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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Friedrich Wilhelm I, King in Prussia
(6 generations)


        1. Friedrich Wilhelm I
            King in Prussia 1713-1740
            Born 14 August 1688 Berlin
            Died 31 May 1740 Potsdam
 
        2. Friedrich III-I
            King in Prussia 1701-1713
            Born 11 July 1657 Koenigsberg, Prussia
            Died 25 February 1713 Berlin
            Married 8 October 1684 Herrenhausen
        3. Princess Sophie Charlotte von Hannover
            Born 20 October 1668 Castle Iburg
            Died 1 February 1705 Hannover

        4. Friedrich Wilhelm
            Elector of Brandenburg 1640-1688
            Born 6 February 1620 Berlin
            Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam
            Married 7 December 1646 's-Gravenhage
        5. Countess Louise Henriette von Nassau
            Born 27 November 1627 's-Gravenhage
            Died 6 June 1667 Berlin
        6. Ernst August
            Elector of Hannover 1692-1698
            Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg
            Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen
            Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg
        7. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
            Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage
            Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen
 
        8. Georg Wilhelm
            Elector of Brandenburg 1619-1640
            Born 13 November 1595 Berlin
            Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen
            Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg
        9. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
            Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt
            Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O.
       10. Frederik Hendrik
            Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
            Born 29 January 1584 Delft
            Died 14 March 1647 's-Gravenhage
            Married 4 April 1625 's-Gravenhage
       11. Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels
            Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage
       12. Georg
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg zu Kalenberg
            Born 17 February 1582 Celle
            Died 12 April 1641 Wolfenbuettel
            Married 14 December 1617 Darmstadt
       13. Landgraefin Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 30 July 1601 Darmstadt
            Died 6 May 1649 Herzberg
       14. Friedrich V
            Elector von der Pfalz 1610-1620, King of Bohemia
            Born 26 August 1596 Huntinglodge Deinschwang
            Died 29 November 1632 Mainz
            Married 14 February 1613 Whitehall, London
       15. Princess Elizabeth of England
            Born 19 August 1596 Falkland Castle
            Died 14 February 1662 London, Leicester House
 
       16. 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
       17. Duchess Anna of Prussia
            Born 3 July 1576 Koenigsbergen
            Died 9 April 1625 Berlin
       18. Friedrich IV
            Elector von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610
            Born 5 March 1574 Amberg
            Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg
            Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg
       19. Countess Louise Juliana von Nassau
            Born 31 March 1576 Delft
            Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia
       20. Willem I "the Silent"
            Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
            Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg
            Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered)
            Married 24 April 1583 Antwerpen
       21. Louise de Coligny
            Born 23 September 1555 Chatillon-sur-Loing
            Died 13 November 1620 Fontainebleau
       22. Count Johann Albrecht I zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 5 March 1563
            Died 14 May 1623 's-Gravenhage
            Married 13 May 1590
       23. Countess Agnes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 18 April 1568
            Died 22 April 1617
       24. Wilhelm
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 4 July 1535 (Celle?)
            Died 30 August 1592 Celle
            Married 12 October 1561 Celle
       25. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
            Born 29 June 1546 Koldinghus
            Died 16 January 1617 Winsen
       26. 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
       27. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg
            Born 7 January 1582 Berlin
            Died 4 May 1616 Darmstadt
       28. = 18        29. = 19
       30. James VI-I
            King of England 1603-1625, King of Scots 1567-1625
            Born 19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle
            Died 27 March 1625 Theobalds Park, Herts.
            Married 24 November 1589 Oslo
       31. Princess Anna of Denmark
            Born 12 October 1574 Skanderborg Castle, Jutland
            Died 4 March 1619 Hampton Court Palace
 
