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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(6 generations)


        1. Adolf Friedrich I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
 
        2. Johann V-VII
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
            Married 17 February 1588
        3. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin

        4. Johann Albrecht I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow and Schwerin
            Born 23 December 1525 Guestrow
            Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
            Married 24 February 1555 Koenigsberg
        5. Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia
            Born 11 June 1527 Koenigsbergen
            Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
        6. Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586
            Born 25 January 1526 Flensburg
            Died 11 October 1586 Gottorp
            Married 16 December 1564 Gottorp
        7. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen
            Born 29 June 1543 Kassel
            Died 23 May 1604 Kiel
 
        8. 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
        9. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
       10. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 1 July 1526 Koenigsbergen
       11. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
            Born 1 August 1504 (Gottorp?)
            Died 11 April 1547 Koenigsbergen
       12. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 9 October 1518 Kiel
       13. Sophie von Pommern
            Born 1498
            Died 13 May 1568 Kiel
       14. Philipp I "the Magnanimous"
            Landgraf von Hessen 1509-1518-1567
            Born 13 November 1504 Marburg
            Died 31 March 1567 Kassel
            Married 11 December 1523 Dresden
       15. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born 25 December 1505
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
 
       16. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and G?strow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       17. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       18. Joachim I
            Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
            Born 21 February 1484
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
       19. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
       20. Friedrich V
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth
            Born 8 May 1460 Ansbach
            Died 4 April 1536 Ansbach
            Married 14 February 1479 Frankfurt a.d.Oder
       21. Sofie of Poland
            Born 6 April 1464
            Died 5 October 1512
       22. = 12
       23. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
       24. Christian I
            King of Denmark 1448-1481, Norway 1449-1481
            Born February 1426 Oldenburg
            Died 21 May 1481 Copenhagen
            Married 28 October 1449 Copenhagen
       25. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1430
            Died 25 November 1495 Kalundborg
       26. Bogislaw X "the Great"
            Duke of Pommern
            Born 3 June 1454 Stolp
            Died 5 October 1523 Stettin
            Married 2 February 1491 Stettin
       27. Anna of Poland
            Born 12 March 1476 Nessau
            Died 12 August 1503 Ueckermunde
       28. Wilhelm II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509
            Born circa 29 March 1469
            Died 11 July 1509 Kassel
            Married 20 October 1500 Kassel
       29. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
            Died 12 May 1525 Rodelheim
       30. Georg
            Duke of Saxony 1500-1539
            Born 27 August 1471 Meissen
            Died 17 April 1539 Dresden
            Married 21 November 1496 Leipzig
       31. Barbara of Poland
            Born 15 July 1478 Sandomir
            Died 15 February 1534 Leipzig
 
       32. Heinrich IV-II 'der Dicke'
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1417
            Died 9 March 1477
            Married May 1432
       33. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 9 February 1420 Cadolzburg
            Died 19 January 1491
       34. Erich II
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born circa 1425
            Died 5 July 1474 Wolgast
            Married circa 11 November 1451
       35. Sophia von Pommern
            Born circa 1435
            Died 24 August 1494 Stolp
       36. Johann Cicero
            Elector of Brandenburg 1486-1499
            Born 2 August 1455 Ansbach
            Died 9 January 1499 Arneburg
            Married 25 August 1476 Berlin
       37. Margarete of Saxony
            Born 1449 Weimar
            Died 13 July 1501 Spandau
       38. Hans
            King of Denmark and Norway 1481-1513
            Born 8 July 1455 Copenhagen
            Died 20 February 1513 Alborg
            Married 6 September 1478 Copenhagen
       39. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born circa 1461 Torzau
            Died 8 December 1521 Odense
       40. Albrecht Achilles
            Elector of Brandenburg 1470-1486
            Born 24 November 1414 Tangermuende
            Died 11 March 1486 Frankfurt am Main
            Married 12 November 1458
       41. Duchess Anna of Saxony
            Born 7 March 1437
            Died 31 October 1512
       42. 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
       43. Elisabeth of Austria
            Born 1437
            Died 30 August 1505 Cracow
       44. = 24        45. = 25        46. = 36        47. = 37
       48. Dietrich II 'the Fortunate'
            Count von Oldenburg, Count von Delmenhorst
            Born circa 1390
            Died 22 January 1440 Delmenhorst
            Married 23 November 1423
       49. Countess Heilwig von Holstein
            Born circa 1400
            Died circa 1436
       50. Johann "der Alchimist"
            Markgraf von Brandenburg
            Born 1406
            Died 16 November 1464 Baiersdorf
            Married 26 May 1412 (1416?)
       51. Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
            Born circa 1405
            Died 10 October 1465 Castle Bayreuth
       52. = 34        53. = 35        54. = 42        55. = 43
       56. Ludwig II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1458-1471
            Born 7 September 1438
            Died 8 November 1471 Reichenbach
            Married 1453
       57. Mechtild von Wuerttemberg
            Born 1436 Urach
            Died 6 June 1495 Rotenburg, Hessen
       58. = 16        59. = 17
       60. Albrecht III
            Duke of Saxony in Meissen 1485-1500
            Born 31 July 1443 Grimma
            Died 12 September 1500 Emden, East-Friessia
            Married 11 November 1459 Eger
       61. Sidonia of Bohemia
            Born 14 November 1449
            Died 1 February 1510 Tharandt
       62. = 42        63. = 43
 
