Peerage Record – 299

     Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp was born on 1 June 1569. She was the daughter of Adolf Herzog von Holstein-Gottorp and Christine von Hessen. She married Johann VII Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 17 February 1588. She died on 14 November 1634 at age 65.

     Julius Ernst Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg was born on 11 March 1571 at Dannenberg, Germany^G. He was the son of Heinrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg and Ursula von Sachsen-Lauenburg.¹ He married, firstly, Marie von Ostfriesland, daughter of Edzard II Graf von Ostfriesland and Catherine Vasa, on 1 September 1614. He married, secondly, Sybille von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, daughter of Wilhelm Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Dorothea Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, on 18 December 1617. He died on 26 October 1636 at age 65 at Dannenberg, Germany^G.
     He was a member of the House of Guelph.¹ He succeeded as the Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg in 1598.¹

     Marie von Ostfriesland was born on 1 January 1582. She was the daughter of Edzard II Graf von Ostfriesland and Catherine Vasa. She married Julius Ernst Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg, son of Heinrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg and Ursula von Sachsen-Lauenburg, on 1 September 1614. She died on 9 July 1616 at age 34 at Dannenberg, Germany^G.

     Anne Sophie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg was born on 10 February 1670 at Lüneburg, Germany^G. She was the daughter of Johann Friedrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg and Benedicte Henriette von Simmern. She died on 24 March 1672 at age 2 at Lüneburg, Germany^G.

     Edzard II Graf von Ostfriesland was born on 24 June 1532 at Greetsiel, Germany.¹ He was the son of Enno II Graf von Ostfriesland and Anne von Oldenburg.¹ He married Catherine Vasa, daughter of Gustaf I Vasa, King of Sweden and Margaret Lejonhufvud. He died on 1 March 1599 at age 66 at Aurich, Germany.¹
     He gained the title of Graf von Ostfriesland.

     Anton Günther I Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was born on 9 January 1620. He was the son of Christian Günther Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Anna Sibille von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.¹ He married Marie Magdalen von Birkenfeld, daughter of Georg Wilhelm Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld, on 29 October 1644. He died on 19 August 1666 at age 46.
     He gained the title of Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

     Marie Magdalen von Birkenfeld was born on 29 July 1622. She was the daughter of Georg Wilhelm Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld. She married Anton Günther I Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, son of Christian Günther Graf von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Anna Sibille von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, on 29 October 1644. She died on 27 October 1689 at age 67.

     Georg Wilhelm Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld gained the title of Pfalzgraf von Birkenfeld.

     Sophie Ursula von Oldenburg was born on 10 December 1601. She was the daughter of Anton II Graf von Delmenhorst and Sybille Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg. She married Albrecht Friedrich Graf von Barby-Muhlingen on 17 March 1633. She died on 5 May 1642 at age 40.

     Anton II Graf von Delmenhorst was born on 8 September 1550 at Delmenhorst, Germany^G. He was the son of Anton I Graf von Delmenhorst and Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg. He married Sybille Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg, daughter of Heinrich Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg and Ursula von Sachsen-Lauenburg, on 31 August 1600. He died on 25 October 1619 at age 69.
     He gained the title of Graf von Delmenhorst.