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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome

The Ancestors of
Duke Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(6 generations)


        1. Duke Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 6 August 1725 Grabow
            Died 12 September 1778 Schwerin
 
        2. Christian Ludwig II
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1747-1756
            Born 15 May 1683 Grabow
            Died 30 May 1756 Schwerin
            Married 13 November 1714 Guestrow
        3. Duchess Gustave Karoline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 12 July 1694 Neustrelitz
            Died 13 April 1748 Schwerin

        4. Friedrich I
            Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 13 February 1638 Schwerin
            Died 28 April 1688 Grabow
            Married 28 May 1671 Weferlingen
        5. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen-Homburg
            Born 30 June 1653 Bingenheim
            Died 16 May 1722 Grabow
        6. Adolf Friedrich II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1708
            Born 19 October 1658 Grabow
            Died 12 May 1708 Strelitz
            Married 24 September 1684 Guestrow
        7. Duchess Marie von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 19 July 1659 Guestrow
            Died 16 January 1701 Strelitz
 
        8. Adolf Friedrich I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 25 December 1588 Schwerin
            Died 27 February 1658 Schwerin
            Married 25 February 1635 Schwerin
        9. Duchess Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 June 1616 Dannenberg
            Died 1 July 1665 Grabow
       10. 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
       11. Landgraefin Sofie Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 7 January 1634 Darmstadt
            Died 7 October 1663 Darmstadt
       12. = 8         13. = 9
       14. Gustav Adolf
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1654-1695
            Born 25 February 1633 Guestrow
            Died 5 November 1695 Guestrow
            Married 28 November 1654 Gottorp
       15. Princess Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 24 November 1631 Gottorp
            Died 22 September 1719 Guestrow
 
       16. Johann V-VII
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
            Married 17 February 1588
       17. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin
       18. Julius Ernst
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 10 March 1571 Dannenberg
            Died 26 October 1636 Dannenberg
            Married 1 September 1614
       19. Countess Marie von Ostfriesland
            Born 1 May 1582
            Died 10 July 1616 (Dannenberg?)
       20. 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
       21. Countess Margarethe zu Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 30 June 1604 Schadeck a.d.Lahn
            Died 13 August 1667 Wiesenburg
       22. 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
       23. Duchess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony
            Born 23 November 1609 Dresden
            Died 2 June 1671 Darmstadt
       24. = 16        25. = 17        26. = 18        27. = 19
       28. 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
       29. Princess Eleonore Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Born 7 August 1600
            Died 17 July 1657
       30. Friedrich III
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1616-1659
            Born 22 December 1597 Gottorp
            Died 10 August 1659 Tonning
            Married 21 February 1630 Reinbeck
       31. Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony
            Born 22 November 1610 Dresden
            Died 24 June 1684 Husum
 
       32. Johann Albrecht I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow and Schwerin
            Born 23 December 1525 Guestrow
            Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
            Married 24 February 1555 Koenigsberg
       33. Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia
            Born 11 June 1527 Koenigsbergen
            Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
       34. Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586
            Born 25 January 1526 Flensburg
            Died 11 October 1586 Gottorp
            Married 16 December 1564 Gottorp
       35. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen
            Born 29 June 1543 Kassel
            Died 23 May 1604 Kiel
       36. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg
       37. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 1545 Lauenburg
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck
       38. Edzard II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1540-1561-1599
            Born 20 June 1532
            Died 1 March 1599
            Married 1 October 1559
       39. Princess Catharina of Sweden
            Born 6 June 1539 Stockholm
            Died 21 December 1610 Berum
       40. Georg I
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 10 September 1547 Kassel
            Died 7 February 1596 Darmstadt
            Married 17 August 1572 Kassel
       41. Countess Magdalene zur Lippe
            Born 24 February 1552 Detmold
            Died 26 February 1587 Darmstadt
       42. Christoph
            Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg
            Born 30 September 1575
            Died 1635
            Married 25 August 1601
       43. Anna Maria Ungnadin
            Freiin von Sonnegg
            Born 29 March 1573
            Died 1606
       44. 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
       45. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg
            Born 7 January 1582 Berlin
            Died 4 May 1616 Darmstadt
       46. Johann Georg I
            Elector of Saxony 1611-1656
            Born 5 March 1585 Dresden
            Died 8 October 1656 Dresden
            Married 19 July 1607 Torgau
       47. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle in Prussia
            Born 9 January 1587 Koenigsberg
            Died 22 February 1659 Dresden
       48. = 32        49. = 33        50. = 34        51. = 35
       52. = 36        53. = 37        54. = 38        55. = 39
       56. = 16        57. = 17
       58. Christian I
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Born 11 May 1568 Bernburg
            Died 17 April 1630 Bernburg
            Married 2 July 1595 Lorbach
       59. Countess Anna zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg
            Born 4 January 1579 Steinfurt
            Died 9 December 1624 Bernburg
       60. Johann Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1590-1616
            Born 27 February 1575 Gottorp
            Died 31 March 1616 Gottorp
            Married 30 August 1596 Copenhagen
       61. Princess Auguste of Denmark
            Born 8 April 1580 Koldinghus
            Died 5 February 1639 Husum
       62. = 46        63. = 47
 
