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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 


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



        1. Friedrich I
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 13 February 1638 Schwerin
            Died 28 April 1688 Grabow

        2. Adolf Friedrich I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
            Married 25 February 1635 Schwerin
        3. Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg
            Died 1 July 1665 Grabow
 

        4. Johann V-VII
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
            Married 17 February 1588
        5. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin
        6. Julius Ernst
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 March 1571 Dannenberg
            Died 26 October 1636 Dannenberg
            Married 1 September 1614
        7. Countess Marie von Ostfriesland
            Born 1 May 1582
            Died 10 July 1616 (Dannenberg?)

        8. Johann Albrecht I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow and Schwerin
            Born 23 December 1525 Guestrow
            Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
            Married 24 February 1555 Koenigsbergen
        9. Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia
            Born 11 June 1527 Koenigsbergen
            Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
       10. Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586
            Born 25 January 1526 Flensburg
            Died 11 October 1586 Gottorp
            Married 16 December 1564 Gottorp
       11. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen
            Born 29 June 1543 Kassel
            Died 23 May 1604 Kiel
       12. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg
       13. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 1545 Lauenburg
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck
       14. Edzard II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1540-1561-1599
            Born 20 June 1532
            Died 1 March 1599
            Married 1 October 1559
       15. Princess Catharina of Sweden
            Born 6 June 1539 Stockholm
            Died 21 December 1610 Berum

       16. 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
       17. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
       18. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 1 July 1526 Koenigsbergen
       19. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
            Born 1 August 1504 (Gottorp?)
            Died 11 April 1547 Koenigsbergen
       20. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 9 October 1518 Kiel
       21. Sophie von Pommern
            Born 1498
            Died 13 May 1568 Kiel
       22. 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
       23. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born 25 December 1505
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
       24. Ernst "the Confessor"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 26 June 1497 Velzen
            Died 11 January 1546 Celle
            Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin
       25. Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin
            Died 17 June 1541 Celle
       26. Franz I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1543-1581
            Born 1510
            Died 19 March 1581 Buxtehude
            Married 8 February 1540 Dresden
       27. Duchess Sibylle of Saxony
            Born 2 May 1515 Freiburg
            Died 28 July 1592 Lauenburg
       28. Enno II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1528-1540
            Born 1505
            Died 24 September 1540
            Married 6 March 1530
       29. Countess Anna von Oldenburg
            Regent of Ostfriesland 1540-1561
            Born 14 November 1501
            Died 10 November 1575
       30. Gustaf I Eriksson
            King of Sweden 1523-1560
            Born 12 May 1496 Lindholmen
            Died 29 September 1560 Stockholm
            Married 1 October 1536 Upsala
       31. Margaretha Leijonhufvud
            Born 1 January 1514 Ekeberg
            Died 26 August 1551 Tynnelso

       32. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       33. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       34. Joachim I
            Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
            Born 21 February 1484
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
       35. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
       36. 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
       37. Sofie of Poland
            Born 6 April 1464
            Died 5 October 1512
       38. = 20
       39. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
       40. Christian I
            King of Denmark 1448-1481, Norway 1449-1481
            Born February 1426 Oldenburg
            Died 21 May 1481 Copenhagen
            Married 28 October 1449 Copenhagen
       41. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1430
            Died 25 November 1495 Kalundborg
       42. Bogislaw X "the Great"
            Duke of Pommern
            Born 3 June 1454 Stolp
            Died 5 October 1523 Stettin
            Married 2 February 1491 Stettin
       43. Anna of Poland
            Born 12 March 1476 Nessau
            Died 12 August 1503 Ueckermunde
       44. Wilhelm II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509
            Born circa 29 March 1469
            Died 11 July 1509 Kassel
            Married 20 October 1500 Kassel
       45. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
            Died 12 May 1525 Rodelheim
       46. Georg
            Duke of Saxony 1500-1539
            Born 27 August 1471 Meissen
            Died 17 April 1539 Dresden
            Married 21 November 1496 Leipzig
       47. Barbara of Poland
            Born 15 July 1478 Sandomir
            Died 15 February 1534 Leipzig
       48. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1471-1486-1520
            Born 1468
            Died 19 February 1532
            Married 27 February 1487
       49. Duchess Margarethe of Saxony
            Born 4 August 1469
            Died 7 December 1528 Weimar
       50. Heinrich V-III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 3 May 1479
            Died 6 February 1552 Schwerin
            Married 16 February 1507
       51. Markgraefin Ursula von Brandenburg
            Born 17 October 1488 (Berlin ?)
            Died 18 September 1510 Guestrow
       52. Magnus I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543
            Born circa 1470
            Died 1 August 1543 Ratzeburg
            Married 20 November 1509 Wolfenbuettel
       53. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1488
            Died 19 June 1563
       54. Heinrich V "the Pious"
            Duke of Saxony 1539-1541
            Born 16 March 1473 Dresden
            Died 18 August 1541 Dresden
            Married 6 July 1512 Freiberg
       55. Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1487
            Died 6 June 1561 Wolkenstein
       56. Edzard I
            Count von Ostfriesland 1491-1528
            Born 15 February 1462
            Died 15 February 1528
            Married 8 July 1498
       57. Countess Elisabeth von Rietberg
            Died 13 July 1512
       58. Johann XIV
            Count von Oldenburg
            Born 1460
            Died 10 February 1526
            Married 1498
       59. Anna von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Died 10 October 1531
       60. Erik Johansson (Vasa)
            Born 1470
            Died 8 November 1520 Stockholm (beheaded)
       61. Cecilia Mansdotter (Ekaatten)
            Died circa 1523
       62. Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud pa Loholmen
            Governor of Westergotland
            Born after 1 July 1471
            Died 8 November 1520 Stockholm (beheaded)
            Married 18 January 1512 Soderkoping
       63. Ebba Eriksdotter (Vasa)
            Died 22 November 1549

