This will be an account of the House of Ascania (the Latin form of the castle of Aschersleben), descended from one Ct Adalbert von Ballenstedt. The family acquired the county of Ascania ca 1100. In 1180 Ct Bernhard of Ascania and Anhalt obtained the title of Duke of Saxony with the territories of Lauenburg and Wittenberg. Albrecht the Bear became Margrave of Brandenburg ca 1134, and his descendants ruled Brandenburg until the 14th century. The only extant lines today are those of the Princes of Anhalt and the Counts von Westarp. Part 1. Adalbert von Ballenstedt and his wife Hidda (dau.of Margrave Udo I von der Lausitz) had issue: 1.Ct Esiko von Anhalt and Ballenstedt, d.ca 1060; m.Gertrud von Werl 1.1.Adalbert, d.ca 1080; m.Adelheid, dau.of Otto von Orlamuende, Mgve of Meissen 1.1.1.Otto, d.1123; m.Eilika (d.1142) dau.of Duke Magnus of Saxony 1.1.1.1.Albrecht the Bear, Duke of Saxony 1138-42, Margrave of Brandenburg 1134 (ca 1100-1170); m.Sofie N 1.1.1.1.1.Mgve Otto I of Brandenburg, d.1184; m.1st 1147 Judith of Poland (d.1172/4); m.2d 1176 Adelaide of Holland (d.after 1205) 1.1.1.1.1.1.Mgve Otto II, d.1205 1.1.1.1.1.2.Heinrich, Ct von Tangermuende, d.after 15 Apr 1192 1.1.1.1.1.3.Mgve Albrecht II of Brandenburg (ca 1174-1220); m.1205 Mathilde von der Lausitz (d.1255) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.Mgve Johann I of Brandenburg (ca 1213-1266); m.1st 1231 Sofie of Denmark (1217-1248); m.2d 1250 Hedwig of Pomerania; m.3d 1255 Jutta of Saxony (d.before 2 Feb 1267) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.Mgve Johann II of Brandenburg 1266-81, d.1281; m.1249 Hedwig von Werl (d.1277) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.Johann, Bp of Havelburg, d.1292 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.2.Mgve Otto IV of Brandenburg 1266-1308/9, d.1308/9; m.1st 1262 Heilwig of Holstein; m.2d 1308 Jutta von Henneberg (ca 1272-1316) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.Konrad, Mgve of Brandenburg, d.1304; m.1266 Konstanze of Poland (d.before 9 Oct 1281) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.1.Mgve Johann IV of Brandenburg, d.1305; m.1302 Hedwig of Breslau (d.after 3 Feb 1343) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.2.Mgve Otto VII of Brandenburg, d.1308 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.3.Konrad, d.ca 1308 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.4.Mgve Waldemar of Brandenburg (ca 1290-1319); m.before 14 May 1309 Agnes of Brandenburg (below) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.3.5.Agnes, d.1329; m.1300 Fst Albrecht I of Anhalt (d.1316) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.4.Erich, Archbishop of Magdeburg, d.1295 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.5.Albrecht, d.young 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.6.Hermann, Bp of Havelburg, d.before Sep 1291 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.7.Mgve Heinrich I of Brandenburg, d.1318; m.ca 1298 Agnes of Bavaria (d.1345) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.7.1.Mgve Heinrich II of Brandenburg, d.1320 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.7.2.Jutta, d.before 1330; m.1318 Duke Heinrich II of Brunswick- Grubenhagen (d.after 1351) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.7.3.Sofie, d.1356; m.ca 1327 Duke Magnus I of Brunswick (d.1369) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.8.Helene (1241/2-1304); m.1258 Mgve Dietrich of Meissen (1242-1285) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.9.Mechtild; m.before 1278 