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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway
(6 generations)


        1. Christian IV
            King of Denmark and Norway 1588-1648
            Born 12 April 1577 Fredriksborg
            Died 9 March 1648 Rosenborg
 
        2. Fredrik II
            King of Denmark and Norway 1559-1588
            Born 1 July 1534 Haderslev
            Died 4 April 1588 Antvorskov
            Married 20 July 1572 Copenhagen
        3. Duchess Sophie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 4 September 1557 Wismar
            Died 14 October 1631 Nykoping

 
        4. Christian III
            King of Denmark and Norway 1534-1559
            Born 12 August 1503 Gottorp
            Died 1 January 1559 Koldinghus
            Married 29 October 1525 Lauenburg
        5. Duchess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born 9 July 1511 Lauenburg
            Died 7 October 1571 Sonderburg
        6. Ulrich III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 22 April 1527 Schwerin
            Died 14 March 1603 Guestrow
            Married 16 February 1556 Copenhagen
        7. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born 14 October 1524
            Died 15 October 1586 Nykoping or Gjedsor
 
        8. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
        9. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
       10. Magnus I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543
            Born circa 1470
            Died 1 August 1543 Ratzeburg
            Married 20 November 1509 Wolfenbuettel
       11. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1488
            Died 19 June 1563
       12. Albrecht V-VII "der Schoene"
            Duke of Mecklenburg 1519-1547 & Guestrow 1534-1547
            Born 28 July 1488 Wismar
            Died 5 January 1547 Schwerin
            Married 17 January 1524 Berlin
       13. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
       14. = 8
       15. Sophie von Pommern
            Born 1498
            Died 13 May 1568 Kiel
 
       16. Christian I
            King of Denmark 1448-1481, Norway 1449-1481
            Born February 1426 Oldenburg
            Died 21 May 1481 Copenhagen
            Married 28 October 1449 Copenhagen
       17. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1430
            Died 25 November 1495 Kalundborg
       18. Johann Cicero
            Elector of Brandenburg 1486-1499
            Born 2 August 1455 Ansbach
            Died 9 January 1499 Arneburg
            Married 25 August 1476 Berlin
       19. Margarete of Saxony
            Born 1449 Weimar
            Died 13 July 1501 Spandau
       20. Johann V
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1464-1507
            Born 18 July 1439
            Died 15 August 1507
            Married 12 February 1464 Lauenburg
       21. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1446 (Berlin?)
            Died March 1519 (Lauenburg?)
       22. Heinrich I "the Bad"
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 24 June 1463
            Died 23 June 1514 Leer, East-Friesland in battle
            Married August 1486
       23. Katharina von Pommern
            Born circa 1465
            Died 1526
       24. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       25. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       26. Joachim I
            Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
            Born 21 February 1484
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
       27. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
       28. = 16        29. = 17
       30. Bogislaw X "the Great"
            Duke of Pommern
            Born 3 June 1454 Stolp
            Died 5 October 1523 Stettin
            Married 2 February 1491 Stettin
       31. Anna of Poland
            Born 12 March 1476 Nessau
            Died 12 August 1503 Ueckermuende
 
       32. Dietrich II "the Fortunate"
            Count von Oldenburg, Count von Delmenhorst
            Born circa 1390
            Died 22 January 1440 Delmenhorst
            Married 23 November 1423
       33. Countess Heilwig von Holstein
            Born circa 1400
            Died circa 1436
       34. Johann "der Alchimist"
            Markgraf von Brandenburg
            Born 1406
            Died 16 November 1464 Baiersdorf
            Married 26 May 1412 (1416?)
       35. Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
            Born circa 1405
            Died 10 October 1465 Castle Bayreuth
       36. Albrecht Achilles
            Elector of Brandenburg 1470-1486
            Born 24 November 1414 Tangermuende
            Died 11 March 1486 Frankfurt am Main
            Married 12 November 1446 Pforzheim
       37. Margarete von Baden
            Born circa 1431
            Died 24 October 1457 Ansbach
       38. Wilhelm III "der Tapfere"
            Duke of Saxony in Thueringen 1445-1482
            Born 30 April 1425 Meissen
            Died 17 September 1482 Weimar
            Married 20 June 1446 Jena
       39. Anna of Austria
            Born 12 April 1432
            Died 14 November 1462 Eckartsberga
       40. Bernhard II
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born circa 1390
            Died 16 July 1463
            Married 2 February 1429
       41. Adelheid von Pommern
            Born circa 1410
            Died after 1440
       42. Friedrich II
            Elector of Brandenburg 1440-1470
            Born 19 November 1413 Tangermuende
            Died 10 February 1471 Neustadt a.d.Aisch
            Married 11 June 1441 Wittenberg
       43. Katharina of Saxony
            Born 1421
            Died 23 August 1476 Berlin
       44. Wilhelm II
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born circa 1426
            Died 7 July 1503 Burg Hardegsen
            Married circa 8 November 1457
       45. Countess Elisabeth zu Stolberg
            Born 7 May 1444
            Died circa 2 June 1520
       46. Erich II
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born circa 1425
            Died 5 July 1474 Wolgast
            Married circa 11 November 1451
       47. Sophia von Pommern
            Born circa 1435
            Died 24 August 1494 Stolp
       48. Heinrich IV-II "der Dicke"
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1417
            Died 9 March 1477
            Married May 1432
       49. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 9 February 1420 Cadolzburg
            Died 19 January 1491
       50. = 46        51. = 47        52. = 18        53. = 19
       54. Hans
            King of Denmark and Norway 1481-1513
            Born 8 July 1455 Copenhagen
            Died 20 February 1513 Alborg
            Married 6 September 1478 Copenhagen
       55. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born circa 1461 Torzau
            Died 8 December 1521 Odense
       56. = 32        57. = 33        58. = 34        59. = 35
       60. = 46        61. = 47
       62. 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 Cracow
       63. Elisabeth of Austria
            Born 1437
            Died 30 August 1505 Cracow
 
