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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia
(6 generations)


        1. Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia
            Born 4 February 1854 St.Petersburg
            Died 11 April 1912 Stuttgart
 
        2. Grand Duke Constantine Nicholaievitch of Russia
            Born 9 September 1827 St.Petersburg
            Died 13 January 1892 Pavlovsk
            Married 30 August 1848 St.Petersburg
        3. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 8 July 1830 Altenburg
            Died 23 June 1911 St.Petersburg
 

        4. Nicholas I Pavlovitch
            Emperor of Russia 1825-1855
            Born 25 June 1796 Gatschina
            Died 18 February 1855 St.Petersburg
            Married 1 July 1817 St.Petersburg
        5. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
            'Alexandra Feodorovna'
            Born 13 July 1798 Charlottenburg
            Died 20 October 1860 Tsarskoie-Selo
        6. Josef
            Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1834-1848
            Born 27 August 1789 Hildburghausen
            Died 25 January 1868 Altenburg
            Married 24 April 1817 Kirchheim unter Teck
        7. Duchess Amelia von Wuerttemberg
            Born 28 June 1799 Wallisfurth
            Died 28 November 1848 Altenburg
 
        8. Paul I Petrovitch
            Emperor of Russia 1796-1801
            Born 1 October 1754 St.Petersburg
            Died 23 March 1801 St.Petersburg (murdered)
            Married 7 October 1776 St.Petersburg
        9. Duchess Sophia Dorothea von Wuerttemberg
            'Maria Feodorovna'
            Born 25 October 1759 Stettin
            Died 5 November 1828 Pavlovsk
       10. Friedrich Wilhelm III
            King of Prussia 1797-1840
            Born 3 August 1770 Potsdam
            Died 7 June 1840 Berlin
            Married 24 December 1793 Berlin
       11. Duchess Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 10 March 1776 Hannover
            Died 19 July 1810 Hohenzieritz
       12. Friedrich
            Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1826-1834
            Born 29 April 1763 Hildburghausen
            Died 29 September 1834 Hummelshain
            Married 3 September 1785 Hildburghausen
       13. Duchess Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 17 November 1769 Hannover
            Died 14 May 1818 Hildburghausen
       14. Duke Ludwig von Wuerttemberg
            Born 30 August 1756 Treptow
            Died 20 September 1817 Kirchheim unter Teck
            Married 28 January 1797 Castle Ermitage nr Bayreuth
       15. Princess Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 22 April 1780 Kirchheim-Bolanden
            Died 2 January 1857 Kirchheim unter Teck
 
       16. Peter III
            Emperor of Russia 1762, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 21 February 1728 Kiel
            Died 6 July 1762 Ropscha (murdered)
            Married 24 August 1746 St.Petersburg
       17. Catherine II "the Great"
            Empress of Russia 1762-1796
            Born 2 May 1729 Stettin
            Died 6 November 1796 St.Petersburg
       18. Friedrich II Eugen
            Duke of Wuerttemberg 1795-1797
            Born 21 January 1732 Stuttgart
            Died 23 December 1797 Hohenheim
            Married 29 November 1753 Schwedt
       19. Markgraefin Dorothea von Brandenburg-Schwedt
            Born 18 December 1736 Schwedt
            Died 9 March 1798 Stuttgart
       20. Friedrich Wilhelm II
            King of Prussia 1786-1797
            Born 25 September 1744 Berlin
            Died 16 November 1797 Marmorpalais nr Berlin
            Married 14 July 1769 Charlottenburg
       21. Princess Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 16 October 1751 Prenzlau
            Died 25 February 1805 Berlin
       22. Karl II
            Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 10 October 1741 Mirow
            Died 6 November 1816 Neustrelitz
            Married 8 September 1768 Darmstadt
       23. Landgraefin Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 20 August 1752 Darmstadt
            Died 22 May 1782 Hannover
       24. Ernst Friedrich III
            Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1745-1780
            Born 10 June 1727 Koenigsberg in Franken
            Died 23 September 1780 Seidingstedt
            Married 1 July 1758 Bayreuth
       25. Princess Ernestine Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 5 January 1740 Weimar
            Died 10 June 1786 Hildburghausen
       26. = 22        27. = 23        28. = 18        29. = 19
       30. Karl Christian
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 16 January 1735 Weilburg
            Died 28 November 1788 Muenster-Dreyssen nr Kirchheim
            Married 5 March 1760 's-Gravenhage
       31. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
            Born 28 February 1743 Leeuwarden
            Died 6 May 1787 Kirchheim-Bolanden
 
