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The Ancestors of
Markgraefin Sophie Dorothea von Brandenburg-Schwedt
(6 generations)
1. Markgraefin Sophie Dorothea
von Brandenburg-Schwedt
Born 18 December 1736 Schwedt
Died 9 March 1798 Stuttgart
2. Friedrich Wilhelm
Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt
Born 27 December 1700 Oranienbaum nr Dessau
Died 4 March 1771 Wildenbruch
Married 10 November 1734 Potsdam
3. Princess Sofie of Prussia
Born 25 January 1719 Berlin
Died 13 November 1765 Schwedt
4. Markgraf Philipp Wilhelm
von Brandenburg-Schwedt
Born 9 May 1669 Koenigsberg
Died 19 December 1711 Schwedt
Married 15 January 1699 Oranienbaum
5. Princess Johanne Charlotte
von Anhalt-Dessau
Born 6 April 1682 Dessau
Died 31 March 1750 Herford
6. Friedrich Wilhelm I
King in Prussia 1713-1740
Born 14 August 1688 Berlin
Died 31 May 1740 Potsdam
Married 28 November 1706 Berlin
7. Princess Sophie Dorothea
von Hannover
Born 16 March 1685 Hannover
Died 28 June 1757 Castle Montbijou nr Berlin
8. Friedrich Wilhelm
Elector of Brandenburg 1640-1688
Born 6 February 1620 Berlin
Died 29 April 1688 Potsdam
Married 13 June 1668 Groeningen
9. Princess Dorothea von
Holstein-Sonderburg-
Gluecksburg
Born 3 March 1636 Gluecksburg
Died 6 August 1689 Karlsbad
10. Johann Georg II
Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
Born 7 November 1627 Dessau
Died 17 August 1693 Berlin
Married 9 July 1659 Groeningen
11. Countess Henriette Catharina
von Nassau
Born 10 February 1637 's-Gravenhage
Died 3 November 1708
12. Friedrich III-I
King in Prussia 1701-1713
Born 11 July 1657 Koenigsberg i.Pr.
Died 25 February 1713 Berlin
Married 8 October 1684 Herrenhausen
13. Princess Sophie Charlotte
von Hannover
Born 20 October 1668 Castle Iburg
Died 1 February 1705 Hannover
14. George I
King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-1727
Born 28 May 1660 / 7 June 1660 Hannover
Died 11 June 1727 / 22 June 1727 Osnabrueck
Married 21 November 1682 Celle Div.28-12-1694
15. Princess Sophie Dorothea of
Brunswick-Celle
Born 10 September 1666 Celle
Died 13 November 1726 Castle Ahlden
16. Georg Wilhelm
Elector of Brandenburg 1619-1640
Born 13 November 1595 Berlin
Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen
Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg
17. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte
von der Pfalz
Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt
Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O.
18. Philipp
Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg 1622-1663
Born 15 March 1584 Sonderburg
Died 27 September 1663 Gluecksburg
Married 23 May 1624 Neuhaus
19. Duchess Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg
Born 24 May 1601 Lauenburg
Died 1 February 1660 Gluecksburg
20. Johann Kasimir
Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
Born 17 December 1596 Dessau
Died 15 September 1660 Dessau
Married 18 May 1623 Dessau
21. Landgraefin Agnes von Hessen-Kassel
Born 13 March 1606 Kassel
Died 28 May 1650 Dessau
22. 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
23. Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels
Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels
Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage
24. = 8
25. Countess Louise Henriette
von Nassau
Born 27 November 1627 's-Gravenhage
Died 6 June 1667 Berlin
26. Ernst August
Elector of Hannover 1692-1698
Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg
Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen
Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg
27. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz
Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage
Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen
28. = 26
29. = 27
30. Georg Wilhelm
Duke of Brunswick-Celle 1665-1705
Born 26 January 1624 Herzberg
Died 28 August 1705 Wienhausen
Married 15 September 1665 Celle
31. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse
Born 13 January 1637 Olbreuse
Died 5 February 1722 Celle
32. 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
33. Duchess Anna of Prussia
Born 3 July 1576 Koenigsbergen
Died 9 April 1625 Berlin
34. Friedrich IV
Elector von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610
Born 5 March 1574 Amberg
Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg
Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg
35. Countess Louise Juliana von
Nassau
Born 31 March 1576 Delft
Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia
36. Johann
Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon 1564-1622
Born 25 March 1545 Koldinghus
Died 9 October 1622 Gluecksburg
Married 19 August 1568 Kolding
37. Princess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Born 20 March 1550 Salzerhelden
Died 11 February 1586 Osterholm
38. Franz II
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1588-1619
Born 10 August 1547 Ratzeburg
Died 2 July 1619 Lauenburg
Married 10 November 1582 Wolfenbuettel
39. Duchess Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
Born 13 January 1566 Schladen
Died 2 July 1619 (Lauenburg?)