Duke Bogislaw IV of Pomerania (d.1309) 1.1.1.1.1.3.1.10.Agnes, d.1304; m.1st 1273 King Erik VII of Denmark (1249-1286); m.2d 1293 Ct Gerhard II of Holstein (d.1312) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.Mgve Otto III of Brandenburg, d.1267; m.1243 Beatrix of Bohemia (d.1286) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.Mgve Johann III of Brandenburg (1244-1268) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.Mgve Otto V of Brandenburg, d.1299; m.1268 Judith von Henneberg (d.ca 1317) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.Mgve Hermann of Brandenburg, d.1308; m.1295 Anna von Habsburg (d.1328) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1.Mgve Johann V of Brandenburg (1302-1317); m.Katharina of Sagan 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.2.Mathilde, b.1296, d.before Apr 1321; m.before 18 Feb 1321 Duke Heinrich IV of Sagan (d.1342) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.3.Agnes (1297-1334); m.1st before 14 May 1309 Mgve Waldemar of Brandenburg (above); m.2d 1319 Duke Otto of Brunswick (d.1344) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1.4.Judith (ca 1301-1353); m.ca 1316 Ct Heinrich XII von Henneberg (d.1347) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.2.Otto, d.1307 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.3.Albrecht, b.before 1283, d.1295/7 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.4.Mathilde, d.after 1290; m.1288 Duke Heinrich IV of Breslau (1253- 1290) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.5.Kunigunde, d.1317 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.6.Beatriz, d.before 26 Apr 1316; m.1st 1287/9 Duke Bolko I of Schweidnitz (d.1301); m.2d after 20 Sep 1308 Wladislaw von Cosel 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.7.Judith, d.1328; m.1298 Duke Rudolf I of Saxony (d.1356) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.3.Mgve Albrecht III of Brandenburg (ca 1250-1300); m.1272 Mathilde of Denmark 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.3.1.Otto, b.before 1276, d.1299/1300 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.3.2.Henning, d.1299/1300 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.3.3.Margarete, d.1315; m.1302 Duke Albrecht III of Saxe-Lauenburg (d.1308) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.3.4.Beatrix, d.1314; m.1292 Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg (d.1329) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.4.Kunigunde, d.after 8 Jun 1292; m.1st 1264 Pr Bela of Hungary (d.1269); m.2d 1278 Duke Walram IV of Limburg (d.1279) 1.1.1.1.1.3.2.5.Mathilde, d.1316; m.1266 Duke Barnim I of Pomerania (d.1278) 1.1.1.1.1.3.3.Jutta 1.1.1.1.1.3.4.Mathilde, d.1261; m.1228 Duke Otto I of Brunswick (1204-1252) 1.1.1.1.2.Hermann I, Ct von Orlamuende, d.1176; for his descendants see Part 12 1.1.1.1.3.Siegfried, Archbishop of Bremen, d.1184 1.1.1.1.4.Heinrich, a canon in Magdeburg, d.after 1185 1.1.1.1.5.Adelbert, Ct von Ballenstedt, d.1171; m.after 1157 Adelheid of Meissen 1.1.1.1.5.1.Gertrud; m.Walter II von Arnstein (d.after 1199) 1.1.1.1.6.Dietrich, d.after 5 Sep 1183; m. Mechtild of Thuringia 1.1.1.1.6.1.Dietrich, d.young 1.1.1.1.7.Bernhard, Ct of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony (1140-1212); m.Judith of Poland (d.after 1201); for his descendants see Part 2 1.1.1.1.8.Hedwig, d.1203; m.ca 1160 Mgve Otto of Meissen (d.1190) 1.1.1.1.9.Gertrud; m.Duke Diepold of Jamnitz (d.1167) 1.1.1.1.10.Adelheid, a nun in Lamspringe, d.1162 1.1.1.2.Adelheid; m.1st Mgve Heinrich