Submitted by Leo
van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
(this list is not complete)
Descendants of
Niklot, Prince of the Obotrites
(gen 12-16 of 26 generations)
XII-1 (XI-1-1)
1 Heinrich V-III
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 3 May 1479
Died 6 February 1552 Schwerin
Married (1) 16 February 1507
Markgr�fin Ursula von Brandenburg, daughter of Johann
Cicero, Kurf�rst von Brandenburg 1486-1499 and Margarete of
Saxony
Born 17 October 1488 (Berlin ?)
Died 18 September 1510 G�strow
Married (2) 5 June 1513
Pfalzgr�fin Helene bei Rhein, daughter of Philipp 'der
Aufrichtige', Kurf�rst von der Pfalz 1476-1508 and
Margarete of Bavaria
Born 9 February 1493 Heidelberg
Died 16 June 1524 Schwerin
Buried Schwerin
Married (3) 24 May 1551 Schwerin
Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg, daughter of Magnus I,
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543 and Duchess Katharina of
Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel
Died 1578 Minden
Buried Minden
Children, Generation XIII-1
2 Duchess Dorothea von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 21 October 1480
Died 1 September 1537
3 Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born before 18 December 1481
Died 12 July 1503 Torgau
Buried Torgau
Married 1 March 1500 Torgau
Johann 'der Bestandige', Elector of Saxony 1525-1532, son
of Ernst, Elector of Saxony 1464-1486 and Elisabeth of
Bavaria
Born 30 June 1468 Meissen
Died 16 August 1532 Schweinitz
4 Duke Erich II von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 3 September 1483
Died 22 December 1508
5 Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
Died 12 May 1525 R�delheim
Married (1) 20 October 1500 Kassel
Wilhelm II, Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509, son of
Ludwig II, Landgraf von Hessen 1458-1471 and Mechthild von
W�rttemberg
Born circa 29 March 1469
Died 11 July 1509 Kassel
Married (2) 7 September 1519 (Spangenberg?)
Otto, Graf zu Solms-Laubach, son of Philipp, Graf zu
Solms-Lich and Gr�fin Adriana von Hanau-M�nzenberg
Born 11 May 1496 Lich
Died 14 May 1522
6 Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 1487
Died 6 June 1561 Wolkenstein
Married 6 July 1512 Freiberg
Heinrich V 'the Pious', Duke of Saxony 1539-1541, son of
Albrecht III, Duke of Saxony in Meissen 1485-1500 and
Sidonia of Bohemia
Born 16 March 1473 Dresden
Died 18 August 1541 Dresden
7 Albrecht V-VII 'der Sch�ne'
Duke of Mecklenburg 1519-1547 & G�strow 1534-1547
Born 28 July 1488 Wismar
Died 5 January 1547 Schwerin
Buried Doberan
Married 17 January 1524 Berlin
Markgr�fin Anna von Brandenburg, daughter of Joachim I
'Nestor', Kurf�rst von Brandenburg 1499-1535 and Princess
Elisabeth of Denmark and Norway
Born 1507
Died 19 June 1567 L�bz
Buried Slesvig Cathedral
Children, Generation XIII-2
XIII-1 (XII-1-1)
(1) 1 Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin
Died 17 June 1541 Celle
Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin
Ernst 'the Confessor', Duke of Brunswick-L�neburg
1521-1546, son of Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-L�neburg
1471-1486-1520 and Duchess Margarethe of Saxony
Born 26 June 1497 Velzen
Died 11 January 1546 Celle
2 Duke Magnus von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 4 July 1509 Stargard
Died 28 January 1550 Butzow
Buried Doberan
Married 26 August 1543 Kiel
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark and Norway, daughter of
Fredrik I, King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533 and Sophie
von Pommern
Born 14 October 1524
Died 15 October 1586 Nyk�ping or Gjedsor
Buried G�strow Cathedral
S.P.
