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Medieval

 
Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

Ancestors of
Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia
(6 generations)
 

        1. Wilhelm I
            Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia 
            Born 22 March 1797 Berlin 
            Died 9 March 1888 Berlin 

        2. Friedrich Wilhelm III 
            King of Prussia 1797-1840 
            Born 3 August 1770 Potsdam 
            Died 7 June 1840 Berlin 
            Married 24 December 1793 Berlin 
        3. Duchess Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz 
            Born 10 March 1776 Hannover 
            Died 19 July 1810 Hohenzieritz 

        4. 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 
        5. Princess Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt 
            Born 16 October 1751 Prenzlau 
            Died 25 February 1805 Berlin 
        6. Karl II 
            Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 
            Born 10 October 1741 Mirow 
            Died 6 November 1816 Neustrelitz 
            Married 8 September 1768 Darmstadt 
        7. Landgraefin Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt 
            Born 20 August 1752 Darmstadt 
            Died 22 May 1782 Hannover 

        8. Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia 
            Born 9 August 1722 Berlin 
            Died 12 June 1758 Oranienburg 
            Married 6 January 1742 Berlin 
        9. Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 29 January 1722 Castle Bevern, Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 13 January 1780 Berlin 
       10. Ludwig IX 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1768-1790 
            Born 15 December 1719 Darmstadt 
            Died 6 April 1790 Pirmasens 
            Married 12 August 1741 Zweibruecken 
       11. Pfalzgraefin Karoline von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld 
            Born 9 March 1721 Strassburg 
            Died 30 March 1774 Darmstadt 
       12. Duke Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 
            Born 23 February 1708 Strelitz 
            Died 5 June 1752 Mirow 
            Married 5 February 1735 Eisfeld 
       13. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 4 August 1713 Hildburghausen 
            Died 29 June 1761 Neustrelitz 
       14. Landgraf Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt 
            Born 11 July 1722 Darmstadt 
            Died 21 June 1782 Darmstadt 
            Married 15 March 1748 Castle Heidesheim 
       15. Graefin Marie Luise Albertine zu Leiningen-Dagsburg- 
            Heidesheim 
            Born 16 March 1729 Heidesheim 
            Died 11 March 1818 Neustrelitz 

       16. Friedrich Wilhelm I 
            King in Prussia 1713-1740 
            Born 14 August 1688 Berlin 
            Died 31 May 1740 Potsdam 
            Married 28 November 1706 Berlin 
       17. Princess Sophie Dorothea von Hannover 
            Born 16 March 1687 Hannover 
            Died 28 June 1757 Castle Montbijou nr Berlin 
       18. Ferdinand Albrecht II 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 29 May 1680 Bevern 
            Died 3 September 1735 Salzdahlem 
            Married 15 October 1712 Braunschweig 
       19. Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 14 April 1696 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 6 March 1762 Braunschweig 
       20. Ludwig VIII 
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1739-1768 
            Born 5 April 1691 Darmstadt 
            Died 17 October 1768 Darmstadt 
            Married 5 April 1717 Castle Philippsruhe 
       21. Graefin Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg 
            Born 2 May 1700 Buchsweiler 
            Died 1 July 1726 Darmstadt 
       22. Christian III 
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld 
            Born 7 November 1674 Strassburg 
            Died 3 February 1735 Zweibruecken 
            Married 21 September 1719 Sankt Lorenzen 
       23. Graefin Caroline von Nassau-Saarbruecken 
            Born 12 August 1704 Saarbruecken 
            Died 25 March 1774 Darmstadt 
       24. Adolf Friedrich II 
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1708 
            Born 19 October 1658 Grabow 
            Died 12 May 1708 Strelitz 
            Married 10 June 1705 Strelitz 
       25. Princess Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 
            Born 30 March 1681 Schwarzburg 
            Died 1 November 1751 Mirow 
       26. Ernst Friedrich I 
            Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1715-1724 
            Born 21 August 1681 Arolsen 
            Died 9 March 1724 Hildburghausen 
            Married 4 February 1704 Erbach 
       27. Graefin Sophie Albertine zu Erbach 
            Born 30 July 1683 Erbach 
            Died 4 September 1742 Eisfeld 
       28. = 20        29. = 21 
       30. Graf Christian Karl Reinhard zu Leiningen-Dagsburg- 
            Heidesheim 
            Born 7 July 1695 Broich a.d.Ruhr 
            Died 17 November 1766 Heidesheim 
            Married 27 November 1726 Mettenheim 
       31. Graefin Catharine Polyxene zu Solms-Roedelheim 
             und Assenheim 
            Born 30 January 1702 Roedelheim 
            Died 21 March 1765 Heidesheim 