40. Johann Georg I
Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
Born 9 May 1567 Harzgerode
Died 14 May 1618 Dessau
Married 11 September 1595 Heidelberg
41. Pfalzgrafin Dorothea von Simmern
Born 6 January 1581 Kaiserslautern
Died 18 September 1631 Sandersleben
42. Moritz "den Gelehrten"
Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1592-1627
Born 25 May 1572 Kassel
Died 15 March 1632 Eschwege
Married 22 May 1603 Dillenburg
43. Countess Juliana von Nassau-Siegen
Born 3 September 1587 Dillenburg
Died 15 February 1643 Eschwege
44. 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
45. Louise de Coligny
Born 23 September 1555 Chatillon-sur-Loing
Died 13 November 1620 Fontainebleau
46. Count Johann Albrecht I zu
Solms-Braunfels
Born 5 March 1563
Died 14 May 1623 's-Gravenhage
Married 13 May 1590
47. Countess Agnes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
Born 18 April 1568
Died 22 April 1617
48. = 16
49. = 17 50. = 22
51. = 23
52. Georg
Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg zu Kalenberg
Born 17 February 1582 Celle
Died 12 April 1641 Wolfenbuettel
Married 14 December 1617 Darmstadt
53. Landgraefin Anna Eleonore
von Hessen-Darmstadt
Born 30 July 1601 Darmstadt
Died 6 May 1649 Herzberg
54. 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
55. Princess Elizabeth of England
Born 19 August 1596 Falkland Castle
Died 14 February 1662 London, Leicester House
56. = 52
57. = 53 58. = 54
59. = 55
60. = 52
61. = 53
62. Alexandre Desmier
Sire d'Olbreuse
Born 1608
Died 1660 Medoc
Married 16 September 1631
63. Jacquette Poussard de Vendre
Died before 22 August 1648
64. Joachim Friedrich
Elector of Brandenburg 1598-1608
Born 27 January 1546 Berlin
Died 28 July 1608 nr Koepenik
Married 8 January 1570 Kuestrin
65. Markgraefin Katharina von
Brandenburg-Kuestrin
Born 10 August 1549 Kuestrin
Died 10 October 1602 Berlin
66. Albrecht Friedrich
Duke of Prussia
Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
67. Marie Eleonore
Duchess of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
68. Ludwig VI
Elector von der Pfalz 1576-1583
Born 4 July 1539 Simmern
Died 22 October 1583 Heidelberg
Married 8 July 1560 Marburg
69. Landgraefin Elisabeth von
Hessen
Born 13 February 1539 Kassel
Died 14 March 1582 Heidelberg
70. = 44
71. Charlotte de Bourbon
Born circa 1546
Died 5 May 1582 Antwerpen
72. Christian III
King of Denmark and Norway 1534-1559
Born 12 August 1503 Gottorp
Died 1 January 1559 Koldinghus
Married 29 October 1525 Lauenburg
73. Duchess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
Born 9 July 1511 Lauenburg
Died 7 October 1571 Sonderburg
74. Ernst
Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1551-1567
Born 17 December 1518 Herzberg
Died 2 April 1567 Herzberg
Married 9 October 1548 Wolgast
75. Anna Margarete von Pommern
Born circa 27 May 1518
Died 24 June 1569 Salzerhelden
76. Franz I
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1543-1581
Born 1510
Died 19 March 1581 Buxtehude
Married 8 February 1540 Dresden
77. Duchess Sibylle of Saxony
Born 2 May 1515 Freiburg
Died 28 July 1592 Lauenburg
78. Julius
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
Born 29 June 1528 (Wolfenbuettel?)
