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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of Friedrich Franz I
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(6 generations)


        1. Friedrich Franz I
            Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 10 December 1756 Schwerin
            Died 1 February 1837 Ludwigslust
 
        2. Duke Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 6 August 1725 Grabow
            Died 12 September 1778 Schwerin
            Married 13 May 1755 Schwerin
        3. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 24 September 1731 Coburg
            Died 2 August 1810 Schwerin

        4. Christian Ludwig II
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1747-1756
            Born 15 May 1683 Grabow
            Died 30 May 1756 Schwerin
            Married 13 November 1714 Guestrow
        5. Duchess Gustave Karoline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 12 July 1694 Neustrelitz
            Died 13 April 1748 Schwerin
        6. Franz Josias
            Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg 1729-1764
            Born 25 September 1697 Saalfeld
            Died 16 September 1764 Rodach
            Married 2 January 1723 Rudolstadt
        7. Princess Anna Sophie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
            Born 9 September 1700 Rathsfeld
            Died 11 December 1780 Castle Romhild
 
        8. Friedrich I
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 13 February 1638 Schwerin
            Died 28 April 1688 Grabow
            Married 28 May 1671 Weferlingen
        9. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Homburg
            Born 30 June 1653 Bingenheim
            Died 16 May 1722 Grabow
       10. Adolf Friedrich II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1708
            Born 19 October 1658 Grabow
            Died 12 May 1708 Strelitz
            Married 24 September 1684 Guestrow
       11. Duchess Marie von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 19 July 1659 Guestrow
            Died 16 January 1701 Strelitz
       12. Johann Ernst
            Duke of Saxe zu Saalfeld Coburg
            Born 22 August 1658 Gotha
            Died 17 December 1729 Saalfeld
            Married 2 December 1690 Maastricht
       13. Countess Charlotte Johanna von Waldeck
            Born 13 December 1664 Arolsen
            Died 1 February 1699 Hildburghausen
       14. Ludwig Friedrich I
            Fuerst von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
            Born 15 October 1667 Rudolstadt
            Died 24 June 1718 Rudolstadt
            Married 15 October 1691 Gotha
       15. Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 22 December 1670 Gotha
            Died 28 December 1728 Rudolstadt
 
       16. Adolf Friedrich I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
            Married 25 February 1635 Schwerin
       17. Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg
            Died 1 July 1665 Grabow
       18. 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
       19. Landgraefin Sofie Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 7 January 1634 Darmstadt
            Died 7 October 1663 Darmstadt
       20. = 16        21. = 17
       22. Gustav Adolf
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1654-1695
            Born 25 February 1633 Guestrow
            Died 5 November 1695 Guestrow
            Married 28 November 1654 Gottorp
       23. Princess Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 24 November 1631 Gottorp
            Died 22 September 1719 Guestrow
       24. Ernst I "the Pious"
            Duke of Saxe-Gotha 1641-1675
            Born 25 December 1601 Castle Altenburg
            Died 26 March 1675 Castle Friedenstein, Gotha
            Married 24 October 1636 Altenburg
       25. Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 10 October 1619 Halle a.S.
            Died 20 December 1680 Gotha
       26. Josias
            Count von Waldeck
            Born 3 July 1636 Wildungen
            Died 8 August 1669 Candia, Crete
            Married 26 January 1660 Arolsen (or 1659?)
       27. Countess Wilhelmine Christine von Nassau-Siegen
            baptised 10 June 1629 Heusden
            Died 22 January 1707 Saalfeld
       28. Albrecht Anton
            Fuerst von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1646-1710
            Born 2 March 1641 Rudolstadt
            Died 15 December 1710 Rudolstadt
            Married 7 June 1665 Rudolstadt
       29. Countess Amalie Juliane von Barby
            Born 19 August 1637 Rudolstadt
            Died 3 December 1706 Rudolstadt
       30. Friedrich I
            Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1675-1691
            Born 15 July 1646 Gotha
            Died 2 August 1691 Friedrichswerth
            Married 14 November 1669 Halle a.S.
       31. Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 2 September 1648 Halle a.S.
            Died 7 January 1681 Gotha
 