3 Duchess Ursula von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 30 August 1510
Died 22 April 1586 Ribnitz
(2) 4 Duke Philipp von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 12 September 1514
Died 4 January 1557 G�strow
Buried Doberan
5 Duchess Margarete von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 8 April 1515
Died 30 August 1559 Bernstadt
Buried Bernstadt
Married 12 November 1537
Heinrich II, Duke von M�nsterberg-Oels, son of Karl I, Duke
von M�nsterberg-Oels and Anna von Sagan und Glogau
Born 29 March 1507
Died 2 August 1548
Buried Bernstadt
6 Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 14 April 1518
Died 17 November 1581
Buried Liegnitz
Married 3 March 1538
Friedrich III, Duke von Schlesien zu Liegnitz, son of
Friedrich II von Schlesien, Duke von Liegnitz & Wohlau and
Markgr�fin Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born 22 February 1520
Died 15 December 1570
XIII-2 (XII-1-7)
1 Duke Magnus von Mecklenburg
Born 19 November 1524 Berlin
Died 19 November 1524
2 Johann Albrecht I
Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow and Schwerin
Born 23 December 1525 G�strow
Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
Married 24 February 1555 K�nigsberg
Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia, daughter of Albrecht, Duke
of Prussia and Princess Dorothea of Denmark and Norway
Born 11 June 1527 K�nigsbergen
Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
Children, Generation XIV-1
3 Ulrich III
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and G�strow
Born 22 April 1527 Schwerin
Died 14 March 1603 G�strow
Buried G�strow Cathedral
Married (1) 16 February 1556 Copenhagen
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark and Norway, daughter of
Fredrik I, King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533 and Sophie
von Pommern
Born 14 October 1524
Died 15 October 1586 Nyk�ping or Gjedsor
Buried G�strow Cathedral
Married (2) 9 December 1588
Duchess Anna von Pommern, daughter of Philipp I, Duke of
Pommern-Wolgast and Maria of Saxony
Born 18 September 1554
Died 10 September 1626
Children, Generation XIV-2
4 Duke Georg von Mecklenburg
Born 22 February 1529
Died 20 July 1552 Frankfurt am Main (in battle)
5 Duchess Anna zu Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 14 October 1533 (Wismar?)
Died 14 July 1602 Schwerin
Buried Mitau
Married 12 March 1566 Konigsbergen
Gotthard, Duke of Kurland 1561-1587, son of Gotthard von
Ketteler zu Melrich and Sibylle von Nesselrode
Born circa 1517 Assen
Died 27 May 1587 Mitau
6 Duke Ludwig von Mecklenburg
Born 1535
Died 1535
7 Duke Johann von Mecklenburg
Born 1536
Died 1536
8 Duke Christof von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 30 June 1537 Augsburg
Died 4 March 1592 Tempzin
Married (1) 27 October 1573 Kolding
Princess Dorothea of Denmark and Norway, daughter of
Fredrik I, King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533 and Sophie
von Pommern
Born 1528
Died 11 November 1575
Married (2) 14 May 1581 Stockholm
Elisabeth of Sweden, daughter of Gustaf I Eriksson, King of
Sweden 1523-1560 and Margaretha Leijonhufvud
Born 5 April 1549 Kungsor
Died 20 November 1597 Stockholm
Children, Generation XIV-3
9 Duchess Sofie von Mecklenburg
Born 10 April 1538
Died 1538
10 Karl I
Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow & Schwerin
Born 28 September 1540
Died 22 July 1610
XIV-1 (XIII-2-2)
1 Duke Albrecht von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 19 December 1556 Schwerin
Died 2 March 1561 Konigsbergen
Buried Kniphoff
2 Johann V-VII
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
Born 7 March 1558 G�strow
Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
Married 17 February 1588
Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of Adolf,
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586 and Landgr�fin Christine
von Hessen
Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin
Children, Generation XV-1
3 Duke Sigismund August von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 11 November 1561 Schwerin
Died 5 September 1603 Strelitz
Married 7 October 1593 Barth
Duchess Klara Marie von Pommern, daughter of Bogislaw XIII,
Duke of Pommern and Duchess Klara of Brunswick-L�neburg
Born 10 July 1574 Neuenkamp
Died 19 February 1623 Hitzacker
Buried Dannenberg
S.P.