       64. Christian V
            Count von Oldenburg
            Born circa 1360
            Died circa 1420
            Married circa 1377
       65. Countess Agnes von Honstein-Heringen
            Born 1360
            Died 1 September 1404
       66. Gerhard VI
            Count von Holstein, Duke von Schleswig
            Died 5 August 1404 Suderhamme, Ditmarschen (battle)
            Married 1391
       67. Katharina of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born circa 1370
            Died 1417 / 1422
       68. Friedrich I (VI)
            Elector of Brandenburg 1417-1440
            Born 1371 Nuernberg
            Died 21 September 1440 Kadolzburg
            Married 18 September 1401 Schoengau am Lech
       69. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut
            Born 1383
            Died 13 November 1442 Ansbach
       70. Rudolf III
            Elector of Saxony
            Died circa 9 June 1419
            Married 6 March 1396
       71. Duchess Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz
            Born 1372
            Died 9 May 1436
       72. = 68        73. = 69
       74. Jakob I
            Markgraf von Baden und Hachberg
            Born 15 March 1407 Castle Hohenbaden
            Died 13 October 1453 Baden
            Married before 25 July 1422
       75. Catharina de Lorraine
            Born 1407
            Died 1 March 1439 Baden
       76. Friedrich I "der Streitbare"
            Elector of Saxony 1423-1428
            Born 11 April 1370
            Died 4 January 1428 Altenburg
            Married 7 February 1402
       77. Catharina of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 28 December 1442 Grimma
       78. Albrecht V-II
            Emperor Elect, King of Hungary and Bohemia
            Born 10 August 1397 Wien
            Died 27 October 1439 Neszmely nr Esztergom
            Married 28 September 1421 Esztergom
       79. Elisabeth de Luxembourg
            Princess of Bohemia and Hungary
            Born before 27 November 1409 Prag
            Died 25 December 1442 Gran
       80. Erich IV
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1368-1411
            Born 1354
            Died 21 June 1411 / 1412
            Married 8 April 1373
       81. Duchess Sophie of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 1358
            Died 28 May 1416
       82. Bogislaw VIII
            Duke von Pommern
            Born 1363 / 1364
            Died 11 February 1418
            Married 1398
       83. Countess Sophie von Holstein-Rendsburg
            Died circa 1448 Kammin
       84. = 68        85. = 69        86. = 76        87. = 77
       88. Wilhelm I "the Victorious"
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1392
            Died 25 July 1482 Braunschweig
            Married 30 May 1423 Berlin
       89. Markgraefin Caecilie von Brandenburg
            Born circa 1405
            Died 4 January 1449
       90. Bodo VII
            Count von Stolberg & Wernigerode
            Born before 1370
            Died 15 March 1455 Stolberg, Saxony
            Married 17 June 1435
       91. Countess Anna von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
            Born 26 January 1416 Arnstadt
            Died 24 December 1481 (Rossla, Saxony ?)
       92. Wartislaw IX
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born 1400
            Died 17 April 1457 Wolgast
            Married circa 1420
       93. Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born circa 1395
            Died 1462
       94. Bogislaw IX
            Duke von Pommern-Stargard
            Born 1407
            Died 7 December 1446
            Married 15 April 1433 Posen
       95. Maria of Masovia
            Born circa 1400
            Died 18 February 1454 ?
       96. Johann IV
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1395-1422
            Born circa 1365
            Died 16 October 1422 Schwerin
            Married 1416
       97. Duchess Katharina of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Died after 18 November 1448
       98. = 68        99. = 69       100. = 92       101. = 93
      102. = 94       103. = 95       104. = 36       105. = 37
      106. = 38       107. = 39       108. = 16       109. = 17
      110. Ernst
            Elector of Saxony 1464-1486
            Born 24 March 1441 Meissen
            Died 26 August 1486 Colditz
            Married 19 November 1460 Leipzig
      111. Elisabeth of Bavaria
            Born 2 February 1443 Muenchen
            Died 5 March 1484 Leipzig
      112. = 64       113. = 65       114. = 66       115. = 67
      116. = 68       117. = 69       118. = 70       119. = 71
      120. = 92       121. = 93       122. = 94       123. = 95
      124. Wladyslaw II Jagiello
            King of Poland 1386-1434, Grand Duke of Lithuania
            Born circa 1362 /1363
            Died 1 June 1434 Grodek
            Married 7 February 1422
      125. Zofia Holczanska
            Born circa 1405
            Died 21 September 1461
      126. = 78       127. = 79
 
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