       32. Joachim Friedrich
            Elector of Brandenburg 1598-1608
            Born 27 January 1546 Berlin
            Died 28 July 1608 nr Koepenik
            Married 8 January 1570 Kuestrin
       33. Markgraefin Katharina von Brandenburg-Kuestrin
            Born 10 August 1549 Kuestrin
            Died 10 October 1602 Berlin
       34. Albrecht Friedrich
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
            Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
            Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
       35. Marie Eleonore
            Duchess of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
            Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
            Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
       36. Ludwig VI
            Elector von der Pfalz 1576-1583
            Born 4 July 1539 Simmern
            Died 22 October 1583 Heidelberg
            Married 8 July 1560 Marburg
       37. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen
            Born 13 February 1539 Kassel
            Died 14 March 1582 Heidelberg
       38. = 20
       39. Charlotte de Bourbon
            Born circa 1546
            Died 5 May 1582 Antwerpen
       40. Wilhelm "the Rich"
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
            Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
            Married 20 September 1531
       41. Countess Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg
       42. Gaspard II de Coligny
            Comte de Coligny et Chatillon sur Loing
            Born 16 February 1516 Chatillon sur Loing
            Died 24 August 1572 Paris (murdered)
            Married 1547
       43. Charlotte de Laval-Montfort
            Died 3 March 1568
       44. Konrad
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 17 June 1540
            Died 28 December 1592
            Married 16 June 1559 Dillenburg
       45. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 25 September 1542 Dillenburg
            Died 18 November 1603
       46. Ludwig I
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 7 December 1532 Wittgenstein
            Died 2 July 1605 Altenkirchen
            Married 14 January 1567 Laubach
       47. Countess Elisabeth zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 6 March 1549 Laubach
            Died 5 August 1599 Dillenburg
       48. Ernst "the Confessor"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 26 June 1497 Velzen
            Died 11 January 1546 Celle
            Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin
       49. Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin
            Died 17 June 1541 Celle
       50. Christian III
            King of Denmark and Norway 1534-1559
            Born 12 August 1503 Gottorp
            Died 1 January 1559 Koldinghus
            Married 29 October 1525 Lauenburg
       51. Duchess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born 9 July 1511 Lauenburg
            Died 7 October 1571 Sonderburg
       52. Georg I
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 10 September 1547 Kassel
            Died 7 February 1596 Darmstadt
            Married 17 August 1572 Kassel
       53. Countess Magdalene zur Lippe
            Born 24 February 1552 Detmold
            Died 26 February 1587 Darmstadt
       54. Johann Georg
            Elector of Brandenburg 1571-1598
            Born 11 September 1525
            Died 18 January 1598 Berlin
            Married 6 October 1577 Letzlingen
       55. Princess Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 5 September 1563 Zerbst
            Died 5 October 1607 Krossen
       56. = 36        57. = 37        58. = 20        59. = 39
       60. Henry Stuart
            Lord Darnley
            Born 7 December 1545 Temple Newsome
            Died 10 February 1567 Kirk O'Field (murdered)
            Married 29 July 1565 Holyrood
       61. Mary Stewart
            Queen of Scots
            Born 7 December 1542 Linlithgow Palace
            Died 8 February 1587 Fotheringay Castle (beheaded)
       62. Fredrik II
            King of Denmark and Norway 1559-1588
            Born 1 July 1534 Haderslev
            Died 4 April 1588 Antvorskov
            Married 20 July 1572 Copenhagen
       63. Duchess Sophie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 4 September 1557 Wismar
            Died 14 October 1631 Nykoping
 
