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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Philipp I, Count zu Solms-Braunfels
(6 generations)


        1. Philipp I
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 23 February 1494
            Died 11 February 1581 Hungen

        2. Bernhard
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born August 1468
            Died 3 March 1547
            Married 4 November 1492 Hungen
        3. Countess Margarethe von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Died 20 February 1510
 

        4. Otto II
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 22 November 1426
            Died 29 June 1504
            Married 12 June 1464 Mainz
        5. Countess Anna von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Died 1 March 1480
        6. Wilhelm III
            Count von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Born 12 March 1434
            Died 26 May 1480
            Married 5 November 1469
        7. Duchess Margarete of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1451
            Died 13 February 1509

        8. Bernhard II
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Died 6 August 1459
            Married 6 July 1421
        9. Elisabeth von Isenburg-Buedingen
            Died 1 August 1451
       10. Johann
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1419
            Died 9 May 1480
            Married 17 June 1437 Breda
       11. Countess Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 2 February 1418
            Died 11 October 1472
       12. Wilhelm II
            Count von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Born 14 March 1415
            Died 8 January 1444
            Married 1432
       13. Countess Katarina von Hanau
            Born 21 January 1408
            Died 25 September 1460
       14. Heinrich "der Friedfertige"
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1411
            Died 7 December 1473
            Married 2 February 1436 Kleve
       15. Helene of Cleves
            Born 18 August 1423
            Died 3 July 1471

       16. Otto
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born circa 1331
            Died 27 October 1409 (after 15 March 1410?)
            Married before 11 June 1375
       17. Agnes von Falkenstein-Muenzenberg
            Died 1 September 1409
       18. Johann II von Isenburg in Buedingen
            Died 1408
            Married 1384
       19. Countess Margarete von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 17 January 1438 Wenings
       20. Adolf II
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1386
            Died 26 July 1426
            Married March 1418
       21. Markgraefin Margaretha von Baden
            Born 25 January 1404
            Died 7 November 1442
       22. Engelbert I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1370
            Died 3 May 1442 Breda, The Netherlands
            Married 1 August 1403
       23. Johanna van Polanen
            Heiress of Breda, de Lek, Oosterhout, Niervaart
            Born 10 January 1392
            Died 15 May 1445 Breda
       24. Wilhelm I
            Count von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Born 31 July 1384
            Died 7 July 1426 Cyprus (in battle)
            Married 1413
       25. Duchess Anna of Brunswick-Goettingen
            Born 1387
            Died 27 October 1426
       26. Reinhard II
            Count von Hanau in Hanau
            Died 26 June 1451
            Married 19 January 1407
       27. Countess Katarina von Nassau-Beilstein
            Died 6 September 1459
       28. Heinrich II
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 14 October 1416
            Married 30 January 1409 Kassel
       29. Margarete von Hessen
            Born 1389 Marburg
            Died 1446 Rotenburg
       30. Adolf I
            Duke of Cleves 1394-1448
            Born 2 August 1373 Kleve
            Died 23 September 1448
            Married May 1415 Dijon
       31. Marie de Bourgogne
            Born 1394
            Died 30 October 1463 Monterberg nr Kalkar