II von der Nordmark (d.1128); m.2d Werner von Veltheim (d.1170) 1.1.2.Siegfried, Ct von Orlamuende, Ct Palatine of Lorraine, b.ca 1075, k.a.1113; m.Gertrud von Northeim (d.ca 1154) 1.1.2.1.Ct Siegfried von Orlamuende, d.1124 1.1.2.2.Wilhelm, Ct Palatine of Lorraine, d.1140 1.1.2.3.Adela; m.Ct Konrad von Peilstein 1.2.Adelheid; m.Thimo von Schraplau 2.Uta; m.Mgve Ekkehard of Meissen (d.1046) 3.Hazecha, Abbess of Gernrode End of Part 1 Part 2.Bernhard of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony (see Part 1) had issue: 1.Fst Heinrich I of Anhalt (ca 1170-1252); m.Irmgard of Thuringia (d.ca 1244); for his descendants see Part 4 2.Duke Albrecht I of Saxony, d.1261; m.1st 1222 Agnes of Austria (d.1226); m.2d Agnes of Thuringia (d.before 1247); m.3d 1247/8 Helene of Brunswick-Lueneburg (d.1273) 2.1.Bernhard, d.1238/56 2.2.Duke Johann I of Saxe-Lauenburg, b.after 1246, d.1286; m.Ingeburg of Smaland (d.1302) 2.2.1.Duke Johann II of Saxe-Lauenburg, d.1322; m.1315 Elisabeth of Holstein (d.before 1340) 2.2.1.1.Duke Albrecht IV of Saxe-Bergedorf (1315-1344); m.1st 1334 Beate von Schwerin (d.before 1340); m.2d 1341 Sofie of Mecklenburg-Guestrow (d.1364) 2.2.1.1.1.Duke Johann III of Saxe-Bergedorf, d.1354/6 2.2.1.1.2.Duke Albrecht V of Saxe-Bergedorf, d.before 15 Nov 1367; m.1366 Katharina of Mecklenburg-Guestrow (d.1402) 2.2.1.1.3.Duke Erich III of Saxe-Bergedorf, d.1401 2.2.2.Duke Albrecht III of Saxe-Ratzeburg, d.1308; m.1302 Margarete of Brandenburg (d.1315) 2.2.2.1.Albrecht, d.1344; m.1341 Sofie von Ziegenhain 2.2.2.1.1.Sofie 2.2.2.2.Erich, d.1338 2.2.3.Duke Erich I of Saxe-Lauenburg, d.1359; m.1316 Elisabeth of Pomerania (d.after 16 Oct 1369) 2.2.3.1.Duke Erich II of Saxe-Lauenburg, b.after 1316, d.1368; m.Agnes of Holstein (d.ca 1387) 2.2.3.1.1.Duke Erich IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (1354-1411); m.1373 Sofie of Brunswick (d.after 28 May 1416) 2.2.3.1.1.1.Duke Erich V of Saxe-Lauenburg, d.1435; m.1st 1404 Elisabeth of Holstein (d.before 28 May 1416); m.2d before 1422 Elisabeth von Weinsberg (d.after 13 Jul 1462) 2.2.3.1.1.1.1.Heinrich, d.1437 2.2.3.1.1.2.Duke Johann IV of Saxe-Lauenburg, k.a.1414 2.2.3.1.1.3.Albrecht, a canon in Hildesheim, d.1421 2.2.3.1.1.4.Magnus, Bp of Hildesheim and Cammin, d.1452 2.2.3.1.1.5.Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Lauenburg, d.1463; m.1429 Adelheid o Pomerania 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.Duke Johann V of Saxe-Lauenburg (1439-1507) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.1.Erich, Bp of Hildesheim and Muenster, d.1522 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg, d.1543; m.1509 Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel (1488-1563) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.1.Duke Franz I of Saxe-lauenburg (1510-1581); m.1540 Sibylle of Saxe- Freiberg (1515-1592); for his descendants see Part 3 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.2.Dorothea (1511-1571); m.1525 King Christian III of Denmark (1503- 1559) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.3.Katharina (1513-1535); m.1531 King Gustaf I of Sweden (1496-1560) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.4.Sofie, d.1571; m.1537 Ct Anton I of Oldenburg (1505-1573) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.5.Klara (1518-1576); m.1547 Duke Franz of Brunswick-Lueneburg (1508- 1549) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.2.6.Ursula, d.1578; m.1551 Duke Heinrich III of Mecklenburg (1479-1552) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.3.Bernhard, a