       32. Karl Friedrich
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1702-1718-1739
            Born 30 April 1700 Stockholm
            Died 18 June 1739 Rolfshagen
            Married 21 May 1725 St.Petersburg
       33. Grand Duchess Anna Pjotrovna of Russia
            Born 7 February 1708 Moscow
            Died 15 May 1728 Kiel
       34. Christian August
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 29 November 1690 Dornburg
            Died 16 March 1747 Zerbst
            Married 8 November 1727 Vechelde
       35. Princess Johanna Elisabeth von Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 24 October 1712 Gottorp
            Died 30 May 1760 Paris
       36. Karl Alexander
            Duke von Wuerttemberg 1733-1737
            Born 24 January 1684 Stuttgart
            Died 12 March 1737 Ludwigsburg
            Married 1 May 1727 Frankfurt am Main
       37. Princess Maria Augusta Anna von Thurn und Taxis
            Born 11 August 1706 Frankfurt am Main
            Died 1 February 1756 Goeppingen
       38. Friedrich Wilhelm
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt
            Born 27 December 1700 Oranienbaum nr Dessau
            Died 4 March 1771 Wildenbruch
            Married 10 November 1734 Potsdam
       39. Princess Sofie of Prussia
            Born 25 January 1719 Berlin
            Died 13 November 1765 Schwedt
       40. Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia
            Born 9 August 1722 Berlin
            Died 12 June 1758 Oranienburg
            Married 6 January 1742 Berlin
       41. Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 29 January 1722 Wolfenbuettel, Castle Bevern
            Died 13 January 1780 Berlin
       42. Ludwig IX
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1768-1790
            Born 15 December 1719 Darmstadt
            Died 6 April 1790 Pirmasens
            Married 12 August 1741 Zweibruecken
       43. Pfalzgraefin Karoline von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld
            Born 9 March 1721 Strassburg
            Died 30 March 1774 Darmstadt
       44. Duke Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
            Born 23 February 1708 Strelitz
            Died 5 June 1752 Mirow
            Married 5 February 1735 Eisfeld
       45. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 4 August 1713 Hildburghausen
            Died 29 June 1761 Neustrelitz
       46. Landgraf Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt
            Born 11 July 1722 Darmstadt
            Died 21 June 1782 Darmstadt
            Married 15 March 1748 Castle Heidesheim
       47. Countess Marie Luise Albertine zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Heidesheim
            Born 16 March 1729 Heidesheim
            Died 11 March 1818 Neustrelitz
       48. Ernst Friedrich II
            Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1724-1745
            Born 17 December 1707 Hildburghausen
            Died 13 August 1745 Hildburghausen
            Married 19 June 1726 Fuerstenau
       49. Countess Karoline zu Erbach-Fuerstenau
            Born 29 September 1700 Fuerstenau
            Died 7 May 1758 Hildburghausen
       50. Ernst August I
            Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1707-1748
            Born 19 April 1688 Weimar
            Died 19 January 1748 Eisenach
            Married 7 April 1734 Bayreuth
       51. Markgraefin Sophie Charlotte von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
            Born 27 July 1713 Castle Weferlingen
            Died 2 March 1747 Eisenach
       52. = 44        53. = 45        54. = 46        55. = 47
       56. = 36        57. = 37        58. = 38        59. = 39
       60. Karl August
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 17 September 1685 Weilburg
            Died 9 November 1753 Weilburg
            Married 17 August 1723 Wiesbaden
       61. Princess Auguste von Nassau-Idstein
            Born 17 August 1699 Idstein
            Died 8 June 1750 Weilburg
       62. Willem IV
            Prince of Orange and Nassau
            Born 1 September 1711 Leeuwarden
            Died 22 October 1751 's-Gravenhage
            Married 25 March 1734 London
       63. Princess Anne of Great Britain and Ireland
            Princess Royal, Princess of Hannover
            Born 2 November 1709 Herrenhausen, Hannover
            Died 12 January 1759 's-Gravenhage
 