XIV-2 (XIII-2-3)
(1) 1 Duchess Sophie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 4 September 1557 Wismar
Died 14 October 1631 Nyk�ping
Buried Roskilde
Married 20 July 1572 Copenhagen
Frederik II, King of Denmark and Norway 1559-1588, son of
Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway 1534-1559 and
Duchess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
Born 1 July 1534 Haderslevhus
Died 4 April 1588 Antvorskov
Buried Roskilde
XIV-3 (XIII-2-8)
(2) 1 Duchess Margarete Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 11 July 1584 Sch�nberg
Died 16 November 1616 G�strow
Buried G�strow
Married 9 October 1608 Stockholm
Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow 1611-1628,
1632-1636, son of Johann V-VII, Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592 and Princess Sophie von
Holstein-Gottorp
Born 5 May 1590 Waren
Died 23 April 1636 G�strow
Buried G�strow
XV-1 (XIV-1-2)
1 Adolf Friedrich I
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
Married (1) 4 September 1622 Vorde
Gr�fin Anna Maria von Ostfriesland, daughter of Enno III,
Graf von Ostfriesland 1599-1625 and Princess Anna von
Holstein-Gottorp
Born 23 June 1601
Died 15 February 1634
Married (2) 25 February 1635 Schwerin
Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg, daughter
of Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg and Gr�fin
Marie von Ostfriesland
Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg
Died 1 July 1665 Grabow
Children, Generation XVI-1
2 Johann Albrecht II
Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow 1611-1628, 1632-1636
Born 5 May 1590 Waren
Died 23 April 1636 G�strow
Buried G�strow
Married (1) 9 October 1608 Stockholm
Duchess Margarete Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
daughter of Duke Christof von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and
Elisabeth of Sweden
Born 11 July 1584 Sch�nberg
Died 16 November 1616 G�strow
Buried G�strow
Married (2) 25 March 1618 Kassel
Landgr�fin Elisabeth von Hessen-Kassel, daughter of Moritz
'der Gelehrte', Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1592-1627 and
Gr�fin Agnes zu Solms-Laubach
Born 24 March 1596 Kassel
Died 16 December 1625 G�strow
Married (3) 7 May 1626 G�strow
Princess Eleonore Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg, daughter of
Christian I, F�rst von Anhalt-Bernburg and Gr�fin Anna zu
Bentheim-Tecklenburg
Born 7 August 1600
Died 17 July 1657
Child by (a) NN
Child by (b) NN
Children, Generation XVI-2
3 Duchess Anna Sofie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 19 September 1591
Died 11 November 1648 Rehna
XVI-1 (XV-1-1)
(1) 1 Christian Ludwig I
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1658-1692
Born 11 December 1623 Schwerin
Died 21 June 1692 's-Gravenhage
Buried Doberan
Married (1) 6 July 1650 Hamburg Div.1663
Duchess Christine von Mecklenburg-G�strow, daughter of
Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow 1611-1628,
1632-1636 and Duchess Margarete Elisabeth von
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 31 March 1615 G�strow
Died 16 August 1666 Wolfenb�ttel
Married (2) 2 November 1663
Elisabeth Ang�lique de Montmorency, Baronne de Meilou,
daughter of Fran�ois de Montmorency, Seigneur de
Bouteville, Comte de Luxe and Elisabeth Ang�lique de Vienne
Born March 1627 Paris
Died 24 January 1695 Paris
S.P.
2 Duchess Sofie Agnes von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 11 January 1625 Schwerin
Died 26 December 1694 R�hn
Buried R�hn
3 Duke Karl von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 7 March 1626 Schwerin
Died 20 August 1670 Mirow
Buried Mirow
4 Duchess Anna Marie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 1 July 1627 Schwerin
Died 11 December 1669 Halle
Married 23 November 1647 Schwerin
August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, son of Johann Georg I,
Kurf�rst of Saxony 1611-1656 and Duchess Magdalene Sibylle
of Prussia
Born 13 August 1614 Dresden
Died 4 June 1680 Halle
5 Duke Johann Georg von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 5 May 1629 Lichtenberg, Saxony
Died 9 July 1675 Mirow (accidentally poisoned)
Married 2 February 1675 Wolfenb�ttel
Princess Sophie of Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel, daughter of
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel 1704-1714 and
Princess Elisabeth Juliane von Holstein-Norburg
Born 30 September 1658 Wolfenb�ttel
Died 15 March 1729 Meiningen
S.P.
6 Duchess Hedwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 11 August 1630 Lubeck
Died 7 May 1631 L�bz
7 Duke Gustav Rudolf von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 26 February 1632 Schwerin
Died 14 May 1670 Franzhagen
Buried Franzhagen
Married 31 October 1665
Duchess Erdmuthe Sofie of Saxe-Lauenburg, Duchess of
Saxony, daughter of Duke Franz Heinrich of Saxe-Lauenburg,
Duke of Saxony and Gr�fin Marie Juliane von Nassau-Siegen
Born 5 June 1644
Died 22 August 1689 Billwerder
S.P.