       32. Johann V-VII
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
            Married 17 February 1588
       33. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin
       34. Julius Ernst
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 March 1571 Dannenberg
            Died 26 October 1636 Dannenberg
            Married 1 September 1614
       35. Countess Marie von Ostfriesland
            Born 1 May 1582
            Died 10 July 1616 (Dannenberg?)
       36. 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
       37. Countess Margarethe zu Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 30 June 1604 Schadeck a.d.Lahn
            Died 13 August 1667 Wiesenburg
       38. 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
       39. Duchess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony
            Born 23 November 1609 Dresden
            Died 2 June 1671 Darmstadt
       40. = 32        41. = 33        42. = 34        43. = 35
       44. Johann Albrecht II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1611-1628, 1632-1636
            Born 5 May 1590 Waren
            Died 23 April 1636 Guestrow
            Married 7 May 1626 Guestrow
       45. Princess Eleonore Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Born 7 August 1600
            Died 17 July 1657
       46. Friedrich III
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1616-1659
            Born 22 December 1597 Gottorp
            Died 10 August 1659 Tonning
            Married 21 February 1630 Reinbeck
       47. Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony
            Born 22 November 1610 Dresden
            Died 24 June 1684 Husum
       48. Johann
            Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1573-1605
            Born 22 May 1570 Weimar
            Died 31 October 1605 Weimar
            Married 7 January 1593 Altenburg
       49. Princess Dorothea Marie von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 2 July 1574 Dessau
            Died 18 July 1617 Weimar
       50. Johann Philipp
            Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1602-1618-1639
            Born 25 January 1597 Torgau
            Died 11 April 1639 Altenburg
            Married 4 November 1618 Altenburg
       51. Duchess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 3 July 1593 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 4 April 1650 Altenburg
       52. Philipp VII
            Count von Waldeck 1638-1645
            Born 25 November 1613 Wildungen
            Died 24 February 1645 Jankow, Bohemia (in battle)
            Married 26 October 1634 Frankfurt am Main
       53. Countess Anna Katharina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
             in Wittgenstein
            Born 27 July 1610
            Died December 1690 Kleinern
       54. Count Wilhelm von Nassau-Siegen
            Born 13 August 1592 Dillenburg
            Died 18 July 1642 Orsoy
            Married 16 January 1619
       55. Countess Christine zu Erbach
            Born 5 June 1596
            Died 6 July 1646 Culemborg
       56. Ludwig Guenther I
            Count von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1630-1646
            Born 27 June 1581 Rudolstadt
            Died 14 November 1646 Rudolstadt
            Married 4 February 1638
       57. Countess Emilie von Oldenburg
            Born 15 June 1614 Delmenhorst
            Died 14 December 1670 Leutenberg
       58. Count Albert Friedrich von Barby
            Born 10 March 1597 Barby
            Died 17 September 1641 Rosenburg
            Married 27 March 1633
       59. Countess Sophie Ursula von Oldenburg
            Born 20 December 1601 Delmenhorst
            Died 15 May 1642 Rosenburg
       60. = 24        61. = 25
       62. August
            Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
            Born 13 August 1614 Dresden
            Died 4 June 1680 Halle
            Married 23 November 1647 Schwerin
       63. Duchess Anna Marie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1 July 1627 Schwerin
            Died 11 December 1669 Halle
 