       64. = 54
       65. Duchess Sophie von Schlesien-Liegnitz
            Born circa 1525
            Died 6 February 1546 Berlin
       66. Johann I
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Kuestrin
            Born 3 August 1513 Tangermuende
            Died 13 January 1571 Kuestrin
            Married 31 December 1537 Wolfenbuettel
       67. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1518 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 16 May 1574 Krossen a.d.O.
       68. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 26 February 1550 Koenigsbergen
       69. Duchess Anna Maria of Brunswick-Kalenberg
            Born 1532
            Died 20 March 1568 Koenigsbergen
       70. 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
       71. Archduchess Maria of Austria
            Born 15 May 1531 Prag
            Died 11 December 1581 Hambach
       72. Friedrich III
            Elector von der Pfalz 1559-1576
            Born 14 February 1515 Simmern
            Died 26 October 1576 Heidelberg
            Married 12 June 1537 Crailsheim
       73. Markgraefin Marie von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
            Born 14 October 1519
            Died 31 October 1567 Heidelberg
       74. 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
       75. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born 25 December 1505
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
       76. = 40        77. = 41
       78. Louis III de Bourbon
            Duc de Montpensier
            Born 10 June 1513
            Died 23 September 1582 Chateau de Champagny
            Married August 1538
       79. Jacqueline de Longvy
            2.Comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine
            Died 28 August 1561
       80. Johann V
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 9 November 1455 Breda, The Netherlands
            Died 30 July 1516 Dillenburg
            Married 11 February 1482 Marburg
       81. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen
            Born May 1466 Marburg
            Died 17 January 1523 Koeln
       82. Botho
            Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 4 January 1467 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1538 Stolberg
            Married 24 August 1500 Stolberg
       83. Countess Anna von Eppenstein-Koenigstein
            Born 1482
            Died 7 August 1538 Stolberg
       84. Gaspard I
            Sire de Coligny-le-Vieil
            Died 24 August 1522 Dax
            Married 6 December 1514
       85. Louise de Montmorency
            Died 12 June 1541 Paris
       86. Guy XV
            Comte de Laval, de Montfort et de St.Quintin
            Died 20 May 1531
       87. Antoinette de Daillon-Lude
       88. Philipp I
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 23 February 1494
            Died 11 February 1581 Hungen
            Married 7 August 1534 Hungen
       89. Countess Anna von Tecklenburg
            Died 27 November 1554
       90. = 40        91. = 41
       92. Wilhelm I
            Count von Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 24 August 1485 Berleburg
            Died 18 April 1570 Wittgenstein
            Married 20 November 1522
       93. Johannetta von Isenburg-Neumagen
            Born 1500
            Died 8 August 1563
       94. Friedrich Magnus
            Count zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 1 October 1521
            Died 13 January 1561 Laubach
            Married 11 July 1545 Driedorf
       95. Countess Agnes zu Wied
            Died 24 March 1588 Sonnewalde
       96. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1471-1486-1520
            Born 1468
            Died 19 February 1532
            Married 27 February 1487
       97. Duchess Margarethe of Saxony
            Born 4 August 1469
            Died 7 December 1528 Weimar
       98. Heinrich V-III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 3 May 1479
            Died 6 February 1552 Schwerin
            Married 16 February 1507
       99. Markgraefin Ursula von Brandenburg
            Born 17 October 1488 (Berlin ?)
            Died 18 September 1510 Guestrow
      100. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
      101. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
      102. Magnus I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543
            Born circa 1470
            Died 1 August 1543 Ratzeburg
            Married 20 November 1509 Wolfenbuettel
      103. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1488
            Died 19 June 1563
      104. = 74       105. = 75
      106. Bernhard VIII
            Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Born 6 December 1527 Detmold
            Died 15 April 1563 Detmold
            Married after 18 May 1550
      107. Countess Katharina zu Waldeck-Eisenberg
            Born circa 1524
            Died 18 June 1583 Brake
      108. Joachim II
            Elector of Brandenburg 1535-1571
            Born 9 January 1505
            Died 3 January 1571 Kopeninck
            Married 6 November 1524 Dresden
      109. Duchess Magdalene of Saxony
            Born 7 March 1507 Dresden
            Died 25 January 1534 (Berlin?)
      110. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 25 February 1560 Dessau
      111. Countess Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 23 June 1540 Barby
            Died 27 November 1569 Bernburg
      112. = 72       113. = 73       114. = 74       115. = 75
      116. = 40       117. = 41       118. = 78       119. = 79
      120. Matthew Stuart
            13th Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland
            Born 21 September 1516 Dumbarton Castle
            Died 4 September 1571 Stirling (murdered)
            Married 6 July 1544 St.James's Palace, London
      121. Lady Margaret Douglas
            Born 7 October 1515 Harbottle Castle, Northumberl.
            Died 9 March 1578 Hackney, Midx.
      122. James V
            King of Scots 1513-1542
            Born 10 April 1512 Linlithgow Palace
            Died 14 December 1542 Falkland Castle
            Married 9 May 1538 St.Andrews
      123. Marie de Lorraine
            Born 22 November 1515 Bar-le-Duc
            Died 10 June 1560 Edinburgh Castle
      124. = 50       125. = 51
      126. Ulrich III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 22 April 1527 Schwerin
            Died 14 March 1603 Guestrow
            Married 16 February 1556 Copenhagen
      127. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born 14 October 1524
            Died 15 October 1586 Nykoping or Gjedsor
 
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