       32. Friedrich III-I 
            King in Prussia 1701-1713 
            Born 11 July 1657 Koenigsberg, Prussia 
            Died 25 February 1713 Berlin 
            Married 8 October 1684 Herrenhausen 
       33. Princess Sophie Charlotte von Hannover 
            Born 20 October 1668 Castle Iburg 
            Died 1 February 1705 Hannover 
       34. 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 
       35. Princess Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle 
            Born 10 September 1666 Celle 
            Died 13 November 1726 Castle Ahlden 
       36. Ferdinand Albrecht I 
            Duke of Brunswick-Bevern 
            Born 22 May 1636 Braunschweig 
            Died 23 April 1687 Bevern 
            Married 25 November 1667 Eschwege 
       37. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Eschwege 
            Born 30 October 1649 Kassel 
            Died 18 March 1702 Bevern 
       38. Ludwig Rudolf 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 
            Born 22 July 1671 Wolfenbuettel 
            Died 1 March 1735 Braunschweig 
            Married 22 April 1690 Aurich 
       39. Princess Christine Luise zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 20 March 1671 Oettingen 
            Died 3 September 1747 Blankenburg 
       40. 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 
       41. Markgraefin Dorothea Charlotte von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
            Born 18 November 1661 Ansbach 
            Died 15 November 1705 Darmstadt 
       42. Johann Reinhard III 
            Fuerst von Hanau 
            Born 31 July 1665 Bischofsheim 
            Died 28 March 1736 Hanau 
            Married 20 August 1699 Hanau 
       43. Markgraefin Dorothea Friederike von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
            Born 12 August 1676 Ansbach 
            Died 13 March 1731 Hanau 
       44. Christian II 
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld 
            Born 22 June 1637 Bischweiler 
            Died 26 April 1717 Birkenfeld 
            Married 5 September 1667 Rappoltsweiler 
       45. Graefin Catharine Agathe zu Rappoltstein 
            Born 15 June 1648 Rappoltsweiler 
            Died 16 July 1683 Bischweiler 
       46. Ludwig Kraft 
            Graf von Nassau-Saarbruecken 
            Born 28 March 1663 Saarbruecken 
            Died 14 February 1713 Saarbruecken 
            Married 25 April 1699 Saarbruecken 
       47. Graefin Philippine Henriette zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 
            Born 19 November 1679 Langenburg 
            Died 14 January 1751 Bergzabern 
       48. Adolf Friedrich I 
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin 
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin 
            Married 25 February 1635 Schwerin 
       49. Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg 
            Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg 
            Died 1 July 1665 Grabow 
       50. Christian Wilhelm 
            Fuerst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 
            Born 16 January 1647 Sondershausen 
            Died 10 May 1721 Sondershausen 
            Married 22 August 1673 Sondershausen 
       51. Graefin Antonie Sibylle von Barby 
            Born 7 April 1641 Rosenburg a.Saale 
            Died 2 May 1684 Sondershausen 
       52. Ernst 
            Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1680-1715 
            Born 12 July 1655 Gotha 
            Died 17 October 1715 Hildburghausen 
            Married 30 November 1680 Arolsen 
       53. Graefin Sophie Henriette von Waldeck 
            Born 3 August 1662 Arolsen 
            Died 15 October 1702 Erbach im Odenwald 
       54. Graf Georg Ludwig I zu Erbach 
            Born 3 May 1643 Fuerstenau 
            Died 30 April 1693 Arolsen 
            Married 26 December 1664 Arolsen 
       55. Graefin Amalia Katharina von Waldeck 
            Born 13 August 1640 Culemborg 
            Died 4 January 1699 Culemborg 
       56. = 40        57. = 41        58. = 42        59. = 43 
       60. Graf Johann Carl August zu Leiningen-Dagsburg- 
            Heidesheim 
            Born 19 March 1662 Broich a.d.Ruhr 
            Died 3 November 1698 Broich a.d.Ruhr 
            Married 3 December 1685 Babenhausen 
       61. Graefin Johanne Magdalene von Hanau-Lichtenberg 
            Born 18 December 1660 Bischofsheim 
            Died 21 August 1715 Hanau 
       62. Graf Ludwig zu Solms-Roedelheim 
            Born 28 December 1664 Roedelheim 
            Died 25 November 1716 Roedelheim 
            Married 12 June 1696 Hamburg 
       63. Grevinde Charlotte Sibylla af Ahlefeld 
            Born August 1672 Copenhagen 
            Died 17 February 1726 Frankfurt am Main 

