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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Duchess Sofie von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
(6 generations)


        1. Duchess Sofie von Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 21 June 1662 Guestrow
            Died 7 June 1738 Oels
 
        2. Gustav Adolf
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow 1654-1695
            Born 25 February 1633 Guestrow
            Died 5 November 1695 Guestrow
            Married 28 November 1654 Gottorp
        3. Princess Magdalene Sibylle von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 24 November 1631 Gottorp
            Died 22 September 1719 Guestrow
 

        4. 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
        5. Princess Eleonore Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Born 7 August 1600
            Died 17 July 1657
        6. Friedrich III
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1616-1659
            Born 22 December 1597 Gottorp
            Died 10 August 1659 Tonning
            Married 21 February 1630 Reinbeck
        7. Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony
            Born 22 November 1610 Dresden
            Died 24 June 1684 Husum
 
        8. Johann V-VII
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1576-1585-1592
            Born 7 March 1558 Guestrow
            Died 22 March 1592 Schwerin
            Married 17 February 1588
        9. Princess Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 1 June 1569 Gottorp
            Died 14 November 1634 Schwerin
       10. Christian I
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Born 11 May 1568 Bernburg
            Died 17 April 1630 Bernburg
            Married 2 July 1595 Lorbach
       11. Countess Anna zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg
            Born 4 January 1579 Steinfurt
            Died 9 December 1624 Bernburg
       12. Johann Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1590-1616
            Born 27 February 1575 Gottorp
            Died 31 March 1616 Gottorp
            Married 30 August 1596 Copenhagen
       13. Princess Auguste of Denmark
            Born 8 April 1580 Koldinghus
            Died 5 February 1639 Husum
       14. Johann Georg I
            Elector of Saxony 1611-1656
            Born 5 March 1585 Dresden
            Died 8 October 1656 Dresden
            Married 19 July 1607 Torgau
       15. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle in Prussia
            Born 9 January 1587 Koenigsberg
            Died 22 February 1659 Dresden
 
       16. Johann Albrecht I
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Guestrow and Schwerin
            Born 23 December 1525 Guestrow
            Died 12 February 1576 Schwerin
            Married 24 February 1555 Koenigsberg
       17. Duchess Anna Sophie of Prussia
            Born 11 June 1527 Koenigsbergen
            Died 6 February 1591 Schwerin
       18. Adolf
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1544-1586
            Born 25 January 1526 Flensburg
            Died 11 October 1586 Gottorp
            Married 16 December 1564 Gottorp
       19. Landgraefin Christine von Hessen
            Born 29 June 1543 Kassel
            Died 23 May 1604 Kiel
       20. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 25 February 1560 Dessau
       21. Countess Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 23 June 1540 Barby
            Died 27 November 1569 Bernburg
       22. Arnold II
            Count von Bentheim
            Born 2 October 1554
            Died 11 January 1606
            Married 24 June 1573
       23. Countess Magdalena von Neuenahr
            Heiress of Limburg
            Born 1551
            Died 13 January 1626
       24. = 18        25. = 19
       26. Fredrik II
            King of Denmark and Norway 1559-1588
            Born 1 July 1534 Haderslev
            Died 4 April 1588 Antvorskov
            Married 20 July 1572 Copenhagen
       27. Duchess Sophie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 4 September 1557 Wismar
            Died 14 October 1631 Nykoping
       28. Christian I
            Elector of Saxony 1586-1591
            Born 29 October 1560 Dresden
            Died 25 September 1591 Dresden
            Married 25 April 1582 Dresden
       29. Markgraefin Sofie von Brandenburg
            Born 6 June 1568 Zechlin
            Died 7 December 1622 Dresden
       30. Albrecht Friedrich
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
            Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
            Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
       31. Marie Eleonore
            Duchess of Cleves, Julich and Berg
            Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
            Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
 