       64. Johann IV
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1395-1422
            Born circa 1365
            Died 16 October 1422 Schwerin
            Married 1416
       65. Duchess Katharina of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Died after 18 November 1448
       66. Friedrich I (VI)
            Elector of Brandenburg 1417-1440
            Born 1371 Nuernberg
            Died 21 September 1440 Kadolzburg
            Married 18 September 1401 Schoengau am Lech
       67. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut
            Born 1383
            Died 13 November 1442 Ansbach
       68. Wartislaw IX
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born 1400
            Died 17 April 1457 Wolgast
            Married circa 1420
       69. Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born circa 1395
            Died 1462
       70. Bogislaw IX
            Duke von Pommern-Stargard
            Born 1407
            Died 7 December 1446
            Married 15 April 1433 Posen
       71. Maria of Masovia
            Born circa 1400
            Died 18 February 1454 ?
       72. = 40
       73. Margarete von Baden
            Born circa 1431
            Died 24 October 1457 Ansbach
       74. 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
       75. Anna of Austria
            Born 12 April 1432
            Died 14 November 1462 Eckartsberga
       76. = 24        77. = 25
       78. Ernst
            Elector of Saxony 1464-1486
            Born 24 March 1441 Meissen
            Died 26 August 1486 Colditz
            Married 19 November 1460 Leipzig
       79. Elisabeth of Bavaria
            Born 2 February 1443 Muenchen
            Died 5 March 1484 Leipzig
       80. = 66        81. = 67
       82. Friedrich II "der Sanftmutige"
            Elector of Saxony 1428-1464
            Born 22 August 1412 Leipzig
            Died 7 September 1464 Leipzig
            Married 3 June 1431 Leipzig
       83. Margarethe of Austria
            Born circa 1416 /1417 Wiener Neustadt
            Died 12 February 1486 Altenburg
       84. Wladyslaw II Jagiello
            King of Poland 1386-1434, Grand Duke of Lithuania
            Born circa 1351
            Died 1 June 1434 Grodek
            Married 7 February 1422
       85. Zofia (Sonka) Holszanska
            Born circa 1405
            Died 21 September 1461
       86. 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
       87. Elisabeth de Luxembourg
            Princess of Bohemia and Hungary
            Born before 27 November 1409 Prag
            Died 25 December 1442 Gran
       88. = 48        89. = 49        90. = 50        91. = 51
       92. = 40        93. = 73        94. = 74        95. = 75
       96. Christian V
            Count von Oldenburg
            Born circa 1360
            Died circa 1420
            Married circa 1377
       97. Countess Agnes von Honstein-Heringen
            Born 1360
            Died 1 September 1404
       98. Gerhard VI
            Count von Holstein, Duke von Schleswig
            Died 5 August 1404 Suderhamme, Ditmarschen (battle)
            Married 1391
       99. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 1417 / 1422
      100. = 66       101. = 67
      102. Rudolf III
            Elector of Saxony
            Died circa 9 June 1419
            Married 6 March 1396
      103. Duchess Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz
            Born 1372
            Died 9 May 1436
      104. = 68       105. = 69       106. = 70       107. = 71
      108. = 84       109. = 85       110. = 86       111. = 87
      112. Ludwig I
            Landgraf von Hessen 1413-1458
            Born 6 February 1402 Spangenberg
            Died 17 January 1458 Spangenberg
            Married 8 September 1433 Kassel
      113. Anna of Saxony
            Born 5 June 1420
            Died 17 September 1462 Spangenberg
      114. Ludwig I
            Count von Wuerttemberg-Urach
            Born 1412 Urach
            Died 24 September 1450 Urach
            Married 17 October 1434 Stuttgart
      115. Pfalzgraefin Mathilde bei Rhein
            Born 7 March 1419 Heidelberg
            Died 22 August 1482 Heidelberg
      116. = 32       117. = 33       118. = 34       119. = 35
      120. = 82       121. = 83
      122. Georg Podiebrad
            King of Bohemia 1458-1471
            Born 23 April 1420
            Died 22 March 1471 Prag
            Married circa 1440
      123. Freiin Kunigunde von Sternberg
            Born 18 November 1422
            Died 19 November 1449 Prag
      124. = 84       125. = 85       126. = 86       127. = 87
 
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