       64. 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
       65. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
       66. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 1 July 1526 Koenigsbergen
       67. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
            Born 1 August 1504 (Gottorp?)
            Died 11 April 1547 Koenigsbergen
       68. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 9 October 1518 Kiel
       69. Sophie von Pommern
            Born 1498
            Died 13 May 1568 Kiel
       70. 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
       71. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born 25 December 1505
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
       72. Ernst "the Confessor"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 26 June 1497 Velzen
            Died 11 January 1546 Celle
            Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin
       73. Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin
            Died 17 June 1541 Celle
       74. Franz I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1543-1581
            Born 1510
            Died 19 March 1581 Buxtehude
            Married 8 February 1540 Dresden
       75. Duchess Sibylle of Saxony
            Born 2 May 1515 Freiburg
            Died 28 July 1592 Lauenburg
       76. Enno II
            Count von Ostfriesland 1528-1540
            Born 1505
            Died 24 September 1540
            Married 6 March 1530
       77. Countess Anna von Oldenburg
            Regent of Ostfriesland 1540-1561
            Born 14 November 1501
            Died 10 November 1575
       78. Gustaf I Eriksson
            King of Sweden 1523-1560
            Born 12 May 1496 Lindholmen
            Died 29 September 1560 Stockholm
            Married 1 October 1536 Upsala
       79. Margaretha Leijonhufvud
            Born 1 January 1514 Ekeberg
            Died 26 August 1551 Tynnelso
       80. = 70        81. = 71
       82. Bernhard VIII
            Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Born 6 December 1527 Detmold
            Died 15 April 1563 Detmold
            Married after 18 May 1550
       83. Countess Katharina zu Waldeck-Eisenberg
            Born circa 1524
            Died 18 June 1583 Brake
       84. Georg I
            Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg in Schaumburg
            Born 23 April 1533
            Died 9 April 1586
            Married 24 May 1570
       85. Countess Margaretha von Isenburg-Buedingen
             zu Birstein
            Born 1542
            Died 17 July 1613
       86. Simeon Ungnad
            Freiherr von Sonnegg
            Died 1603 / 1607
            Married 13 April 1572
       87. Katharina von Plesse
            Born 16 August 1533
       88. = 40        89. = 41
       90. Johann Georg
            Elector of Brandenburg 1571-1598
            Born 11 September 1525
            Died 18 January 1598 Berlin
            Married 6 October 1577 Letzlingen
       91. Princess Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 5 September 1563 Zerbst
            Died 5 October 1607 Krossen
       92. Christian I
            Elector of Saxony 1586-1591
            Born 29 October 1560 Dresden
            Died 25 September 1591 Dresden
            Married 25 April 1582 Dresden
       93. Markgraefin Sofie von Brandenburg
            Born 6 June 1568 Zechlin
            Died 7 December 1622 Dresden
       94. Albrecht Friedrich
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
            Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
            Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
       95. Marie Eleonore
            Duchess of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
            Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
            Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
       96. = 64        97. = 65        98. = 66        99. = 67
      100. = 68       101. = 69       102. = 70       103. = 71
      104. = 72       105. = 73       106. = 74       107. = 75
      108. = 76       109. = 77       110. = 78       111. = 79
      112. = 32       113. = 33       114. = 34       115. = 35
      116. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 25 February 1560 Dessau
      117. Countess Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 23 June 1540 Barby
            Died 27 November 1569 Bernburg
      118. Arnold II
            Count von Bentheim
            Born 2 October 1554
            Died 11 January 1606
            Married 24 June 1573
      119. Countess Magdalena von Neuenahr
            Heiress of Limburg
            Born 1551
            Died 13 January 1626
      120. = 34       121. = 35
      122. Fredrik II
            King of Denmark and Norway 1559-1588
            Born 1 July 1534 Haderslev
            Died 4 April 1588 Antvorskov
            Married 20 July 1572 Copenhagen
      123. Duchess Sophie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 4 September 1557 Wismar
            Died 14 October 1631 Nykoping
      124. = 92       125. = 93       126. = 94       127. = 95
 
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