Died 13 May 1589 Wolfenbuettel
Married 25 February 1560 Berlin
79. Markgraefin Hedwig von Brandenburg
Born 2 March 1540 (Berlin?)
Died 21 October 1602 Wolfenbuettel
80. Joachim Ernst
Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
Married 25 February 1560 Dessau
81. Countess Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen
Born 23 June 1540 Barby
Died 27 November 1569 Bernburg
82. Pfalzgraf Johann Kasimir von
Simmern
Born 7 March 1543 Simmern
Died 16 January 1592 Heidelberg
Married 4 June 1570 Heidelberg
83. Duchess Elisabeth of Saxony
Born 18 October 1552 Wolkenstein
Died 12 April 1590 Heidelberg
84. Wilhelm IV "der Weise"
Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1567-1592
Born 24 June 1532 Kassel
Died 25 August 1592 Kassel
Married 12 February 1566 Marburg
85. Duchess Sophie Sabine von
Wuerttemberg
Born 2 July 1549 Moempelgard
Died 17 August 1581 Rotenburg
86. Johann VII
Count von Nassau-Siegen
Born 7 June 1561 Dillenburg Castle
Died 27 September 1623 Siegen
Married 9 December 1581 Dillenburg Castle
87. Countess Magdalena von Waldeck
Born 1558
Died 9 September 1599
88. Wilhelm "the Rich"
Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
Married 20 September 1531
89. Countess Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg
Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg
90. 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
91. Charlotte de Laval-Montfort
Died 3 March 1568
92. Konrad
Count zu Solms-Braunfels
Born 17 June 1540
Died 28 December 1592
Married 16 June 1559 Dillenburg
93. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg
Born 25 September 1542 Dillenburg
Died 18 November 1603
94. Ludwig I
Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
Born 7 December 1532 Wittgenstein
Died 2 July 1605 Altenkirchen
Married 14 January 1567 Laubach
95. Countess Elisabeth zu Solms-Laubach
Born 6 March 1549 Laubach
Died 5 August 1599 Dillenburg
96. = 32
97. = 33 98. = 34
99. = 35
100. = 44
101. = 45 102. = 46
103. = 47
104. Wilhelm
Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
Born 4 July 1535 (Celle?)
Died 30 August 1592 Celle
Married 12 October 1561 Celle
105. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
Born 29 June 1546 Koldinghus
Died 16 January 1617 Winsen
106. 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
107. Markgraefin Magdalene von Brandenburg
Born 7 January 1582 Berlin
Died 4 May 1616 Darmstadt
108. = 34
109. = 35
110. 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
111. Princess Anna of Denmark
Born 12 October 1574 Skanderborg Castle, Jutland
Died 4 March 1619 Hampton Court Palace
112. = 104
113. = 105 114. = 106
115. = 107
116. = 34
117. = 35 118. = 110
119. = 111
120. = 104
121. = 105 122. = 106
123. = 107
124. Alexandre Desmier
Sire d'Olbreuse
Died circa 1621
Married 14 January 1605 La Rochelle
125. Marie Baudouin
Born 1577
Died after 19 February 1619
126. Joachim Poussard
Seigneur de Bas-Vendre
127. Susanne Gaillard
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