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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Duchess Klara Auguste of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
(6 generations)


      1. Duchess Klara Auguste of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 25 June 1632 Hitzacker
            Died 6 October 1700 Weissenhof nr Weinsberg
 
        2. August
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1635-1666
            Born 10 April 1579 Dannenberg
            Died 17 September 1666 Wolfenbuettel
            Married 26 October 1623 Zerbst
        3. Princess Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 5 October 1607 Zerbst
            Died 26 September 1634 Hitzacker
 

        4. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
            Born 4 June 1533 Celle
            Died 29 January 1598 Dannenberg
            Married 30 March 1569 Artlinburg
        5. Duchess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 1545 Lauenburg
            Died 22 October 1620 Scharnebeck
        6. Rudolf
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 28 October 1576 Harzgerode
            Died 30 July 1621 Zerbst
            Married 9 January 1606 Wolfenbuettel
        7. Duchess Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 3 February 1587 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 16 October 1609 Zerbst
 
        8. Ernst "the Confessor"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born 26 June 1497 Velzen
            Died 11 January 1546 Celle
            Married 2 June 1528 Schwerin
        9. Duchess Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born before 12 April 1508 Schwerin
            Died 17 June 1541 Celle
       10. Franz I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1543-1581
            Born 1510
            Died 19 March 1581 Buxtehude
            Married 8 February 1540 Dresden
       11. Duchess Sibylle of Saxony
            Born 2 May 1515 Freiburg
            Died 28 July 1592 Lauenburg
       12. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 8 January 1571 Stuttgart
       13. Duchess Eleonore von Wuerttemberg
            Born 22 March 1552 Tuebingen
            Died 12 January 1618 Darmstadt
       14. Heinrich Julius
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 15 October 1564 Hessen
            Died 30 July 1613 Prag
            Married 26 September 1585 Wolfenbuettel
       15. Duchess Dorothea of Saxony
            Born 4 October 1563 Dresden
            Died 13 February 1587 Wolfenbuettel
 
       16. Heinrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1471-1486-1520
            Born 1468
            Died 19 February 1532
            Married 27 February 1487
       17. Duchess Margarethe of Saxony
            Born 4 August 1469
            Died 7 December 1528 Weimar
       18. Heinrich V-III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 3 May 1479
            Died 6 February 1552 Schwerin
            Married 16 February 1507
       19. Markgraefin Ursula von Brandenburg
            Born 17 October 1488 (Berlin ?)
            Died 18 September 1510 Guestrow
       20. Magnus I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543
            Born circa 1470
            Died 1 August 1543 Ratzeburg
            Married 20 November 1509 Wolfenbuettel
       21. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1488
            Died 19 June 1563
       22. Heinrich V "the Pious"
            Duke of Saxony 1539-1541
            Born 16 March 1473 Dresden
            Died 18 August 1541 Dresden
            Married 6 July 1512 Freiberg
       23. Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1487
            Died 6 June 1561 Wolkenstein
       24. Johann II
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 4 September 1504 Dessau
            Died 4 February 1551 Zerbst
            Married 15 February 1534 Dessau
       25. Markgraefin Margarethe von Brandenburg
            Born 29 September 1511
            Died after 1577
       26. Christoph
            Duke von Wuerttemberg 1550-1568
            Born 12 May 1515 Urach
            Died 28 December 1568 Stuttgart
            Married 24 February 1544 Ansbach
       27. Markgraefin Anna Maria von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 28 December 1526 Jaegerndorf
            Died 20 May 1589 Tuebingen
       28. Julius
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 29 June 1528 (Wolfenbuettel?)
            Died 13 May 1589 Wolfenbuettel
            Married 25 February 1560 Berlin
       29. Markgraefin Hedwig von Brandenburg
            Born 2 March 1540 (Berlin?)
            Died 21 October 1602 Wolfenbuettel
       30. August
            Elector of Saxony 1553-1586
            Born 31 July 1526 Freiberg
            Died 11 February 1586 Dresden
            Married 7 October 1548 Torgau
       31. Princess Anna of Denmark
            Born 25 November 1532 Haderslev
            Died 1 October 1585 Dresden
 
