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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels
(6 generations)


        1. Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels
            Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage
 
        2. Count Johann Albrecht I zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 5 March 1563
            Died 14 May 1623 's-Gravenhage
            Married 13 May 1590
        3. Countess Agnes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 18 April 1568
            Died 22 April 1617
 
        4. Konrad
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 17 June 1540
            Died 28 December 1592
            Married 16 June 1559 Dillenburg
        5. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 25 September 1542 Dillenburg
            Died 18 November 1603
        6. Ludwig I
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 7 December 1532 Wittgenstein
            Died 2 July 1605 Altenkirchen
            Married 14 January 1567 Laubach
        7. Countess Elisabeth zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 6 March 1549 Laubach
            Died 5 August 1599 Dillenburg
 
        8. Philipp I
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 23 February 1494
            Died 11 February 1581 Hungen
            Married 7 August 1534 Hungen
        9. Countess Anna von Tecklenburg
            Died 27 November 1554
       10. Wilhelm "the Rich"
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
            Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
            Married 20 September 1531
       11. Countess Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg
       12. Wilhelm I
            Count von Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 24 August 1485 Berleburg
            Died 18 April 1570 Wittgenstein
            Married 20 November 1522
       13. Johannetta von Isenburg-Neumagen
            Born 1500
            Died 8 August 1563
       14. Friedrich Magnus
            Count zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 1 October 1521
            Died 13 January 1561 Laubach
            Married 11 July 1545 Driedorf
       15. Countess Agnes zu Wied
            Died 24 March 1588 Sonnewalde
 
       16. Bernhard
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born August 1468
            Died 3 March 1547
            Married 4 November 1492 Hungen
       17. Countess Margarethe von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Died 20 February 1510
       18. Otto VIII
            Count von Tecklenburg
            Died 1534
            Married before 12 September 1499
       19. Irmgard von Rietberg
            Died 1540
       20. Johann V
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 9 November 1455 Breda, The Netherlands
            Died 30 July 1516 Dillenburg
            Married 11 February 1482 Marburg
       21. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen
            Born May 1466 Marburg
            Died 17 January 1523 Koeln
       22. Botho
            Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 4 January 1467 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1538 Stolberg
            Married 24 August 1500 Stolberg
       23. Countess Anna von Eppenstein-Koenigstein
            Born 1482
            Died 7 August 1538 Stolberg
       24. Eberhard I
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Died 1494
            Married before 1472
       25. Margarethe von Rodemachern
            Died 1504
       26. Salentin VI
            Count von Isenburg-Neumagen
            Died before 14 November 1536
            Married 11 September 1497
       27. Elisabeth von Hunolstein
            Heiress of Neumagen & Sankt-Johannisberg
            Died 11 November 1536
       28. Otto
            Count zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 11 May 1496 Lich
            Died 14 May 1522
            Married 7 September 1519 (Spangenberg?)
       29. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
            Died 12 May 1525 Rodelheim
       30. Johann III
            Count von Wied
            Born 1485
            Died 18 May 1533
            Married February 1506
       31. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 1488
            Died 3 June 1559 Dillenburg
 