       32. Bernhard I
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Died 7 October 1347 / 17 January 1349
       33. Irmengard von der Lippe
       34. Philipp VI
            Herr von Falkenstein
            Died 1373 (in battle)
            Married 1353
       35. Agnes von Falkenstein
       36. Johann I von Isenburg in Buedingen
            Died 24 February 1395 Koblenz
            Married 1354
       37. Sophie von Wertheim
            Died 28 September 1387
       38. Diether VIII
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 17 February 1402
            Married 18 June 1361
       39. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Wiesbaden
            Died 1 February 1389
       40. Walram II
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1354
            Died 7 November 1393
            Married 1374
       41. Bertha von Westerburg
            Died 24 December 1418
       42. Bernhard I "der Grosse"
            Markgraf von Baden und Hachberg
            Born 1364
            Died 5 May 1431 Baden
            Married before 15 September 1397
       43. Anna von Oettingen
            Died 9 November 1436
       44. Johann I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1339
            Died 4 September 1416 Herborn
            Married 30 November 1357
       45. Countess Margaretha von der Mark
            Died 29 September 1409
       46. Jan III van Polanen
            Heer van de Lek, Polanen, Niervaart
            Born circa 1340
            Died 10 August 1394
            Married circa 1384
       47. Countess Odilia von Salm
            Heiress of Borne
            Born circa 1370
            Died 1428
       48. Heinrich XI
            Count von Henneberg in Schleusingen
            Born circa 1350
            Died 26 December 1405 Burg Henneberg
            Married 1372 / 1374
       49. Markgraefin Matilde von Baden
            Died circa 3 August 1425
       50. Otto "der Quade"
            Duke of Brunswick-Goettingen 1367-1394
            Born circa 1340
            Died 13 December 1394
            Married 1379
       51. Margarete von Juelich
            Born circa 1364
            Died 18 July 1442
       52. Ulrich IV
            Herr von Hanau
            Died 1380
            Married before 12 March 1367
       53. Countess Elisabeth von Wertheim
            Born 1347
            Died 1378
       54. Heinrich II
            Count von Nassau-Beilstein
            Died 1410 (1412?)
            Married before 5 June 1383
       55. Katarina von Randerath
            Heiress of Linnich
            Died circa 1415
       56. Magnus II Torquatus
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born circa 1328
            Died 26 July 1373 Leveste, Hannover (in battle)
            Married before 6 October 1356
       57. Katarina von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Died 30 January 1390
       58. Hermann II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1376-1413
            Born circa 1341
            Died 10 June 1413
            Married 15 October 1383 Plassenburg
       59. Burggraefin Margarete von Nuernberg
            Born 1363
            Died 15 January 1406 Gudensberg
       60. Adolf III-I
            Count of Cleves 1368-1394
            Died 7 September 1394
            Married 1369
       61. Margarete von Juelich
            Died 1425
       62. Jean "the Fearless"
            Duke of Bourgogne 1404-1419
            Born 28 May 1371 Dijon
            Died 10 September 1419 Montereau (murdered)
            Married 12 April 1385 Kamerijk
       63. Margaretha of Bavaria
            Born 1363
            Died 24 January 1424 (Dijon?)