       32. 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
       33. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
       34. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 1 July 1526 Koenigsbergen
       35. Princess Dorothea of Denmark
            Born 1 August 1504 (Gottorp?)
            Died 11 April 1547 Koenigsbergen
       36. Fredrik I
            King of Denmark and Norway 1523-1533
            Born 7 October 1471
            Died 10 April 1533 Gottorp
            Married 9 October 1518 Kiel
       37. Sophie von Pommern
            Born 1498
            Died 13 May 1568 Kiel
       38. 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
       39. Duchess Christine of Saxony
            Born 25 December 1505
            Died 15 April 1549 Kassel
       40. Johann II
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 4 September 1504 Dessau
            Died 4 February 1551 Zerbst
            Married 15 February 1534 Dessau
       41. Markgraefin Margarethe von Brandenburg
            Born 29 September 1511
            Died after 1577
       42. Wolfgang I
            Count von Barby und Muehlingen
            Born 1502 Barby
            Died 24 January 1564 Barby
            Married 23 January 1526 Seeburg
       43. Countess Agnes von Mansfeld
            Born 5 March 1511 Seeburg
            Died 12 December 1558 Barby
       44. Everwin III
            Count von Bentheim
            Born 1536
            Died 19 February 1562
            Married circa 12 February 1553
       45. Countess Anna von Tecklenburg
            Heiress of Tecklenburg and Rheda
            Born 5 July 1532
            Died 23 August 1582
       46. Gumprecht IV
            Count von Neuenahr und von Limburg
            Born 1503
            Died 17 June 1552 / 21 May 1556
            Married 20 November 1542
       47. Amone von Daun-Falkenstein
            Heiress of Limburg
       48. = 36        49. = 37        50. = 38        51. = 39
       52. Christian III
            King of Denmark and Norway 1534-1559
            Born 12 August 1503 Gottorp
            Died 1 January 1559 Koldinghus
            Married 29 October 1525 Lauenburg
       53. Duchess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
            Born 9 July 1511 Lauenburg
            Died 7 October 1571 Sonderburg
       54. Ulrich III
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 22 April 1527 Schwerin
            Died 14 March 1603 Guestrow
            Married 16 February 1556 Copenhagen
       55. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born 14 October 1524
            Died 15 October 1586 Nykoping or Gjedsor
       56. August
            Elector of Saxony 1553-1586
            Born 31 July 1526 Freiberg
            Died 11 February 1586 Dresden
            Married 7 October 1548 Torgau
       57. Princess Anna of Denmark
            Born 25 November 1532 Haderslev
            Died 1 October 1585 Dresden
       58. Johann Georg
            Elector of Brandenburg 1571-1598
            Born 11 September 1525
            Died 18 January 1598 Berlin
            Married 12 February 1548 Ansbach
       59. Markgraefin Sabine von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 12 May 1529 Ansbach
            Died 2 November 1575 Berlin
       60. = 34
       61. Duchess Anna Maria of Brunswick-Kalenberg
            Born 1532
            Died 20 March 1568 Koenigsbergen
       62. 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
       63. Archduchess Maria of Austria
            Born 15 May 1531 Prag
            Died 11 December 1581 Hambach