       64. Friedrich Wilhelm 
            Kurfuerst von Brandenburg 1640-1688 
            Born 6 February 1620 Berlin 
            Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam 
            Married 7 December 1646 's-Gravenhage 
       65. Graefin Louise Henriette von Nassau 
            Born 27 November 1627 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 6 June 1667 Berlin 
       66. Ernst August 
            Kurfuerst von Hannover 1692-1698 
            Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg 
            Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen 
            Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg 
       67. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz 
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein 
            Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen 
       68. = 66        69. = 67 
       70. Georg Wilhelm 
            Duke of Brunswick-Celle 1665-1705 
            Born 26 January 1624 Herzberg 
            Died 28 August 1705 Wienhausen 
            Married 15 September 1665 Celle 
       71. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse 
            Born 13 January 1637 Olbreuse 
            Died 5 February 1722 Celle 
       72. August 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1635-1666 
            Born 10 April 1579 Dannenberg 
            Died 17 September 1666 Wolfenbuettel 
            Married 13 July 1635 Guestrow 
       73. Duchess Sophie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Guestrow 
            Born 20 August 1613 Guestrow 
            Died 12 July 1676 Luechow 
       74. 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 
       75. Pfalzgraefin Eleonora Catharina von Zweibruecken-Kleeburg 
            Born 17 May 1626 Stegeborg, Ostergothland 
            Died 3 March 1692 Osterholz nr Bremen 
       76. Anton Ulrich 
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1704-1714 
            Born 4 October 1633 Hitzacker 
            Died 27 March 1714 Salzdahlum 
            Married 27 August 1656 Wolfenbuettel 
       77. Princess Elisabeth Juliane von Holstein-Norburg 
            Born 3 June 1634 Norburg 
            Died 4 February 1704 Wolfenbuettel 
       78. Albrecht Ernst I 
            1.Fuerst zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 14 May 1642 Oettingen 
            Died 8 February 1683 Schrattenhofen 
            Married 7 June 1665 Stuttgart 
       79. Duchess Christine Friederike von Wuerttemberg 
            Born 9 March 1644 Stuttgart 
            Died 9 November 1674 Stuttgart 
       80. 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 
       81. Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 8 January 1640 Coburg 
            Died 24 August 1709 Butzbach, Hessen 
       82. Markgraf Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach 
            Born 16 September 1620 Ansbach 
            Died 22 October 1667 Ansbach 
            Married 5 October 1651 Oettingen 
       83. Graefin Sophie Margarete zu Oettingen-Oettingen 
            Born 9 December 1634 Ulm 
            Died 26 July 1664 Ansbach 
       84. Johann Reinhard II 
            Graf von Hanau-Lichtenberg in Bischofsheim 
            Born 23 January 1628 Buchsweiler 
            Died 25 April 1666 Bischofsheim 
            Married 18 October 1659 Buchsweiler 
       85. Pfalzgraefin Anna Magdalena von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 
            Born 14 February 1640 Bischweiler 
            Died 12 December 1693 Babenhausen 
       86. Johann Friedrich 
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach 1667-1686 
            Born 18 October 1654 Ansbach 
            Died 22 March 1686 Ansbach 
            Married 5 February 1673 Durlach 
       87. Markgraefin Johanna Elisabeth von Baden-Durlach 
            Born 16 November 1651 Durlach 
            Died 8 October 1680 Ansbach 
       88. Christian I 
            Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 
            Born 3 September 1598 Birkenfeld 
            Died 6 September 1654 Neuenstein 
            Married 14 November 1630 Zweibruecken 
       89. Pfalzgraefin Magdalene Catharine von Zweibruecken 
            Born 26 April 1607 Zweibruecken 
            Died 20 January 1648 Strassburg 
       90. Graf Johann Jakob zu Rappoltstein 
            Born 12 February 1598 Rappoltsweiler 
            Died 28 July 1673 Rappoltsweiler 
            Married 10 December 1637 Strassburg 
       91. Wild- & Rheingraefin Anna Claudia zu Salm-Kyrburg 
