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The Ancestors of
Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg
(6 generations)
1. Friedrich Wilhelm
Elector of Brandenburg 1640-1688
Born 6 February 1620 Berlin
Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam
2. Georg Wilhelm
Elector of Brandenburg 1619-1640
Born 13 November 1595 Berlin
Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen
Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg
3. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte
von der Pfalz
Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt
Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O.
4. Johann Sigismund
Elector von Brandenburg 1608-1619
Born 8 November 1572 Halle
Died 23 December 1619 Koeln a.d.Spree (Berlin)
Married 30 October 1594 Koenigsbergen
5. Duchess Anna of Prussia
Born 3 July 1576 Koenigsbergen
Died 9 April 1625 Berlin
6. Friedrich IV
Elector von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610
Born 5 March 1574 Amberg
Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg
Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg
7. Countess Louise Juliana
von Nassau
Born 31 March 1576 Delft
Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia
8. Joachim Friedrich
Elector of Brandenburg 1598-1608
Born 27 January 1546 Berlin
Died 28 July 1608 nr Koepenik
Married 8 January 1570 Kuestrin
9. Markgraefin Katharina
von Brandenburg-Kuestrin
Born 10 August 1549 Kuestrin
Died 10 October 1602 Berlin
10. Albrecht Friedrich
Duke of Prussia
Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
11. Marie Eleonore
Duchess of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
12. Ludwig VI
Elector von der Pfalz 1576-1583
Born 4 July 1539 Simmern
Died 22 October 1583 Heidelberg
Married 8 July 1560 Marburg
13. Landgraefin Elisabeth von
Hessen
Born 13 February 1539 Kassel
Died 14 March 1582 Heidelberg
14. Willem I "the Silent"
Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg
Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered)
Married 12 July 1575 Den Briel
15. Charlotte de Bourbon
Born circa 1546
Died 5 May 1582 Antwerpen
16. Johann Georg
Elector of Brandenburg 1571-1598
Born 11 September 1525
Died 18 January 1598 Berlin
Married 15 February 1545 Berlin
17. Duchess Sophie von Schlesien-Liegnitz
Born circa 1525
Died 6 February 1546 Berlin
18. Johann I
Markgraf von Brandenburg-Kuestrin
Born 3 August 1513 Tangermuende
Died 13 January 1571 Kuestrin
Married 31 December 1537 Wolfenbuettel
19. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
Born 1518 Wolfenbuettel
Died 16 May 1574 Krossen a.d.O.
20. Albrecht
Duke of Prussia
Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
Married 26 February 1550 Koenigsbergen
21. Duchess Anna Maria of Brunswick-Kalenberg
Born 1532
Died 20 March 1568 Koenigsbergen
22. 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
23. Archduchess Maria of Austria
Born 15 May 1531 Prag
Died 11 December 1581 Hambach
24. Friedrich III
Elector von der Pfalz 1559-1576
Born 14 February 1515 Simmern
Died 26 October 1576 Heidelberg
Married 12 June 1537 Crailsheim
25. Markgraefin Marie von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Born 14 October 1519
Died 31 October 1567 Heidelberg
26. 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
27. Duchess Christine of Saxony
Born 25 December 1505
Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
28. Wilhelm "the Rich"
Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
Married 20 September 1531
29. Countess Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg
Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg
30. Louis III de Bourbon
Duc de Montpensier
Born 10 June 1513
Died 23 September 1582 Chateau de Champagny
Married August 1538
31. Jacqueline de Longvy
2.Comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine
Died 28 August 1561
32. Joachim II
Elector of Brandenburg 1535-1571
Born 9 January 1505
Died 3 January 1571 Kopeninck
Married 6 November 1524 Dresden
33. Duchess Magdalene of Saxony
Born 7 March 1507 Dresden
Died 25 January 1534 (Berlin?)
