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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(6 generations)


        1. Christian Ludwig II
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1747-1756
            Born 15 May 1683 Grabow
            Died 30 May 1756 Schwerin
 
        2. Friedrich I
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 13 February 1638 Schwerin
            Died 28 April 1688 Grabow
            Married 28 May 1671 Weferlingen
        3. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Homburg
            Born 30 June 1653 Bingenheim
            Died 16 May 1722 Grabow
 
        4. Adolf Friedrich I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
            Married 25 February 1635 Schwerin
        5. Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg
            Died 1 July 1665 Grabow
        6. Wilhelm Christoph
            Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg-Bingenheim 1648-1681
            Born 13 November 1625 Ober-Rosbach
            Died 27 August 1681 Hamburg
            Married 21 April 1650 Darmstadt
        7. Landgraefin Sofie Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 7 January 1634 Darmstadt
            Died 7 October 1663 Darmstadt
 
        8. Johann V-VII
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
            Married 17 February 1588
        9. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin
       10. Julius Ernst
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 March 1571 Dannenberg
            Died 26 October 1636 Dannenberg
            Married 1 September 1614
       11. Countess Marie von Ostfriesland
            Born 1 May 1582
            Died 10 July 1616 (Dannenberg?)
       12. Friedrich I
            Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg 1622-1638
            Born 5 March 1585 Castle Lichtenberg
            Died 9 May 1638 Homburg v.d.Hohe
            Married 10 August 1622 Butzbach
       13. Countess Margarethe zu Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 30 June 1604 Schadeck a.d.Lahn
            Died 13 August 1667 Wiesenburg
       14. Georg II "der Gelehrte"
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1626-1661
            Born 17 March 1605 Darmstadt
            Died 11 June 1661 Darmstadt
            Married 1 April 1627 Torgau
       15. Duchess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony
            Born 23 November 1609 Dresden
            Died 2 June 1671 Darmstadt
 
       16. Johann Albrecht I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow and Schwerin
            Born 23 December 1525 Guestrow
            Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
            Married 24 February 1555 Koenigsberg
       17. Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia
            Born 11 June 1527 Koenigsbergen
            Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
       18. Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586
            Born 25 January 1526 Flensburg
            Died 11 October 1586 Gottorp
            Married 16 December 1564 Gottorp
       19. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen
            Born 29 June 1543 Kassel
            Died 23 May 1604 Kiel
       20. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg
       21. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 1545 Lauenburg
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck
       22. Edzard II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1540-1561-1599
            Born 20 June 1532
            Died 1 March 1599
            Married 1 October 1559
       23. Princess Catharina of Sweden
            Born 6 June 1539 Stockholm
            Died 21 December 1610 Berum
       24. Georg I
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 10 September 1547 Kassel
            Died 7 February 1596 Darmstadt
            Married 17 August 1572 Kassel
       25. Countess Magdalene zur Lippe
            Born 24 February 1552 Detmold
            Died 26 February 1587 Darmstadt
       26. Christoph
            Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 30 September 1575
            Died 1635
            Married 25 August 1601
       27. Anna Maria Ungnadin
            Freiin von Sonnegg
            Born 29 March 1573
            Died 1606
       28. Ludwig V "der Getreue"
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1596-1626
            Born 24 September 1577 Darmstadt
            Died 27 July 1626 Darmstadt
            Married 5 June 1598 Berlin
       29. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg
            Born 7 January 1582 Berlin
            Died 4 May 1616 Darmstadt
       30. Johann Georg I
            Elector of Saxony 1611-1656
            Born 5 March 1585 Dresden
            Died 8 October 1656 Dresden
            Married 19 July 1607 Torgau
       31. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle in Prussia
            Born 9 January 1587 Koenigsberg
            Died 22 February 1659 Dresden
 