       32. Otto II "The Magnanimous"
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg 1464-1471
            Born 1439
            Died 8 January 1471
            Married October 1467
       33. Countess Anna von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1441
            Died 8 April 1514 Celle
       34. Ernst
            Elector of Saxony 1464-1486
            Born 24 March 1441 Meissen
            Died 26 August 1486 Colditz
            Married 19 November 1460 Leipzig
       35. Elisabeth of Bavaria
            Born 2 February 1443 Muenchen
            Died 5 March 1484 Leipzig
       36. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       37. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       38. Johann Cicero
            Elector of Brandenburg 1486-1499
            Born 2 August 1455
            Died 9 January 1499 Arneburg
            Married 25 August 1476 Berlin
       39. Margarete of Saxony
            Born 1449 Weimar
            Died 13 July 1501 Spandau
       40. Johann V
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1464-1507
            Born 18 July 1439
            Died 15 August 1507
            Married 12 February 1464 Lauenburg
       41. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1446 (Berlin?)
            Died March 1519 (Lauenburg?)
       42. Heinrich I "the Bad"
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 24 June 1463
            Died 23 June 1514 Leer, East-Friesland in battle
            Married August 1486
       43. Katharina von Pommern
            Born circa 1465
            Died 1526
       44. 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
       45. Sidonia of Bohemia
            Born 14 November 1449
            Died 1 February 1510 Tharandt
       46. = 36        47. = 37
       48. Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born after 1456
            Died 12 July 1516
            Married 20 January 1494 Kotbus
       49. Margarete von Muensterberg
            Born 25 August 1473
            Died 28 June 1530 Dresden
       50. Joachim I
            Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
            Born 21 February 1484
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
       51. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
       52. Ulrich
            Duke of Wuerttemberg 1503-1550
            Born 8 February 1487 Reichenweier
            Died 6 November 1550 Tuebingen
            Married 2 March 1511 Stuttgart
       53. Duchess Sabine of Bavaria
            Born 23 April 1492
            Died 30 August 1564 Nuertingen
       54. Georg
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 4 March 1484 Ansbach
            Died 27 December 1543
            Married 9 January 1525 Oels
       55. Duchess Hedwig von Muensterberg
            Born 10 June 1508
            Died 28 November 1531 Liegnitz
       56. Heinrich II
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 10 November 1489
            Died 11 June 1568 Wolfenbuttel
            Married 1 January 1515 Wolfenbuettel
       57. Marie von Wuerttemberg
            Born 15 August 1496 Urach
            Died 28 December 1541
       58. Joachim II
            Elector of Brandenburg 1535-1571
            Born 9 January 1505
            Died 3 January 1571 Koepeninck
            Married 1 September 1535
       59. Princess Hedwig of Poland
            Born 25 March 1513
            Died 7 February 1573
       60. = 22        61. = 23
       62. Christian III
            King of Denmark and Norway 1534-1559
            Born 12 August 1503 Gottorp
            Died 1 January 1559 Koldinghus
            Married 29 October 1525 Lauenburg
       63. Duchess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born 9 July 1511 Lauenburg
            Died 7 October 1571 Sonderburg
 