            Born 14 March 1615 Kyrburg 
            Died 18 June 1673 Rappoltsweiler 
       92. 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 
       93. Graefin Eleonora Clara zu Hohenlohe 
            Born 16 July 1632 Castle Neuenstein 
            Died 4 May 1709 Saarbruecken 
       94. Heinrich Friedrich 
            Graf zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 
            Born 7 September 1625 Langenburg 
            Died 2 June 1699 Langenburg 
            Married 5 July 1658 Langenburg 
       95. Graefin Juliane Dorothea zu Castell-Remlingen 
            Born 30 January 1640 Remlingen 
            Died 5 May 1706 Ingelfingen 
       96. Johann V-VII 
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592 
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow 
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin 
            Married 17 February 1588 
       97. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp 
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp 
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin 
       98. Julius Ernst 
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 
            Born 10 March 1571 Dannenberg 
            Died 26 October 1636 Dannenberg 
            Married 1 September 1614 
       99. Graefin Marie von Ostfriesland 
            Born 1 May 1582 
            Died 10 July 1616 (Dannenberg?) 
      100. Anton Guenther I 
            Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 
            Born 9 January 1620 Ebeleben 
            Died 19 August 1666 Sondershausen 
            Married 29 October 1644 Heringen 
      101. Pfalzgraefin Marie Magdalene von Birkenfeld 
            Born 8 August 1622 Birkenfeld 
            Died 27 October 1689 Auleben 
      102. Graf Albert Friedrich von Barby 
            Born 10 March 1597 Barby 
            Died 17 September 1641 Rosenburg 
            Married 27 March 1633 
      103. Graefin Sophie Ursula von Oldenburg 
            Born 20 December 1601 Delmenhorst 
            Died 15 May 1642 Rosenburg 
      104. 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 
      105. Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg 
            Duchess of Saxony 
            Born 10 October 1619 Halle a.S. 
            Died 20 December 1680 Gotha 
      106. Georg Friedrich 
            Fuerst zu Waldeck 
            Born 10 February 1620 Arolsen 
            Died 19 November 1682 Arolsen 
            Married 29 November 1643 Culemborg 
      107. Graefin Elisabeth Charlotte von Nassau-Siegen 
            Born 11 March 1626 Emmerich 
            Died 16 November 1694 Culemborg 
      108. Graf Georg Albrecht I zu Erbach 
            Born 16 December 1597 
            Died 25 November 1647 Michelstadt 
            Married 26 July 1635 Frankfurt am Main 
      109. Graefin Elisabeth Dorothea zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg- 
            Schillingsfuerst 
            Born 27 August 1617 
            Died 12 November 1655 Fuerstenau 
      110. Graf Philipp Theodor zu Waldeck 
            Born 2 November 1614 Arolsen 
            Died 17 December 1645 Corbach 
            Married 25 August 1639 Culemborg 
      111. Graefin Maria Magdalena von Nassau-Siegen 
            Born 21 October 1622 Siegen 
            Died 30 August 1647 Spa 
      112. = 80       113. = 81       114. = 82       115. = 83 
      116. = 84       117. = 85       118. = 86       119. = 87 
      120. Graf Georg Wilhelm zu Leiningen-Dagsburg- 
            Heidesheim 
            Born 8 March 1636 Heidesheim 
            Died 18 July 1672 Oberstein 
            Married 26 March 1658 
      121. Graefin Anna Elisabeth von Daun-Falkenstein 
            Born 1 January 1636 
            Died 4 June 1685 Broich a.d.Ruhr 
      122. = 84       123. = 85 
      124. Graf Johann August zu Solms-Roedelheim 
            Born 7 June 1623 Baruth 
            Died 23 November 1680 Roedelheim 
            Married 13 April 1654 Regensburg 
      125. Graefin Eleonore Barbara Marie Cratz von Scharffenstein 
            Freiin von Riesenberg 
            Born 2 November 1629 
            Died 26 February 1680 
      126. Greve Frederik af Ahlefeld 
            Born 1623 Sogaard 
            Died 7 July 1686 Copenhagen 
            Married 1 December 1668 Emichsburg 
      127. Graefin Marie Elisabeth zu Leiningen-Dagsburg- 
            Hartenburg 
            Born 10 March 1648 Hartenburg 
            Died 13 April 1724 Augustenburg 

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