       32. 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
       33. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
       34. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 1 July 1526 Koenigsbergen
       35. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
            Born 1 August 1504 (Gottorp?)
            Died 11 April 1547 Koenigsbergen
       36. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 9 October 1518 Kiel
       37. Sophie von Pommern
            Born 1498
            Died 13 May 1568 Kiel
       38. 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
       39. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born 25 December 1505
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
       40. Ernst "the Confessor"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 26 June 1497 Velzen
            Died 11 January 1546 Celle
            Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin
       41. Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin
            Died 17 June 1541 Celle
       42. Franz I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1543-1581
            Born 1510
            Died 19 March 1581 Buxtehude
            Married 8 February 1540 Dresden
       43. Duchess Sibylle of Saxony
            Born 2 May 1515 Freiburg
            Died 28 July 1592 Lauenburg
       44. Enno II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1528-1540
            Born 1505
            Died 24 September 1540
            Married 6 March 1530
       45. Countess Anna von Oldenburg
            Regent of Ostfriesland 1540-1561
            Born 14 November 1501
            Died 10 November 1575
       46. Gustaf I Eriksson
            King of Sweden 1523-1560
            Born 12 May 1496 Lindholmen
            Died 29 September 1560 Stockholm
            Married 1 October 1536 Upsala
       47. Margaretha Leijonhufvud
            Born 1 January 1514 Ekeberg
            Died 26 August 1551 Tynnelso
       48. = 38        49. = 39
       50. Bernhard VIII
            Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Born 6 December 1527 Detmold
            Died 15 April 1563 Detmold
            Married after 18 May 1550
       51. Countess Katharina zu Waldeck-Eisenberg
            Born circa 1524
            Died 18 June 1583 Brake
       52. Georg I
            Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg in Schaumburg
            Born 23 April 1533
            Died 9 April 1586
            Married 24 May 1570
       53. Countess Margaretha von Isenburg-Buedingen
             zu Birstein
            Born 1542
            Died 17 July 1613
       54. Simeon Ungnad
            Freiherr von Sonnegg
            Died 1603 / 1607
            Married 13 April 1572
       55. Katharina von Plesse
            Born 16 August 1533
       56. = 24        57. = 25
       58. Johann Georg
            Elector of Brandenburg 1571-1598
            Born 11 September 1525
            Died 18 January 1598 Berlin
            Married 6 October 1577 Letzlingen
       59. Princess Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 5 September 1563 Zerbst
            Died 5 October 1607 Krossen
       60. Christian I
            Elector of Saxony 1586-1591
            Born 29 October 1560 Dresden
            Died 25 September 1591 Dresden
            Married 25 April 1582 Dresden
       61. Markgraefin Sofie von Brandenburg
            Born 6 June 1568 Zechlin
            Died 7 December 1622 Dresden
       62. Albrecht Friedrich
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
            Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
            Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
       63. Marie Eleonore
            Duchess of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
            Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
            Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
 