       32. Otto II
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 22 November 1426
            Died 29 June 1504
            Married 12 June 1464 Mainz
       33. Countess Anna von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Died 1 March 1480
       34. Wilhelm III
            Count von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Born 12 March 1434
            Died 26 May 1480
            Married 5 November 1469
       35. Duchess Margarete of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1451
            Died 13 February 1509
       36. Nikolaus III
            Count von Tecklenburg
            Died 8 June 1508
            Married 1459
       37. Mathilde van Polanen
            Born circa 1440
            Died before 24 July 1512
       38. Johann I
            Count von Rietberg
            Died 16 February 1516
            Married circa 1470
       39. Margarete zur Lippe
            Died after 3 April 1527
       40. Johann IV
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 1 August 1410
            Died 3 February 1475 Dillenburg
            Married 7 February 1440
       41. Maria van Heinsberg
            Countess of Loon
            Born 1424
            Died 20 April 1502
       42. Heinrich III
            Landgraf von Hessen zu Marburg
            Born 15 October 1441 Spangenberg
            Died 13 January 1483 Marburg
            Married 30 August 1458 St.Goar
       43. Anna von Katzenelnbogen
            Born 5 September 1443
            Died 16 February 1494 Marburg
       44. Heinrich "der Aeltere"
            Count von Stolberg
            Born circa 1433
            Died 17 September 1511 Stolberg
            Married 1452
       45. Countess Margarethe von Mansfeld
       46. Philipp I
            Count von Eppenstein-Koenigstein
            Died 1481
       47. Countess Ludowika von der Marck
            Heiress of Rochefort, Montagu, Agimont
            Died 1524
       48. Georg I
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Died 1472
            Married before 9 March 1449
       49. Countess Elisabeth von der Mark
       50. Gerhard
            Herr von Rodemachern, Kronenburg & Neuerburg
            Died 1458 / 1459
            Married 1441
       51. Countess Margaretha von Nassau-Weilburg-
            Saarbruecken
            Born 26 April 1426
            Died 5 May 1490
       52. Gerlach II
            Count von Isenburg-Grenzau
            Died 1502
            Married 6 February 1455
       53. Hildegarde von Sirck
            Born circa 1436
            Died 1491
       54. Heinrich
            Herr von Hunolstein
            Died 24 February 1486
            Married 23 March 1466 *
       55. Elisabeth von Bolchen zu Zolveren
            Died 31 October 1506 / 27 August 1507
       56. Philipp
            Count zu Solms-Lich
            Born 15 August 1468
            Died 3 October 1544 Frankfurt am Main
            Married 15 February 1489
       57. Countess Adriana von Hanau-Muenzenberg
            Born 1 May 1470 Hanau
            Died 12 April 1524
       58. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       59. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       60. Friedrich von Runkel
            Count von Wied
            Died 31 August 1487
            Married 1454
       61. Countess Agnes von Virneburg
            Died 12 March 1478
       62. = 20        63. = 21
 