canon in Cologne and Magdeburg, d.1524 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.4.Johann, Bp of Hildesheim, d.1547 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.5.Rudolf, d.after 1501 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.6.Heinrich, d.young 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.7.Friedrich, d.before 1501 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.8.Adelheid, d.young 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.9.Sofie, d.before 1502; m.1491 Ct Anton I von Holstein-Schauenburg (d.1526) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.10.Katharina, a nun in Rheinbeck 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.11.Elisabeth, d.1541; m.1494 Duke Heinrich IV of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d.1526) 2.2.3.1.1.5.1.12.Anna, d.1504; m.1st 1490 Ct Johann von Lindau-Ruppin (d.1500); m.2d Ct Friedrich von Spiegelberg (d.1537) 2.2.3.1.1.5.2.Sofie, d.1473; m.1444 Duke Gerhard of Juelich and Berg (d.1475) 2.2.3.1.1.6.Otto, d.before 1431 2.2.3.1.1.7.Agnes, d.before 21 Dec 1415; m.Ct Albrecht II of Holstein (d.1403) 2.2.3.1.1.8.Katharina, d.after 18 Nov 1448; m.1st Johann VII of Mecklenburg-Werl (d.1414); m.2d 1416 Duke Johann II of Mecklenburg (d.1422) 2.2.3.1.1.9.Sofie; m.Duke Wartislaw IX of Pomerania 2.2.3.1.2.Agnes, d.after 7 Jan 1387; m.1363 Duke Wilhelm of Brunswick-Lueneburg (d.1369) 2.2.3.1.3.Jutta, b.before 10 Aug 1360, d.1388; m.before 5 Feb 1377 Duke Bogislaw VI of Pomerania (d.1393) 2.2.3.2.Johann, Bp of Cammin, d.before 17 Jun 1370 2.2.3.3.Albrecht 2.2.3.4.Magnus 2.2.3.5.Helene, d.after 15 Aug 1354; m.1338 Ct Johann II von Hoya (d.1377) 2.2.3.6.Mechtild, Abbess of Wienhausen, d.ca 1405 2.2.4.Elisabeth, d.before 1306; m.1287 Duke Waldemar II of Schleswig (d.1312) 2.2.5.Helene, d.after 1332; m.1st Ct Gunther von Schwarzburg; m.2d 1297 Ct Adolf VI von Holstein-Schauenburg (d.1315) 2.2.6.a dau., m.1319 Ct Heinrich IV von Schwerin (d.1344) 2.2.7.Sofie, Prioress at Ploetzkau, d.1319 2.3.Duke Albrecht II of Saxe-Wittenberg, d.1298; m.1273 Agnes von Habsburg (d.1322) 2.3.1.Duke Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg, d.1356; m.1st Judith of Brandenburg (d.1328); m.2d 1329/30 Margarete-Kunigunde of Poland (d.1331); m.3d 1333 Agnes von Lindau- Ruppin (d.1343) 2.3.1.1.Johann, d.young 2.3.1.2.Duke Rudolf II of Saxe-Wittenberg, d.1370; m.1346 Elisabeth von Lindau- Ruppin (d.1373) 2.3.1.2.1.Albrecht, d.young 2.3.1.2.2.Elisabeth, d.young 2.3.1.3.Otto, d.1350; m.1339 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lueneburg (d.1384) 2.3.1.3.1.Albrecht, d.1385; m.1374 Katharine of Anhalt-Bernburg (d.1390) 2.3.1.3.1.1.Helene 2.3.1.4.Albrecht, d.1329 2.3.1.5.Miesko, d.1350; m.Eudoxia N 2.3.1.6.Wilhelm, d.young 2.3.1.7.Wenzel, Elector of Saxony, d.1388; m.1367 Cecilia di Carrara (d.1430/4) 2.3.1.7.1.Rudolf III, Elector of Saxony, d.1419; m.1st Anna of Thuringia (1377-1395); m.2d 1396 Barbara of Liegnitz (1372-1436) 2.3.1.7.1.1.Rudolf, d.1406 2.3.1.7.1.2.Wenzel, d.1407 2.3.1.7.1.3.Siegmund, d.1407 2.3.1.7.1.4.Scholastika, d.ca 1463; m.Duke Johann I of Sagan (d.1439) 2.3.1.7.1.5.Barbara (ca 1405-1465); m.1412 Mgve Johann of Brandenburg (d.1464) 2.3.1.7.2.Erich, d.young 2.3.1.7.3.Wenzel, Archbishop of Magdeburg, d.1402 2.3.1.7.4.Albrecht III, Elector of Saxony, d.1422; m.1420 Eufemia of Oels (d.1444) 2.3.1.7.5.Anna, d.1440; m.1st 1386 Duke Friedrich of Brunswick-Lueneburg (d.1400); m.2d 1404 Ldgve Balthasar of Thuringia (1336-1406) 2.3.1.7.6.Margarete, d.1418; m.1386 Duke Bernhard of Brunswick-Lueneburg (d.1434) 2.3.1.8.Elisabeth, d.1353; m.before 22 Jun 1344 Fst Waldemar I of Anhalt-Zerbst (d.1367) 2.3.1.9.Anna, living 1309 2.3.1.10.Agnes, d.1338; m.before 1325 Fst Bernhard III of Anhalt-Bernburg (d.1348) 2.3.1.11.Beatrix; m.Fst Albrecht II of Anhalt-Dessau (d.1362) 2.3.1.12.Helene, d.1367; m.1353 Johann I von Hardeck, Burggrave of Magdeburg (d.1389) 2.3.2.Otto, d.young 2.3.3.Albrecht, Bp of Passau, d.1342 2.3.4.Wenzel, a canon in Halberstadt, d.1327 2.3.5.Elisabeth, d.1341; m.1317 Obizzo III d'Este (1294-1352) 2.3.6.Anna, d.1327; m.1st Mgve Friedrich of Meissen (1293-1315); m.2d before 6 Jan 1317 Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg (d.1329) 2.4.Jutta; m.1st 1239 King Erik IV of Denmark (1216-1250); m.2d Burkhard VIII von Rosenberg 2.5.Jutta, d.before 2 Feb 1267; m.1st 1255 Mgve Johann I of Brandenburg (d.1266); m.2d Burkhard VI, Burggrave of Magdeburg 2.6.Agnes; m.Duke Heinrich III of Breslau (d.1266) 2.7.Helene, d.1265; m.1264 Ct Helmold II von Schwerin (d.1295/6) 2.8.Elisabeth, d.before 2 Feb 1306; m.1st 1250 Ct Johann I of Holstein (1229-1263); m.2d Ct Konrad I von Brehna (d.1278) 2.9.Helene, d.1309; m.1275 Burggrave Friedrich III of Nuernberg (d.1297) 3.Magnus, d.young 4.Johann, a canon in Halberstedt 1256 5.Sofie, Abbess of Gernrode, d.1244 6.Hedwig; m.1204 Ct Ulrich von Wettin (d.1206) End of Part 2 Part 3.Duke Franz I of Saxe-Lauenburg (see Part 2) had issue: 1.Albrecht (1542-1544) 2.Duke Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1543-1603); m.1568 Pss Sofie of Sweden (1547- 1611) 2.1.a son, d.1573 2.2.Gustav (1574-1597); m.Anna Lillje 3.Duke Franz II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1547-1619); m.1st 1574 Margarete of Pomerania (1553-1581); m.2d 1582 Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel (1566-1626) 3.1.Duke August of Saxe-Lauenburg (1577-1656); m.1st 1621 Pss Elisabeth Sofie of Holstein-Gottorp (1599-1627); m.2d 1633 Css Katharina of Oldenburg (1582-1644) 3.1.1.Franz August (1623-1624) 3.1.2.Johann Adolf (1626-1646) 3.1.3.Philipp Friedrich, b.and d.1627 3.1.4.Sofie Margarete (1622-1637) 3.1.5.Anna Elisabeth (1624-1688); m.1665 (div 1672) Ldgve Wilhelm Christof of Hesse- Homburg (1625-1681) 3.1.6.Sibylle Hedwig (1625-1703); m.Duke Franz Erdmann (below) 3.2.Philipp (1578-1605) 3.3.Franz Julius (1584-1634); m.1620 Dss Agnes of Wuerttemberg (1592-1629) 3.3.1.Franz Friedrich (1623-1625) 3.3.2.Ferdinand Franz (1628-1629) 3.3.3.Franz Ludwig, b.and d.1629 3.3.4.Franziska Maria, b.and d.1621 3.3.5.Marie Sibylle (1622-1623) 3.3.6.Johanna Juliane, b.and d.1626 3.3.7.Franz Julius (1624-1625) 3.4.Duke Julius Heinrich of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586-1665); m.1st 1617 Css Anna von Ostfriesland (1562-1621); m.2d 1628 Pss Elisabeth Sofie of Brandenburg (1589-1629); m.3d 1632 Anna Magdalene von Lobkowitz (d.1668) 3.4.1.Duke Franz Erdmann of Saxe-Lauenburg (1629-1666); m.1654 Sibylle Hedwig (above) 3.4.2.Julius Heinrich (1633-1634) 3.4.3.Franz Wilhelm, b.and d,1639 3.4.4.Duke Julius Franz of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641-1689); m.1668 Hedwig, Css Palatine of Sulzbach (1650-1681) 3.4.4.1.Maria Anna Theresia (1670-1671) 3.4.4.2.Anna Marie Franziska (1672-1741); m.1st 1690 Philipp Wilhelm, Ct Palatine of Neuburg (1668-1693); m.3d Giovanni di Medici (1671-1737) 3.4.4.3.Sibylle (1675-1733); m.1690 Mgve Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden-Baden (1655- 1707) 3.4.5.Franziska, b.and d.1634 3.4.6.Marie Benigna (1635-1701); m.1651 Octavio Piccolomini, Pr di Amalfi (1599- 1656) 3.4.7.Franziska