34. Friedrich II von Schlesien
Duke von Liegnitz & Wohlau
Born 12 February 1480
Died 17 September 1547 Liegnitz
Married 14 November 1518 Liegnitz
35. Markgraefin Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born 10 March 1485 Ansbach
Died 24 May 1537
36. Joachim I
Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
Born 21 February 1484
Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
37. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
38. Heinrich II
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
Born 10 November 1489
Died 11 June 1568 Wolfenbuettel
Married 1 January 1515 Wolfenbuettel
39. Marie von Wuerttemberg
Born 15 August 1496 Urach
Died 28 December 1541
40. 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
41. Sofie of Poland
Born 6 April 1464
Died 5 October 1512
42. Erich I
Duke von Brunswick zu Kalenberg
Born 16 February 1470
Died 30 July 1540
Married 12 March 1525
43. Markgraefin Elisabeth von
Brandenburg
Born 24 August 1510
Died 25 May 1558
44. Johann III
Duke of Cleves 1521-1539 Juelich & Berg 1524-1539
Born 10 November 1490
Died 6 February 1539
Married 1 October 1510
45. Marie von Juelich und Berg
Born 3 August 1491
Died 19 August 1543
46. Ferdinand I
Holy Roman Emperor 1556-1564
Born 10 March 1503 Alcala de Henares
Died 25 July 1564 Wien
Married 25 May 1521 Linz
47. Princess Anna Jagiello of
Hungary
Born 23 June 1503 Ofen
Died 27 January 1547 Prag
48. Johann II
Pfalzgraf von Simmern 1509-1557
Born 21 March 1492 Simmern
Died 18 May 1557 Simmern
Married 1508 (Heidelberg?)
49. Markgraefin Beatrix von Baden
Born 22 January 1492
Died 4 April 1535
50. Markgraf Kasimir von Brandenburg
zu Kulmbach
Born 27 September 1481
Died 21 September 1527 Ofen an der Ruhr
Married 25 August 1518 Augsburg
51. Duchess Susanne of Bavaria
Born 2 April 1502
Died 23 April 1543 Neuburg a.Donau
52. Wilhelm II
Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509
Born circa 29 March 1469
Died 11 July 1509 Kassel
Married 20 October 1500 Kassel
53. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
Died 12 May 1525 Rodelheim
54. Georg
Duke of Saxony 1500-1539
Born 27 August 1471 Meissen
Died 17 April 1539 Dresden
Married 21 November 1496 Leipzig
55. Barbara of Poland
Born 15 July 1478 Sandomir
Died 15 February 1534 Leipzig
56. Johann V
Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
Born 9 November 1455 Breda, The Netherlands
Died 30 July 1516 Dillenburg
Married 11 February 1482 Marburg
57. Landgraefin Elisabeth von
Hessen
Born May 1466 Marburg
Died 17 January 1523 Koeln
58. Botho
Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Born 4 January 1467 Stolberg
Died 18 June 1538 Stolberg
Married 24 August 1500 Stolberg
59. Countess Anna von Eppenstein-Konigstein
Born 1482
Died 7 August 1538 Stolberg
60. Louis de Bourbon
Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon
Born 1473
Died 1520
Married 21 March 1504 Moulins
61. Louise de Bourbon
Comtesse de Montpensier
Died 5 July 1561
62. Jean IV de Longvy
Seigneur de Givry, Baron de Pagny et de Mirebeau
Died 1520 / 1521
63. Jeanne legitimee d'Angouleme
1.Comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine
Died after 1531
64. = 36
65. = 37 66. = 54
67. = 55
68. Friedrich I
Duke von Schlesien zu Liegnitz und Brieg
Born 3 May 1446
Died 9 May 1488
Married 5 September 1474
69. Ludmilla of Bohemia
Born 16 October 1456
Died 20 January 1503
70. = 40
71. = 41
72. Johann Cicero
Elector of Brandenburg 1486-1499
Born 2 August 1455 Ansbach
Died 9 January 1499 Arneburg
Married 25 August 1476 Berlin
73. Margarete of Saxony
Born 1449 Weimar
Died 13 July 1501 Spandau
74. Hans
King of Denmark and Norway 1481-1513
Born 8 July 1455 Copenhagen
Died 20 February 1513 Alborg
Married 6 September 1478 Copenhagen
75. Duchess Christine of Saxony
Born circa 1461 Torzau
Died 8 December 1521 Odense
76. Heinrich I "the Bad"
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
Born 24 June 1463
Died 23 June 1514 Leer, East-Friesland in battle
Married August 1486
77. Katharina von Pommern
Born circa 1465
Died 1526
78. Heinrich
Count von Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard
Born 7 September 1448
Died 16 April 1519 Hohen-Urach
Married 21 July 1488
