578 Blain 
            Died 16 May 1607 Zweibruecken 
      116. Eberhard 
            Graf von Rappoltstein 
            Born 12 March 1570 Gemar 
            Died 27 August 1637 Strassburg 
            Married 1 December 1589 Kyrburg 
      117. Graefin Anna von Salm 
            Wild- und Rheingraefin in Kyrburg 
            Born circa 1572 
            Died 25 August 1608 Gemar 
      118. 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 
      119. Graefin Dorothea zu Solms-Laubach 
            Born 31 January 1579 Laubach 
            Died 19 July 1631 Finstingen 
      120. Wilhelm Ludwig 
            Graf von Nassau-Saarbruecken 1627-1640 
            Born 18 December 1590 Ottweiler 
            Died 22 August 1640 Metz 
            Married 25 November 1615 Saarbruecken 
      121. Markgraefin Anna Amalia von Baden-Durlach 
            Born 9 July 1595 
            Died 18 November 1651 Saarbruecken 
      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. Philipp Ernst 
            Graf zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 
            Born 11 August 1584 Langenburg 
            Died 29 January 1628 Weikersheim 
            Married 26 January 1609 
      125. Graefin Anna Maria zu Solms-Sonnenwalde 
            Born 14 January 1585 
            Died 20 November 1634 
      126. Graf Wolfgang Georg zu Castell-Remlingen 
            Born 27 January 1610 Remlingen 
            Died 14 May 1668 Remlingen 
            Married 1636 
      127. Graefin Sophie Juliane von Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach 
            Born 15 October 1620 Pfedelbach 
            Died 21 January 1682 Ober-Sulzburg 

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