Elisabeth, b.and d.1640 3.5.Ernst Ludwig, b.1587, k.a.1620 3.6.Joachim Sigismund (1593-1627) 3.7.Franz Karl (1594-1660); m.1st 1628 Pss Agnes of Brandenburg (1584-1629); m.2d 1639 Pss Katharina of Brandenburg (1602-1649); m.3d Christine Elisabeth von Meggau 3.8.Rudolf Maximilian (1596-1647); m.Anna Caterina de Dulcina 3.9.Franz Albrecht, b.1598, k.a.1642; m.1640 Dss Christine Margarete of Mecklenburg- Guestrow 3.10.Johann Georg (1600-1601) 3.11.Franz Heinrich (1604-1658); m.1637 Css Marie Juliane of Nassau-Siegen (1612- 1665) 3.11.1.Franz, b.and d.1645 3.11.2.Erdmann (1649-1650) 3.11.3.Katharine Marie Sofie (1640-1641) 3.11.4.Christine Juliane (1642-1644) 3.11.5.Erdmuthe Sofie (1644-1689); m.1665 Duke Gustav Rudolf of Mecklenburg- Schwerin (1632-1670) 3.11.6.Eleonore Charlotte (1646-1709); m.1676 Duke Christian Adolf I of Holstein- Sonderburg (1641-1702) 3.12.Marie, a nun at Gandersheim (1576-1625) 3.13.Katharina Ursula (1580-1611) 3.14.Hedwig Sibylle (1588-1636) 3.15.Juliane (1589-1630); m.1627 Duke Friedrich of Holstein-Norburg (1581-1658) 3.16.Sabine Katharina, b.and d.1591 3.17.Hedwig Marie (1597-1644); m.1636 AAnnibale Gonzaga, Pr di Bozzolo (1602- 1668) 3.18.Sofie Hedwig (1601-1660); m.1624 Duke Philipp of Holstein-Gluecksburg (1584- 1663) 4.Heinrich, Archbishop of Bremen (1550-1585); m.1575 Anna von Broich 5.Moritz (1551-1612); m.1581 (div 1582) Katharine von Spoerck 6.Friedrich, a canon in Cologne and Bremen (1554-1586) 7.Dorothea (1543-1586); m.1570 Duke Wolfgang of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1531- 1595) 8.Ursula (1545-1620); m.1569 Duke Heinrich I of Brunswick-Dannenberg (1533-1598) 9.Sidonie Katharina, d.1594; m.1st 1567 Duke Wenzel Adam of Teschen (1524-1579); m.2d 1586 Emmerich III Forgach, Obergespan of Trentschin End of Part 3 Part 4.Fst Heinrich I of Anhalt (see Part 2) had issue: 1.Fst Heinrich II of Anhalt-Aschersleben, d.after 12 Jun 1266; m.Matilde of Brunswick- Lueneburg 1.1.Fst Otto I of Anhalt-Aschersleben, d.1304/5; m.1283 Hedwig of Breslau 1.1.1.Fst Otto II, d.1315; m.Elisabeth of Meissen 1.1.1.1.Katharina, d.before 15 Apr 1369; m.Ct Hermann VIII von Orlamuende (d.1372) 1.1.2.Sofie; m.before 1308 Ct Ulrich II von Regenstein 1.1.3.Elisabeth; m.1300/1 Ct Friedrich vonBeichlingen 1.2.Fst Heinrich III, Archbishop of Magdeburg, d.1307 1.3.a dau., d.1262, m.Werner I von Hadmersleben 2.Fst Bernhard I of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1286/7; m.1258 Sofie of Denmark (d.after 1284) 2.1.Johann, d.after 5 Jun 1291 2.2.Albrecht, Bp of Halberstadt, d.1324 2.3.Fst Bernhard II of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1324; m.ca 1290 Helene of Ruegen (d.1315) 2.3.1.Fst Bernhard III of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1348; m.1st before 1328 Agnes of Saxe- Wittenberg (d.1338); m.2d ca 1339 Matilde of Brunswick (d.after 28 Jun 1354) 2.3.1.1.Fst Bernhard IV of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1354; m.Beatrix of Meissen (1339-1399) 2.3.1.2.Fst Heinrich IV of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1374/7; m.Sofie N 2.3.1.2.1.Fst Bernhard V of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.before 25 Sep 1410; m.Elisabeth von Hohnstein (d.after 1426) 2.3.1.2.1.1.Adelheid, d.after 1415; m.Ct Moritz IV von Spiegelberg (d.1434) 2.3.1.2.2.Rudolf, Bp of Halberstadt, d.1406 2.3.1.2.3.Adelheid, Abbess of Gernrode, d.1372/3 2.3.1.3.Fst Otto III of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1404; m.Lutrud [possibly von Mansfeld] 2.3.1.3.1.Fst Bernhard VI of Anhalt-Bernburg, d.1468; m.1st