       64. Friedrich IV
            Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
            Born 18 October 1671 Gottorp
            Died 19 July 1702 Klissow
            Married 12 June 1698 Carlberg
       65. Princess Hedwig Sofia of Sweden
            Born 26 June 1681 Stockholm
            Died 22 December 1708 Stockholm
       66. Peter I "the Great"
            Emperor of Russia 1682-1721-1725
            Born 30 May 1672 Moscow
            Died 28 January 1725 St.Petersburg
            Married 19 February 1712 St.Petersburg
        67. Catherine I
            Empress of Russia 1725-1727
            Born 5 April 1684 Jacobstadt
            Died 6 May 1727 St.Petersburg
       68. Prince Johann Ludwig von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 4 May 1656 Zerbst
            Died 1 November 1704 Dornburg
            Married 23 July 1687 Halle a.S.
       69. Christine Eleonore von Zeutsch
            Born 5 June 1666 Hedersleben nr Eisleben
            Died 17 May 1699 Zerbst
       70. Prince Christian August von Holstein-Gottorp
            Regent of Holstein-Gottorp 1702-1708
            Born 11 January 1673 Gottorp
            Died 24 April 1726 Eutin
            Married 3 September 1704 Eutin
       71. Markgraefin Albertine Friederike von Baden-Durlach
            Born 3 July 1682 Durlach
            Died 22 December 1755 Hamburg
       72. Friedrich Karl
            Duke von Wuerttemberg zu Winnental
            Born 12 September 1652 Stuttgart
            Died 20 December 1698 Stuttgart
            Married 31 October 1682 Ansbach
       73. Markgraefin Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 13 October 1663 Ansbach
            Died 4 March 1724 Ansbach
       74. Anselm Franz
            2.Fuerst von Thurn und Taxis
            baptised 30 January 1681 Bruxelles
            Died 8 November 1739 Bruxelles
            Married 10 January 1703 Wien
       75. Princess Ludovica Anna Francisca von Lobkowicz
            Born 20 October 1683 Baden nr Wien
            Died 20 January 1750 Regensburg
       76. Markgraf Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt
            Born 9 May 1669 Koenigsberg
            Died 19 December 1711 Schwedt
            Married 15 January 1699 Oranienbaum
       77. Princess Johanne Charlotte von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 6 April 1682 Dessau
            Died 31 March 1750 Herford
       78. Friedrich Wilhelm I
            King in Prussia 1713-1740
            Born 14 August 1688 Berlin
            Died 31 May 1740 Potsdam
            Married 28 November 1706 Berlin
       79. Princess Sophie Dorothea von Hannover
            Born 16 March 1685 Hannover
            Died 28 June 1757 Castle Montbijou nr Berlin
       80. = 78        81. = 79
       82. Ferdinand Albrecht II
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 29 May 1680 Bevern
            Died 3 September 1735 Salzdahlem
            Married 15 October 1712 Braunschweig
       83. Princess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 14 April 1696 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 6 March 1762 Braunschweig
       84. Ludwig VIII
            Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt 1739-1768
            Born 5 April 1691 Darmstadt
            Died 17 October 1768 Darmstadt
            Married 5 April 1717 Castle Philippsruhe
       85. Countess Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg
            Born 2 May 1700 Buchsweiler
            Died 1 July 1726 Darmstadt
       86. Christian III
            Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld
            Born 7 November 1674 Strassburg
            Died 3 February 1735 Zweibruecken
            Married 21 September 1719 Sankt Lorenzen
       87. Countess Caroline von Nassau-Saarbruecken
            Born 12 August 1704 Saarbruecken
            Died 25 March 1774 Darmstadt
       88. Adolf Friedrich II
            Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1701-1708