79. Eva von Salm
Died 26 April 1521
80. Albrecht Achilles
Elector of Brandenburg 1470-1486
Born 24 November 1414 Tangermuende
Died 11 March 1486 Frankfurt am Main
Married 12 November 1458
81. Duchess Anna of Saxony
Born 7 March 1437
Died 31 October 1512
82. 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
83. Elisabeth of Austria
Born 1437
Died 30 August 1505 Cracow
84. Wilhelm II
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
Born circa 1426
Died 7 July 1503 Burg Hardegsen
Married circa 8 November 1457
85. Countess Elisabeth zu Stolberg
Born 7 May 1444
Died circa 2 June 1520
86. = 36
87. = 37
88. Johann II "der Kindermacher"
Duke of Cleves 1481-1521
Born 13 April 1458
Died 15 March 1521
Married 3 November 1489
89. Mathilde von Hessen
Born July 1473
Died 19 February 1505
90. Wilhelm III
Duke of Juelich & Berg 1475-1511
Born 9 January 1455
Died 6 September 1511
Married 8 July 1481
91. Markgraefin Sibylle von Brandenburg
Born 31 May 1467
Died 9 July 1524
92. Archduke Philip of Austria
King of Castile 1504-1506
Born 22 June 1478 Brugge
Died 25 September 1506 Burgos
Married 22 October 1496 Lier (in person)
93. Infanta Juana of Aragon
Born 6 November 1479 Toledo
Died 12 April 1555 Castle Tordesillas, Valladolid
94. Wladislaw Jagiello
King of Hungary 1490-1516 and Bohemia 1471-1516
Born 1 March 1456 Krakow
Died 13 March 1516 Buda
Married 6 October 1502 Buda
95. Anne de Foix
Born 1484
Died 26 July 1506 Buda
96. Johann I
Pfalzgraf von Simmern, Graf von Sponheim
Born 15 May 1459
Died 27 January 1509 Starkenburg
Married 29 September 1481
97. Countess Susanne von Nassau-Saarbruecken
Born 14 April 1464
Died 7 May 1521
98. Christoph I
Markgraf von Baden
Born 13 November 1453
Died 19 April 1527 Castle Hohenbaden
Married 19 December 1468
99. Countess Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen
baptised 22 March 1453 Darmstadt
Died 15 August 1517 Baden
100. = 40
101. = 41
102. Albrecht IV "der Weise"
Duke of Bavaria 1469-1508
Born 15 December 1447 Muenchen
Died 18 June 1508 Muenchen
Married 3 January 1487 Innsbruck
103. Archduchess Kunigunde of Austria
Born 16 March 1465 Wiener Neustadt
Died 6 August 1520 Muenchen
104. Ludwig II
Landgraf von Hessen 1458-1471
Born 7 September 1438
Died 8 November 1471 Reichenbach
Married 1453
105. Mechtild von Wuerttemberg
Born 1436 Urach
Died 6 June 1495 Rotenburg, Hessen
106. Magnus II
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
Born 1441
Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
107. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
108. 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
109. Sidonia of Bohemia
Born 14 November 1449
Died 1 February 1510 Tharandt
110. = 82
111. = 83
112. Johann IV
Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
Born 1 August 1410
Died 3 February 1475 Dillenburg
Married 7 February 1440
113. Maria van Heinsberg
Countess of Loon
Born 1424
Died 20 April 1502
114. Heinrich III
Landgraf von Hessen zu Marburg
Born 15 October 1441 Spangenberg
Died 13 January 1483 Marburg
Married 30 August 1458 St.Goar
115. Anna von Katzenelnbogen
Born 5 September 1443
Died 16 February 1494 Marburg
116. Heinrich "der Aeltere"
Count von Stolberg
Born circa 1433
Died 17 September 1511 Stolberg
Married 1452
117. Countess Margarethe von Mansfeld
118. Philipp I
Count von Eppenstein-Konigstein
Died 1481
119. Countess Ludowika von der Marck
heiress of Rochefort, Montagu, Agimont
Died 1524
120. Jean II de Bourbon
Comte de Vendome
Born 1426
Died 6 January 1478 Chateau Lavardain, Vendome
Married 9 November 1454 Angers
121. Isabella de Beauvau
Dame de Champigny et de La Roche-sur-Yon
Born 1436
Died circa 1474
122. Gilbert de Bourbon
Comte de Montpensier
Born circa 1443
Died 5 October 1496 Pozzuolo
Married 24 February 1481
123. Clara Gonzaga
Born 1 July 1464
Died 2 June 1503
124. Philippe de Longvy
Seigneur de Pagny, Givry et Longepierre
Born 1447
Died 1493
Married 4 October 1481
125. Jeanne de Bauffremont
Dame de Mirebeau, de La Borde, de Ruigny
Died 1508
126. Charles d'Orleans
Comte d'Angouleme
Born 1459
Died 1 January 1496 Chateauneuf-en-Angoumois
127. Antoinette de Polignac
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