       64. Bernhard II
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Died 6 August 1459
            Married 6 July 1421
       65. Elisabeth von Isenburg-Buedingen
            Died 1 August 1451
       66. Johann
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1419
            Died 9 May 1480
            Married 17 June 1437 Breda
       67. Countess Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 2 February 1418
            Died 11 October 1472
       68. Wilhelm II
            Count von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Born 14 March 1415
            Died 8 January 1444
            Married 1432
       69. Countess Katarina von Hanau
            Born 21 January 1408
            Died 25 September 1460
       70. Heinrich "der Friedfertige"
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1411
            Died 7 December 1473
            Married 2 February 1436 Kleve
       71. Helene of Cleves
            Born 18 August 1423
            Died 3 July 1471
       72. Otto VII
            Count von Tecklenburg
            Died 1450
            Married circa 1428
       73. Ermengard von Hoya
            Died before 26 May 1439
       74. Willem II van Polanen
            Heer van Berg, Hedel, Millingen en Didam
            Born 22 February 1404
            Died 25 November 1465
            Married 10 November 1429
       75. Lutgardis/Liutgarde von Bentheim
            Died 21 May 1445
       76. Konrad V
            Count von Rietberg
            Died 1481
            Married before 24 June 1450
       77. Countess Jakoba von Neuenahr
            Abbess of Herford 1490
            Died 23 February 1492
       78. Bernhard VII "Bellicosus"
            Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Born 1429
            Died 2 April 1511
            Married before 18 November 1452
       79. Countess Anna von Holstein-Schauenburg
            Died 25 September 1495
       80. Engelbert I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1370
            Died 3 May 1442 Breda, The Netherlands
            Married 1 August 1403
       81. Johanna van Polanen
            Heiress of Breda, de Lek, Oosterhout, Niervaart
            Born 10 January 1392
            Died 15 May 1445 Breda
       82. Jan II van Heinsberg
            Heer van Dalenbrug, Heinsberg & Leeuwenberg
            Died 24 June 1438
            Married before 14 December 1423
       83. Countess Anna zu Solms-Braunfels
            heiress of Falkenstein & Koenigstein
            Born circa 1390
            Died 25 November 1433
       84. Ludwig I
            Landgraf von Hessen 1413-1458
            Born 6 February 1402 Spangenberg
            Died 17 January 1458 Spangenberg
            Married 8 September 1433 Kassel
       85. Anna of Saxony
            Born 5 June 1420
            Died 17 September 1462 Spangenberg
       86. Philipp "der Aeltere"
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born before 27 June 1402
            Died 28 July 1479
            Married 24 February 1422 Darmstadt
       87. Countess Anna von Wuerttemberg
            Born before 22 February 1408
            Died 16 April 1471 Waiblingen
       88. Bodo VII
            Count von Stolberg & Wernigerode
            Born before 1370
            Died 15 March 1455 Stolberg, Saxony
            Married 17 June 1435
       89. Countess Anna von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
            Born 26 January 1416 Arnstadt
            Died 24 December 1481 (Rossla, Saxony ?)
       90. Count Volrad I von Mansfeld
            Born 1380
            Died 1450
            Married 1435
       91. Duchess Margarete von Schlesien-Glogau in Sagan
            Died after 9 May 1491
       92. Eberhard III
            Herr von Eppenstein
            Died 1475
            Married 1438
       93. Countess Anna von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Died 1465
       94. Count Louis I von der Marck
            Sire de Rochefort et Agimont, Comte de Rochefort
            Died 1498
       95. Nicolaa d'Aspremont-Buzancy
            Died 1470
       96. Johann IV
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Homburg & Vallendar
            Married before 24 February 1391
       97. Countess Catharina zu Solms-Burgsolms
            Died after 2 September 1415
       98. Eberhard II von der Marck
            Sire de Sedan, Seigneur d'Arenberg
            Died 14 October 1440
            Married 15 November 1410
       99. Marie de Bracquemont
            Dame de Sedan
            Died 1415
      100. Johann III
            Herr von Rodemachern
            Died 1 October 1439
      101. Irmgard von Bolchen
      102. Philipp I
            Count von Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbruecken
            Born 1368
            Died 2 July 1429 Wiesbaden
            Married 8 May 1412
      103. Isabelle de Lorraine
            Born 1397
            Died 17 January 1455 Saarbruecken
      104. Gerlach I
            Count von Isenburg-Grenzau
            Died 1490
      105. Jutta von Eppenstein-Muenzenberg
      106. Arnold VII von Sirck
            Count von Moncler
            Died 1443
            Married 2 January 1434
      107. Eva von Dhaun
      108. Nikolaus VI von Hunolstein
            Died 1455
            Married circa 4 July 1414
      109. Demudis Kammerer von Worms gt Dalberg
            Died after 3 April 1455
      110. Johann von Bolchen
            Herr zu Zolveren
            Died circa 1466
            Married 24 July 1435
      111. Margareta von Elter
      112. Kuno
            Count zu Solms-Lich
            Died 23 May 1477 Koenigstein
            Married 16 October 1457
      113. Walpurgis
            Wild- und Rheingraefin zu Dhaun und Kyrburg
            Died 28 September 1493
      114. Philipp I
            Count von Hanau-Muenzenberg
            Born 21 September 1449
            Died 26 August 1500
            Married 12 September 1468
      115. Countess Adriana von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 7 February 1449 Breda, The Netherlands
            Died 15 January 1477
      116. Heinrich IV-II "der Dicke"
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1417
            Died 9 March 1477
            Married May 1432
      117. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 9 February 1420 Cadolzburg
            Died 19 January 1491
      118. Erich II
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born circa 1425
            Died 5 July 1474 Wolgast
            Married circa 11 November 1451
      119. Sophia von Pommern
            Born circa 1435
            Died 24 August 1494 Stolp
      120. Dietrich IV
            Count von Wied
            Died 1460
      121. Countess Anastasia von Isenburg-Wied
            Heiress of Wied
            Died after 27 March 1429
      122. Philipp I
            Count von Virneburg, Herr zu Falkenstein
            Died 1443
            Married 1419
      123. Catherine von Saffenberg
            Heiress of Neuenahr
            Born 1406
      124. = 40       125. = 41       126. = 42       127. = 43
 
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