       64. Heinrich IV-II 'der Dicke'
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1417
            Died 9 March 1477
            Married May 1432
       65. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 9 February 1420 Cadolzburg
            Died 19 January 1491
       66. Erich II
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born circa 1425
            Died 5 July 1474 Wolgast
            Married circa 11 November 1451
       67. Sophia von Pommern
            Born circa 1435
            Died 24 August 1494 Stolp
       68. Johann Cicero
            Elector of Brandenburg 1486-1499
            Born 2 August 1455 Ansbach
            Died 9 January 1499 Arneburg
            Married 25 August 1476 Berlin
       69. Margarete of Saxony
            Born 1449 Weimar
            Died 13 July 1501 Spandau
       70. Hans
            King of Denmark and Norway 1481-1513
            Born 8 July 1455 Copenhagen
            Died 20 February 1513 Alborg
            Married 6 September 1478 Copenhagen
       71. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born circa 1461 Torzau
            Died 8 December 1521 Odense
       72. Albrecht Achilles
            Elector of Brandenburg 1470-1486
            Born 24 November 1414 Tangermuende
            Died 11 March 1486 Frankfurt am Main
            Married 12 November 1458
       73. Duchess Anna of Saxony
            Born 7 March 1437
            Died 31 October 1512
       74. 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
       75. Elisabeth of Austria
            Born 1437
            Died 30 August 1505 Cracow
       76. = 40        77. = 41        78. = 68        79. = 69
       80. Dietrich II "the Fortunate"
            Count von Oldenburg, Count von Delmenhorst
            Born circa 1390
            Died 22 January 1440 Delmenhorst
            Married 23 November 1423
       81. Countess Heilwig von Holstein
            Born circa 1400
            Died circa 1436
       82. Johann "der Alchimist"
            Markgraf von Brandenburg
            Born 1406
            Died 16 November 1464 Baiersdorf
            Married 26 May 1412 (1416?)
       83. Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
            Born circa 1405
            Died 10 October 1465 Castle Bayreuth
       84. = 66        85. = 67        86. = 74        87. = 75
       88. Ludwig II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1458-1471
            Born 7 September 1438
            Died 8 November 1471 Reichenbach
            Married 1453
       89. Mechtild von Wuerttemberg
            Born 1436 Urach
            Died 6 June 1495 Rotenburg, Hessen
       90. = 32        91. = 33
       92. 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
       93. Sidonia of Bohemia
            Born 14 November 1449
            Died 1 February 1510 Tharandt
       94. = 74        95. = 75
       96. Otto II "The Magnanimous"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1464-1471
            Born 1439
            Died 8 January 1471
            Married October 1467
       97. Countess Anna von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1441
            Died 8 April 1514 Celle
       98. Ernst
            Elector of Saxony 1464-1486
            Born 24 March 1441 Meissen
            Died 26 August 1486 Colditz
            Married 19 November 1460 Leipzig
       99. Elisabeth of Bavaria
            Born 2 February 1443 Muenchen
            Died 5 March 1484 Leipzig
      100. = 32       101. = 33       102. = 68       103. = 69
      104. Johann V
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1464-1507
            Born 18 July 1439
            Died 15 August 1507
            Married 12 February 1464 Lauenburg
      105. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1446 (Berlin?)
            Died March 1519 (Lauenburg?)
      106. Heinrich I "the Bad"
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 24 June 1463
            Died 23 June 1514 Leer, East-Friesland in battle
            Married August 1486
      107. Katharina von Pommern
            Born circa 1465
            Died 1526
      108. = 92       109. = 93       110. = 32       111. = 33
      112. Ulrich I Cirkensa
            Count von Ostfriesland
            Died 27 September 1466
            Married 27 May 1453
      113. Theda Ukena
            Born circa 1434
            Died 17 September 1494
      114. Johann I
            Count von Rietberg
            Died 16 February 1516
            Married circa 1470
      115. Margarete zur Lippe
            Died after 3 April 1527
      116. Gerhard VI
            Count von Oldenburg & Delmenhorst
            Born 1430
            Died 22 February 1500
            Married May 1453
      117. Adelheid von Tecklenburg
            Died 2 March 1477
      118. Georg I
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born circa 1390
            Died 21 September 1474
            Married circa 7 September 1453 latest 25 July 1458
      119. Countess Anna von Lindau-Ruppin
            Born circa 1430
            Died 9 July 1511
      120. Johan Christiansson (Vasa) pa Rydboholm
            Born circa 1430
            Died 12 April 1477
      121. Britta Gustavsdotter Sture
            Died 1472
      122. Magnus Carlsson pa Eka
      123. Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Baner) pa Lindholmen
            Died 1527
      124. Abraham Kristiernsson (Leijonhufvud) pa Ekeberg
            Died circa 1 June 1496
            Married 1470 / 1471
      125. Britta Magnusdotter (Natt och Dag)
            Died 1509 / 1512
      126. Erik Karlsson (Vasa) pa Norrby
            Died 20 March 1491 (shot)
            Married 30 June 1488
      127. Anna Karlsdotter (Vinstorpaatten)
            Died 1552

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