Peerage Record – 11137

     Baroness Brigitte Barbara Renee van Tuyll van Serooskerken was born on 22 March 1940. She married Heinrich VII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz, son of Heinrich XXXIX Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz and Antonia Gräfin zu Castell-Castell, on 14 August 1971 at Utrecht, The Netherlands^G.

     Margarete von Sachsen was born circa 1449. She was the daughter of Wilhelm III Herzog von Sachsen and Anne von Habsburg. She married Johann Cicero Kurfürst von Brandenburg, son of Albrecht III Achilles Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Margarethe Markgräfin von Baden, on 25 August 1476.¹ She died on 13 July 1501 at Spandau, Brandenburg, Germany^G.

     Anne von Hohenzollern was born on 27 August 1487. She was the daughter of Johann Cicero Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Margarete von Sachsen.¹ She married Frederik I Oldenburg, King of Denmark, son of Christian I Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea von Hohenzollern, on 10 April 1502 at Stendal, Germany^G. She died on 3 May 1514 at age 26.

     Heinrich V Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 3 May 1479.^1,2 He was the son of Magnus II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast.² He married, firstly, Ursula von Hohenzollern, daughter of Johann Cicero Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Margarete von Sachsen, on 12 December 1505.¹ He married, secondly, Helene von der Pfalz, daughter of Philip Kurfürst von der Pfalz and Margarete von Bayern, on 12 June 1513.² He married, thirdly, Ursula von Sachsen-Lauenburg, daughter of Magnus I Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg and Katherine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, on 14 May 1551.² He died on 6 February 1552 at age 72.^1,2

     Thomas Fane lived at Burston, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     Anne von Hohenzollern was born in 1507.¹ She was the daughter of Joachim I Nestor Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elizabeth Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark.¹ She married Albrecht VII Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Magnus II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast, on 17 January 1524. She died on 19 June 1567.

     Albrecht VII Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 25 July 1486.² He was the son of Magnus II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast. He married Anne von Hohenzollern, daughter of Joachim I Nestor Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elizabeth Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, on 17 January 1524. He died on 5 January 1547 at age 60.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.¹

     Elisabeth von Hohenzollern was born on 24 August 1510. She was the daughter of Joachim I Nestor Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elizabeth Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark.¹ She married, secondly, Poppo XVII Graf von Henneberg in 1546.¹ She married, firstly, Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg, son of Wilhelm II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Kalenberg and Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 12 March 1525. She died on 25 May 1558 at age 47.

     Erich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg was born in 1470 at Neustadt a. Rubenberge, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Wilhelm II Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Kalenberg and Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode.² He married, firstly, Katherine von Sachsen, daughter of Albrecht I Herzog von Sachsen and Sidonia of Bohemia, on 29 June 1497. He married, secondly, Elisabeth von Hohenzollern, daughter of Joachim I Nestor Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elizabeth Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, on 12 March 1525. He died on 30 July 1540.
     He was a member of the House of Guelph.² He gained the title of Herzog von Braunschweig-Kalenberg in 1495.¹

     Poppo XVII Graf von Henneberg was born in 1513.¹ He married Elisabeth von Hohenzollern, daughter of Joachim I Nestor Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elizabeth Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, in 1546.¹ He died in 1547.¹
     He gained the title of Graf von Henneberg.¹