            Born 19 October 1658 Grabow
            Died 12 May 1708 Strelitz
            Married 10 June 1705 Strelitz
       89. Princess Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
            Born 30 March 1681 Schwarzburg
            Died 1 November 1751 Mirow
       90. Ernst Friedrich I
            Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1715-1724
            Born 21 August 1681 Arolsen
            Died 9 March 1724 Hildburghausen
            Married 4 February 1704 Erbach
       91. Countess Sophie Albertine zu Erbach
            Born 30 July 1683 Erbach
            Died 4 September 1742 Eisfeld
       92. = 84        93. = 85
       94. Count Christian Karl Reinhard zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Heidesheim
            Born 7 July 1695 Broich a.d.Ruhr
            Died 17 November 1766 Heidesheim
            Married 27 November 1726 Mettenheim
       95. Countess Catharine Polyxene zu Solms-Rodelheim
             und Assenheim
            Born 30 January 1702 Rodelheim
            Died 21 March 1765 Heidesheim
       96. = 90        97. = 91
       98. Count Philipp Karl zu Erbach-Fuerstenau
            Born 14 September 1677 Schoenberg
            Died 2 April 1736 Fuerstenau
            Married 4 December 1698 Kleinheubach
       99. Countess Charlotte Amalie von Kunowitz
            Born 27 April 1677 Kassel
            Died 8 June 1722 Fuerstenau
      100. Johann Ernst III
            Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1683-1707
            Born 22 June 1664 Weimar
            Died 10 June 1707 Weimar
            Married 11 October 1685 Zerbst
      101. Princess Sophie Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst
            Born 9 March 1663 Zerbst
            Died 14 September 1694 Weimar
      102. Georg Friedrich Karl
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
            Born 30 June 1688 Sulzburg
            Died 17 May 1735 Bayreuth
            Married 17 April 1709 Berlin Div.1716
      103. Princess Dorothea von Holstein-Beck
            Born 4 December 1685 Augustenburg
            Died 25 December 1761 Staflo
      104. = 88       105. = 89       106. = 90       107. = 91
      108. = 84       109. = 85       110. = 94       111. = 95
      112. = 72       113. = 73       114. = 74       115. = 75
      116. = 76       117. = 77       118. = 78       119. = 79
      120. Johann Ernst
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 13 July 1664 Weilburg
            Died 27 February 1719 Heidelberg
            Married 3 April 1683 Homburg a.d.Mark
      121. Countess Marie Polyxene zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Hartenburg
            Born 17 February 1662 Hartenburg
            Died 22 April 1725 Kirchheimbolanden
      122. Georg August Samuel
            Furst von Nassau-Idstein
            Born 26 February 1665 Idstein
            Died 26 October 1721 Biebrich
            Married 26 October 1688 Darmstadt
      123. Princess Henriette Dorothea zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 14 February 1672 Ottingen
            Died 18 May 1728 Wiesbaden
      124. Johan Willem Friso
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dietz, Prince of Orange
            Born 4 August 1687 Dessau
            Died 14 July 1711 Hollands Diep (drowned)
            Married 26 April 1709 Kassel
      125. Landgraefin Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 7 February 1688 Kassel
            Died 9 April 1765 Leeuwarden, Friesland
      126. George II
            King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-1760
            Born 30 October 1683 Hannover
            Died 25 October 1760 Kensington Palace
            Married 22 August 1705 Herrenhausen
      127. Markgraefin Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 1 March 1683 Ansbach
            Died 20 November 1737 London, St.James's Palace
 
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