       64. Friedrich 'the Good'
            Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg 1445-1457, 1471-1478
            Died 29 March 1478
            Married 3 July 1429 Tangermuende
       65. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg
            Born circa 1412
            Died 27 October 1454
       66. Johann IV
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 1 August 1410
            Died 3 February 1475 Dillenburg
            Married 7 February 1440
       67. Maria van Heinsberg
            Countess of Loon
            Born 1424
            Died 20 April 1502
       68. Friedrich II "der Sanftmuetige"
            Elector of Saxony 1428-1464
            Born 22 August 1412 Leipzig
            Died 7 September 1464 Leipzig
            Married 3 June 1431 Leipzig
       69. Margarethe of Austria
            Born circa 1416 /1417 Wiener Neustadt
            Died 12 February 1486 Altenburg
       70. Albrecht III "der Fromme"
            Duke of Bavaria 1438-1460
            Born 27 March 1401 Muenchen
            Died 29 February 1460 Muenchen
            Married 22 January 1437 Muenchen
       71. Duchess Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
            Born 1414
            Died 14 October 1474 Nannhofen
       72. Heinrich IV-II 'der Dicke'
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1417
            Died 9 March 1477
            Married May 1432
       73. Markgrafin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 9 February 1420 Cadolzburg
            Died 19 January 1491
       74. Erich II
            Duke von Pommern-Wolgast
            Born circa 1425
            Died 5 July 1474 Wolgast
            Married circa 11 November 1451
        75. Sophia von Pommern
            Born circa 1435
            Died 24 August 1494 Stolp
       76. Albrecht Achilles
            Elector of Brandenburg 1470-1486
            Born 24 November 1414 Tangermuende
            Died 11 March 1486 Frankfurt am Main
            Married 1446
       77. Margarete von Baden
            Born circa 1431
            Died 24 October 1457 Ansbach
       78. Wilhelm III 'Der Tapfere'
            Duke of Saxony in Thueringen 1445-1482
            Born 30 April 1425 Meissen
            Died 17 September 1482 Weimar
            Married 20 June 1446 Jena
       79. Anna of Austria
            Born 12 April 1432
            Died 14 November 1462 Eckartsberga
       80. Bernhard II
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born circa 1390
            Died 16 July 1463
            Married 2 February 1429
       81. Adelheid von Pommern
            Born circa 1410
            Died after 1440
       82. Friedrich II
            Elector of Brandenburg 1440-1470
            Born 19 November 1413 Tangermuende
            Died 10 February 1471 Neustadt a.d.Aisch
            Married 11 June 1441 Wittenberg
       83. Katharina of Saxony
            Born 1421
            Died 23 August 1476 Berlin
       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. = 74        87. = 75        88. = 68        89. = 69
       90. Georg Podiebrad
            King of Bohemia 1458-1471
            Born 23 April 1420
            Died 22 March 1471 Prag
            Married circa 1440
       91. Freiin Kunigunde von Sternberg
            Born 18 November 1422
            Died 19 November 1449 Prag
       92. = 72        93. = 73        94. = 74        95. = 75
       96. Georg I
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born circa 1390
            Died 21 September 1474
            Married circa 7 September 1453 latest 25 July 1458
       97. Countess Anna von Lindau-Ruppin
            Born circa 1430
            Died 9 July 1511
       98. Heinrich I
            Duke von Muensterberg
            Born 15 May 1448
            Died 24 June 1498
            Married 9 February 1467
       99. Markgrafin Ursula von Brandenburg
            Born 25 September 1450
            Died 25 November 1508
      100. = 38       101. = 39
      102. Hans
            King of Denmark and Norway 1481-1513
            Born 8 July 1455 Copenhagen
            Died 20 February 1513 Alborg
            Married 6 September 1478 Copenhagen
      103. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born circa 1461 Torzau
            Died 8 December 1521 Odense
      104. Heinrich
            Count von Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard
            Born 7 September 1448
            Died 16 April 1519 Hohen-Urach
            Married 10 January 1485 Reichenweier
      105. Elisabeth von Zweibruecken-Bitsch
            Died 14 February 1487 Reichenweier
      106. Albrecht IV "der Weise"
            Duke of Bavaria 1469-1508
            Born 15 December 1447 Muenchen
            Died 18 June 1508 Muenchen
            Married 3 January 1487 Innsbruck
      107. Archduchess Kunigunde of Austria
            Born 16 March 1465 Wiener Neustadt
            Died 6 August 1520 Muenchen
      108. 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
      109. Sofie of Poland
            Born 6 April 1464
            Died 5 October 1512
      110. Karl I
            Duke von Munsterberg-Oels
            Born 4 May 1476
            Died 21 May 1536 Frankenstein
            Married 6 January 1488
      111. Anna von Schlesien-Sagan und Glogau
            Died 28 October 1541
      112. = 42       113. = 43       114. = 104
      115. Eva von Salm
            Died 26 April 1521
      116. = 50       117. = 51
      118. Sigismund I
            King of Poland 1506-1548
            Born 1 January 1467
            Died 1 April 1548
            Married 28 February 1512
      119. Barbara Zapolya
            Born 1495
            Died 2 October 1515
      120. = 44       121. = 45       122. = 36       123. = 37
      124. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
      125. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
      126. = 20       127. = 21
 
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