       64. Heinrich III
            Count von Solms gen.von Westerburg zu Braunfels
            Born before 1276
            Died after 12 July 1311 before 15 July 1312
            Married before 17 March 1295
       65. Lisa von der Lippe
            Died after 22 September 1325
       66. Simon I
            Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Died 1344
            Married circa 1285
       67. Adelheid von Waldeck
            Died circa 1342
       68. Cuno II
            Herr von Falkenstein
            Born circa 1290
            Died 1334
            Married before 1312
       69. Countess Anna von Nassau-Hadamar
            Died before 1329
       70. Philipp V von Falkenstein-Muenzenberg
            Born circa 1314
            Died 10 April 1343
       71. Else/Elisabeth von Hanau
       72. Heinrich von Isenburg
            Burggraf zu Gelnhausen
            Died 1378 / 1379
            Married 29 July 1332
       73. Adelheid von Hanau-Muenzenberg
            Died after 29 July 1378
       74. Rudolf IV
            Count von Wertheim
            Died 6 January 1355
            Married 1321
       75. Elisabeth von Breuberg
            Died 1358
       76. Johann II
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 2 March 1357
            Married before 24 June 1340
       77. Elisabeth von Isenburg
            Died after 27 October 1351
       78. Adolf I
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1307
            Died 17 January 1370
            Married 1332
       79. Burggraefin Margarete von Nuernberg
            Died after 13 November 1382
       80. = 78        81. = 79
       82. Johann I
            Herr von Westerburg
            Born 1332
            Died 11 July 1370
            Married 1353
       83. Countess Kunigunde von Sayn
            Died 22 July 1383
       84. Rudolf VI "der Lange"
            Markgraf und Pfalzgraf von Baden
            Died 21 March 1372
            Married before 1364
       85. Mechtild von Sponheim
            Died after 1 November 1410
       86. Ludwig XI
            Count von Oettingen
            Died 28 October 1440
            Married 15 December 1374 *
       87. Beatrix von Helfenstein
            Died 1385
       88. Otto II
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1305
            Died circa  December 1350 (died in battle)
            Married 23 December 1331 *
       89. Adelheid von Vianden
            Heiress of Neuerburg
            Died 30 September 1376
       90. Adolf II
            Count von der Mark 1328-1347
            Died before 24 February 1347
            Married 15 March 1332
       91. Margarethe of Cleves
       92. Jan II van Polanen
            Heer van Polanen, Breda en de Lek
            Died 3 November 1378
            Married 21 May 1348
       93. Oda (Othildis) van Hoorne
            Born circa 1318
            Died 1353
       94. Johann II
            Count von Salm
            Born circa 1335
            Died before 9 April 1398
            Married 22 May 1355
       95. Philippa van Valkenburg
            Heiress of Herpen and Ravestein
            Born circa 1335
            Died after 21 February 1388
       96. Johann I
            Count von Henneberg in Schleusingen
            Born 1300
            Died 2 May 1359
            Married 1349
       97. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg
            Died 14 November 1361
       98. = 84        99. = 85
      100. Ernst
            Duke of Brunswick-Goettingen
            Born 1305
            Died 24 April 1367
            Married 1339
      101. Elisabeth von Hessen
            Died 7 March 1390
      102. Wilhelm II-VII
            Duke of Berg and Juelich
            Died 25 June 1408
            Married 1363
      103. Pfalzgraefin Anna bei Rhein
            Born 1346
            Died 30 November 1415
      104. Ulrich III
            Herr von Hanau
            Died 1370
            Married 1329
      105. Countess Adelheid von Nassau
            Died 4 August 1345
      106. Eberhard I
            Count von Wertheim
            Died 24 August 1373
            Married 1333 / 1338
      107. Burggraefin Katharina von Nuernberg
            Died circa 12 March 1373
      108. Heinrich I
            Count von Nassau-Beilstein
            Born 1307
            Died 24 February 1378 (1380?)
            Married circa 1339
      109. Meijna (Imagina) von Westerburg
            Died 27 June 1388
      110. Arnold II
            Herr von Randerath und Erprath
            Died 1390
            Married 1358
      111. Countess Maria von Sayn
      112. Magnus I "the Pious"
            Duke of Brunswick
            Born circa 1304
            Died July 1369
            Married circa 1327
      113. Markgraefin Sofie von Brandenburg
            Heiress of Landsberg, Sangerhausen
            Died 1356
      114. Bernhard III
            Fuerst von Anhalt in Bernburg
            Died 20 August 1348
            Married circa 1328
      115. Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg
            Died 4 January 1338
      116. Ludwig von Hessen
            Herr zu Grebenstein
            Born 1305
            Died 2 February 1345
            Married circa 16 October 1340
      117. Elisabeth von Sponheim-Kreuznach
      118. Friedrich V
            Burggraf von Nuernberg 1357-1397
            Born before 3 March 1333
            Died 21 January 1398 Plassenburg
            Married 7 September 1350 Jena
      119. Elisabeth von Meissen
            Born 22 November 1329 Wartburg
            Died 21 April 1375
      120. = 90       121. = 91
      122. Gerhard VI von Juelich
            Count von Ravensberg, Count von Berg
            Died 18 May 1360
            Married 1336 / 1338
      123. Countess Margarete von Ravensberg
            Heiress of Berg
            Died 19 February 1389 (or 18 March 1384?)
      124. Philippe "the Bold"
            Duke of Bourgogne 1363-1404
            Born 17 January 1342 Pontoise
            Died 27 April 1404 Halle
            Married 19 June 1369 Gent
      125. Margarethe of Flanders and Brabant
            Born 13 April 1350
            Died 16 March 1405 Atrecht
      126. Albrecht
            Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault 1389-1404
            Born 25 July 1336 Muenchen
            Died 13 December 1404 's-Gravenhage
            Married 28 July 1353 Prag
      127. Margaretha von Schlesien-Brieg
            Born 1340 / 1345
            Died 26 February 1386 's-Gravenhage
 

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