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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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