 
       64. Magnus II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Guestrow
            Born 1441
            Died 20 November 1503 Wismar
            Married 29 May 1478 Anklam
       65. Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast
            Died 26 May 1504 Wismar
       66. Joachim I
            Elector of Brandenburg 1499-1535
            Born 21 February 1484
            Died 11 July 1535 Berlin
            Married 10 April 1502 Stendal
       67. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born before 24 June 1485 Nykoping
            Died 10 June 1555 Berlin
       68. 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
       69. Sofie of Poland
            Born 6 April 1464
            Died 5 October 1512
       70. = 36
       71. Markgrafin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 27 August 1487 Berlin
            Died 3 May 1514 Kiel
       72. Christian I
            King of Denmark 1448-1481, Norway 1449-1481
            Born February 1426 Oldenburg
            Died 21 May 1481 Copenhagen
            Married 28 October 1449 Copenhagen
       73. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg
            Born 1430
            Died 25 November 1495 Kalundborg
       74. Bogislaw X "the Great"
            Duke of Pommern
            Born 3 June 1454 Stolp
            Died 5 October 1523 Stettin
            Married 2 February 1491 Stettin
       75. Anna of Poland
            Born 12 March 1476 Nessau
            Died 12 August 1503 Ueckermunde
       76. Wilhelm II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1483-1493-1509
            Born circa 29 March 1469
            Died 11 July 1509 Kassel
            Married 20 October 1500 Kassel
       77. Duchess Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 14 September 1485 Wismar
            Died 12 May 1525 Rodelheim
       78. Georg
            Duke of Saxony 1500-1539
            Born 27 August 1471 Meissen
            Died 17 April 1539 Dresden
            Married 21 November 1496 Leipzig
      79. Barbara of Poland
            Born 15 July 1478 Sandomir
            Died 15 February 1534 Leipzig
       80. Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born after 1456
            Died 12 July 1516
            Married 20 January 1494 Kotbus
       81. Margarete von Muensterberg
            Born 25 August 1473
            Died 28 June 1530 Dresden
       82. = 66        83. = 67
       84. Burchard
            Count von Barby und Muehlingen
            Died 3 November 1505
            Married 1482
       85. Duchess Magdalene zu Mecklenburg-Stargard
            Born circa 1454
            Died 2 April 1532
       86. Gebhard VII
            Count von Mansfeld
            Born 1478
            Died 13 September 1558
            Married circa 1510
       87. Countess Margarethe von Gleichen
            Died 1 August 1567
       88. Arnold I
            Count von Bentheim, Herr zu Steinfurt
            Born 1497
            Died 1553
            Married 30 January 1530
       89. Walburga van Brederode
            Born 8 January 1512
            Died 1567
       90. Konrad
            Count von Tecklenburg
            Born 1493
            Died 16 March 1557
            Married 19 May 1527
       91. Landgraefin Mathilde von Hessen
            Born circa 1490
            Died 6 May 1558
       92. Gumprecht III
            Count von Neuenahr
            Died before 18 June 1505
       93. Amalie von Wertheim
       94. Wirich V von Daun
            Count von Falkenstein
            Born 1473
            Died circa 1544
       95. Countess Irmgard zu Sayn
            Heiress of Limburg and Bruch
       96. = 72        97. = 73        98. = 74        99. = 75
      100. = 76       101. = 77       102. = 78       103. = 79
      104. = 36       105. = 71
      106. Magnus I
            Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 1507-1543
            Born circa 1470
            Died 1 August 1543 Ratzeburg
            Married 20 November 1509 Wolfenbuettel
      107. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 1488
            Died 19 June 1563
      108. = 32       109. = 33       110. = 36       111. = 37
      112. Heinrich V "the Pious"
            Duke of Saxony 1539-1541
            Born 16 March 1473 Dresden
            Died 18 August 1541 Dresden
            Married 6 July 1512 Freiberg
      113. Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 1487
            Died 6 June 1561 Wolkenstein
      114. = 52       115. = 53
      116. Joachim II
            Elector of Brandenburg 1535-1571
            Born 9 January 1505
            Died 3 January 1571 Koepeninck
            Married 6 November 1524 Dresden
      117. Duchess Magdalene of Saxony
            Born 7 March 1507 Dresden
            Died 25 January 1534 (Berlin?)
      118. Georg
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 4 March 1484 Ansbach
            Died 27 December 1543
            Married 9 January 1525 Oels
      119. Duchess Hedwig von Muensterberg
            Born 10 June 1508
            Died 28 November 1531 Liegnitz
      120. = 68       121. = 69
      122. Erich I
            Duke von Brunswick zu Kalenberg
            Born 16 February 1470
            Died 30 July 1540
            Married 12 March 1525
      123. Markgraefin Elisabeth von Brandenburg
            Born 24 August 1510
            Died 25 May 1558
      124. Johann III
            Duke of Cleves 1521-1539 Juelich & Berg 1524-1539
            Born 10 November 1490
            Died 6 February 1539
            Married 1 October 1510
      125. Marie von Juelich und Berg
            Born 3 August 1491
            Died 19 August 1543
      126. Ferdinand I
            Holy Roman Emperor 1556-1564
            Born 10 March 1503 Alcala de Henares
            Died 25 July 1564 Wien
            Married 25 May 1521 Linz
      127. Princess Anna Jagiello of Hungary
            Born 23 June 1503 Ofen
            Died 27 January 1547 Prag
 
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