8 Duchess Juliane von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 8 November 1633 Schwerin
Died 3 February 1634
Buried Doberan
(2) 9 Duchess Juliane Sibylle von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 16 February 1636
Died 2 October 1701 R�hn Convent
Buried Doberan
10 Friedrich I
Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 13 February 1638 Schwerin
Died 28 April 1688 Grabow
Married 28 May 1671 Weferlingen
Landgr�fin Christine von Hessen-Homburg, daughter of
Wilhelm Christoph, Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg-Bingenheim
1648-1681 and Landgr�fin Sofie Eleonore von
Hessen-Darmstadt
Born 30 June 1653 Bingenheim
Died 16 May 1722 Grabow
Children, Generation XVII-1
11 Duchess Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 8 August 1639
Died 30 June 1693
Buried Gandersheim
12 Duke Bernhard Sigismund von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 21 January 1641
Died 15 November 1641
Buried Schwerin
13 Duchess Auguste von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 24 September 1643
Died 5 May 1644
14 Duchess Marie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 24 March 1646
Died 27 April 1713
15 Duchess Anna Sofie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 24 November 1647 Schwerin
Died 13 August 1726 Juliusburg
Buried Juliusburg
Married 4 April 1677 Grabow
Duke Julius Siegmund von W�rttemberg zu Juliusburg, son of
Duke Sylvius von W�rttemberg and Duchess Elisabeth Marie
von M�nsterberg-Oels
Born 18 August 1653 Oels
Died 15 October 1684 Juliusburg
16 Duke Adolf Ernst von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 22 November 1650
Died 13 January 1651
17 Duke Philipp Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 30 May 1652
Died 20 October 1655
18 Duke Heinrich Wilhelm von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 6 June 1653
Died 2 December 1653
19 Adolf Friedrich II
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1708
Born 19 October 1658 Grabow
Died 12 May 1708 Strelitz
Married (1) 24 September 1684 G�strow
Duchess Marie von Mecklenburg-G�strow, daughter of Gustav
Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow 1654-1695 and Princess
Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp
Born 19 July 1659 G�strow
Died 16 January 1701 Strelitz
Married (2) 20 June 1702 Strelitz
Duchess Johanna of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony,
daughter of Friedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1675-1691 and Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of
Saxe-Weissenfels, Duchess of Saxony
Born 1 October 1680 Gotha
Died 9 July 1704 Strelitz
Married (3) 10 June 1705 Strelitz
Princess Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
daughter of Christian Wilhelm, F�rst von
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Gr�fin Antonie Sibylle von
Barby
Born 30 March 1681 Schwarzburg
Died 1 November 1751 Mirow
Children, Generation XVII-2
XVI-2 (XV-1-2)
(1) 1 Duke Johann Christof von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 22 December 1611 G�strow
Died 21 March 1612 G�strow
2 Duchess Sophie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 20 August 1613 G�strow
Died 12 July 1676 L�chow
Buried Wolfenb�ttel
Married 13 July 1635 G�strow
August, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel 1635-1666, son of
Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg and Duchess Ursula
of Saxe-Lauenburg, Duchess of Saxony
Born 10 April 1579 Dannenberg
Died 17 September 1666 Wolfenb�ttel
3 Duchess Christine von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 31 March 1615 G�strow
Died 16 August 1666 Wolfenb�ttel
Married (1) 11 February 1640
Duke Franz Albrecht of Saxe-Lauenburg, Duke of Saxony, son
of Franz II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1588-1619 and Duchess
Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel
Born 31 October 1598
Died 10 June 1642 Schweidnitz (in battle)
Married (2) 6 July 1650 Hamburg Div.1663
Christian Ludwig I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1658-1692,
son of Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and
Gr�fin Anna Maria von Ostfriesland
Born 11 December 1623 Schwerin
Died 21 June 1692 's-Gravenhage
Buried Doberan
S.P.
4 Duke Karl Heinrich von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 30 May 1616 G�strow
Died 14 November 1618
Buried G�strow
(3) 5 Duchess Anna Sofie von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 29 September 1628 Harzgerode
Died 10 February 1669 Parchwitz
Buried G�strow
Married 18 May 1649
Ludwig IV von Schlesien, Duke of Liegnitz, son of Johann
Christian von Schlesien, Duke of Liegnitz 1602-1639 and
Brieg and Markgr�fin Dorothea Sibylle von Brandenburg
Born 10 April 1616
Died 24 November 1663
6 Duke Johann Christian von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 2 November 1629 Lubeck
Died 30 December 1631
Buried G�strow
7 Duchess Eleonore von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 24 November 1630 Lubeck
Died 12 September 1631 G�strow
Buried G�strow
8 Gustav Adolf
Duke of Mecklenburg-G�strow 1654-1695
Born 25 February 1633 G�strow
Died 5 November 1695 G�strow
Married 28 November 1654 Gottorp
Princess Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp, daughter
of Friedrich III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1616-1659 and
Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony
Born 24 November 1631 Gottorp
Died 22 September 1719 G�strow
Children, Generation XVII-3
9 Duchess Luise von Mecklenburg-G�strow
Born 20 May 1635 G�strow
Died 6 January 1648 Strelitz
Buried Gustrow
(a) 10 Marie von Mecklenburg
Died after 22 February 1663
Married circa 30 April 1632
Lorenz Rochaut, Stadtvogt von Strelitz
S.P.
(b) 11 Georg (J�rgen) von Mecklenburg
Born circa 1620
Died 31 May 1675
Married (1) NN
Married (2) 8 February 1654
Katharina Dorothea von Halberstadt
Born 1616
Died after 8 February 1665
Married (3) Margarete Hedwig von Lowtzow
Died 1738
Children, Generation XVII-4
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