       64. Johann Albrecht I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow and Schwerin
            Born 23 December 1525 Guestrow
            Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
            Married 24 February 1555 Koenigsbergen
       65. Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia
            Born 11 June 1527 Koenigsbergen
            Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
       66. Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586
            Born 25 January 1526 Flensburg
            Died 11 October 1586 Gottorp
            Married 16 December 1564 Gottorp
       67. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen
            Born 29 June 1543 Kassel
            Died 23 May 1604 Kiel
       68. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg
       69. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 1545 Lauenburg
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck
       70. Edzard II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1540-1561-1599
            Born 20 June 1532
            Died 1 March 1599
            Married 1 October 1559
       71. Princess Catharina of Sweden
            Born 6 June 1539 Stockholm
            Died 21 December 1610 Berum
       72. Georg I
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 10 September 1547 Kassel
            Died 7 February 1596 Darmstadt
            Married 17 August 1572 Kassel
       73. Countess Magdalene zur Lippe
            Born 24 February 1552 Detmold
            Died 26 February 1587 Darmstadt
       74. Christoph
            Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 30 September 1575
            Died 1635
            Married 25 August 1601
       75. Anna Maria Ungnadin
            Freiin von Sonnegg
            Born 29 March 1573
            Died 1606
       76. 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
       77. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg
            Born 7 January 1582 Berlin
            Died 4 May 1616 Darmstadt
       78. Johann Georg I
            Elector of Saxony 1611-1656
            Born 5 March 1585 Dresden
            Died 8 October 1656 Dresden
            Married 19 July 1607 Torgau
       79. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle in Prussia
            Born 9 January 1587 Koenigsberg
            Died 22 February 1659 Dresden
       80. = 64        81. = 65        82. = 66        83. = 67
       84. = 68        85. = 69        86. = 70        87. = 71
       88. = 32        89. = 33
       90. Christian I
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Born 11 May 1568 Bernburg
            Died 17 April 1630 Bernburg
            Married 2 July 1595 Lorbach
       91. Countess Anna zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg
            Born 4 January 1579 Steinfurt
            Died 9 December 1624 Bernburg
       92. Johann Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1590-1616
            Born 27 February 1575 Gottorp
            Died 31 March 1616 Gottorp
            Married 30 August 1596 Copenhagen
       93. Princess Auguste of Denmark
            Born 8 April 1580 Koldinghus
            Died 5 February 1639 Husum
       94. = 78        95. = 79
       96. Johann Wilhelm
            Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1554-1573
            Born 11 March 1530 Torgau
            Died 2 March 1573 Weimar
            Married 15 June 1560 Heidelberg
       97. Pfalzgraefin Dorothea Suzanne bei Rhein
            Born 30 November 1544 Simmern
            Died 29 March 1592 Weimar
       98. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 8 January 1571 Stuttgart
       99. Duchess Eleonore von Wuerttemberg
            Born 22 March 1552 Tubingen
            Died 12 January 1618 Darmstadt
      100. Friedrich Wilhelm I
            Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1573-1602
            Born 25 April 1562 Weimar
            Died 7 July 1602 Weimar
            Married 9 September 1591 Neuburg a.d.Donau
      101. Pfalzgraefin Anna Maria von Neuburg
            Born 18 August 1575 Neuburg a.d.Donau
            Died 11 February 1643 Dornburg a.d.Saale
      102. Heinrich Julius
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 15 October 1564 Hessen
            Died 30 July 1613 Prag
            Married 19 April 1590 Kronberg
      103. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born 25 August 1573 Koldinghus
            Died 19 June 1625 Braunschweig
      104. Christian
            Count von Waldeck-Wildungen
            Born 25 December 1585
            Died 31 December 1637
            Married 19 November 1604 Wildungen
      105. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Siegen
            Born 8 November 1584 Dillenburg Castle
            Died 26 July 1661 Landau
      106. Ludwig II
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
            Born 15 March 1571 Wittgenstein
            Died 14 September 1634
            Married 17 October 1598 Berleburg
      107. Countess Elisabeth Juliana zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 7 May 1578 Braunfels
            Died 16 April 1634
      108. Johann VII
            Count von Nassau-Siegen
            Born 7 June 1561 Dillenburg Castle
            Died 27 September 1623 Siegen
            Married 9 December 1581 Dillenburg Castle
      109. Countess Magdalena von Waldeck
            Born 1558
            Died 9 September 1599
      110. Georg III
            Count zu Erbach
            Born 15 July 1548 Erbach
            Died 26 February 1605 Erbach
            Married 2 August 1592 Corbach
      111. Countess Maria von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 8 April 1563
            Died 29 December 1619 Waldeck
      112. Albrecht VII
            Count von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
            Born 16 January 1537 Sondershausen
            Died 10 April 1605 Rudolstadt
            Married 14 June 1575 Dillenburg
      113. Countess Juliana von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 10 August 1546 Dillenburg
            Died 31 August 1588 Rudolstadt
      114. Anton II
            Count von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
            Born 8 September 1550
            Died 25 October 1619 Delmenhorst
            Married 31 August 1600
      115. Duchess Sibylle Elisabeth of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 4 June 1576 Dannenberg
            Died 9 July 1630 (Delmenhorst ?)
      116. Jobst
            Count von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 18 May 1544 (Barby?)
            Died 9 August 1609 Rosenburg
            Married 30 March 1595
      117. Countess Sophie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
            Born 1 March 1579 Rudolstadt
            Died 24 August 1630 Muehlingen
      118. = 114      119. = 115      120. = 48       121. = 49
      122. = 50       123. = 51       124. = 78       125. = 79
      126. = 16
      127. Countess Anna Maria von Ostfriesland
            Born 23 June 1601
            Died 15 February 1634
 
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