       64. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       65. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       66. Joachim I
            Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
            Born 21 February 1484
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
       67. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
       68. 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
       69. Sofie of Poland
            Born 6 April 1464
            Died 5 October 1512
       70. = 36
       71. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
       72. Christian I
            King of Denmark 1448-1481, Norway 1449-1481
            Born February 1426 Oldenburg
            Died 21 May 1481 Copenhagen
            Married 28 October 1449 Copenhagen
       73. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1430
            Died 25 November 1495 Kalundborg
       74. Bogislaw X "the Great"
            Duke of Pommern
            Born 3 June 1454 Stolp
            Died 5 October 1523 Stettin
            Married 2 February 1491 Stettin
       75. Anna of Poland
            Born 12 March 1476 Nessau
            Died 12 August 1503 Ueckermunde
       76. Wilhelm II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509
            Born circa 29 March 1469
            Died 11 July 1509 Kassel
            Married 20 October 1500 Kassel
       77. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
            Died 12 May 1525 Rodelheim
       78. Georg
            Duke of Saxony 1500-1539
            Born 27 August 1471 Meissen
            Died 17 April 1539 Dresden
            Married 21 November 1496 Leipzig
       79. Barbara of Poland
            Born 15 July 1478 Sandomir
            Died 15 February 1534 Leipzig
       80. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1471-1486-1520
            Born 1468
            Died 19 February 1532
            Married 27 February 1487
       81. Duchess Margarethe of Saxony
            Born 4 August 1469
            Died 7 December 1528 Weimar
       82. Heinrich V-III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 3 May 1479
            Died 6 February 1552 Schwerin
            Married 16 February 1507
       83. Markgraefin Ursula von Brandenburg
            Born 17 October 1488 (Berlin ?)
            Died 18 September 1510 Guestrow
       84. Magnus I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543
            Born circa 1470
            Died 1 August 1543 Ratzeburg
            Married 20 November 1509 Wolfenbuettel
       85. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1488
            Died 19 June 1563
       86. Heinrich V "the Pious"
            Duke of Saxony 1539-1541
            Born 16 March 1473 Dresden
            Died 18 August 1541 Dresden
            Married 6 July 1512 Freiberg
       87. Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1487
            Died 6 June 1561 Wolkenstein
       88. Edzard I
            Count von Ostfriesland 1491-1528
            Born 15 February 1462
            Died 15 February 1528
            Married 8 July 1498
       89. Countess Elisabeth von Rietberg
            Died 13 July 1512
       90. Johann XIV
            Count von Oldenburg
            Born 1460
            Died 10 February 1526
            Married 1498
       91. Anna von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Died 10 October 1531
       92. Erik Johansson (Vasa)
            Born 1470
            Died 8 November 1520 Stockholm (beheaded)
       93. Cecilia Mansdotter (Ekaatten)
            Died circa 1523
       94. Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud pa Loholmen
            Governor of Westergotland
            Born after 1 July 1471
            Died 8 November 1520 Stockholm (beheaded)
            Married 18 January 1512 Soderkoping
       95. Ebba Eriksdotter (Vasa)
            Died 22 November 1549
       96. = 76        97. = 77        98. = 78        99. = 79
      100. Simon V
            Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Born 1471
            Died 17 September 1536
            Married 1523
      101. Countess Magdalena von Mansfeld
            Died 23 January 1540
      102. Philipp III
            Count von Waldeck
            Born 9 December 1486
            Died 20 June 1539
            Married 1518
      103. Anna of Cleves
            Born 21 May 1495
            Died 24 May 1567
      104. Kuno II
            Count von Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 27 September 1487
            Died 23 November 1547
            Married 14 July 1523
      105. Countess Maria (Margarethe) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 8 December 1507
            Died 6 January 1571
      106. Reinhard
            Count von Isenburg-Buedingen zu Birstein
            Born 1518
            Died 28 February 1568
            Married 1542
      107. Countess Elisabeth von Waldeck
            Born 10 December 1525
            Died 30 March 1543
      108. Johann Ungnad
            Freiherr zu Sonnegg
            Born 1493
            Died 27 December 1564
      109. Freiin Anna Maria von Thurn auf Friedrichstein
            Died before 1 July 1555
      110. Dietrich IV
            Herr von Plesse
            Born 1499
            Died 23 May 1571
            Married 25 July 1529
      111. Katharina Reuss
            Died after 1552
      112. = 38       113. = 39       114. = 50       115. = 51
      116. Joachim II
            Elector of Brandenburg 1535-1571
            Born 9 January 1505
            Died 3 January 1571 Kopeninck
            Married 6 November 1524 Dresden
      117. Duchess Magdalene of Saxony
            Born 7 March 1507 Dresden
            Died 25 January 1534 (Berlin?)
      118. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 25 February 1560 Dessau
      119. Countess Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 23 June 1540 Barby
            Died 27 November 1569 Bernburg
      120. August
            Elector of Saxony 1553-1586
            Born 31 July 1526 Freiberg
            Died 11 February 1586 Dresden
            Married 7 October 1548 Torgau
      121. Princess Anna of Denmark
            Born 25 November 1532 Haderslev
            Died 1 October 1585 Dresden
      122. = 58
      123. Markgraefin Sabine von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 12 May 1529 Ansbach
            Died 2 November 1575 Berlin
      124. = 34
      125. Duchess Anna Maria of Brunswick-Kalenberg
            Born 1532
            Died 20 March 1568 Koenigsbergen
      126. Wilhelm III "the Rich"
            Duke of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
            Born 28 July 1516 Duesseldorf
            Died 5 January 1592 Duesseldorf
            Married 18 July 1546 Regensburg
      127. Archduchess Maria of Austria
            Born 15 May 1531 Prag
            Died 11 December 1581 Hambach
 
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