_Otto V WELF ______________+
                                                | (1439 - 1470) m 1467      
                          _Henry WELF __________|
                         | (1468 - 1531)        |
                         |                      |_Anna of NASSAU ___________+
                         |                        (1441 - 1514) m 1467      
 _Ernest I WELF _________|
| (1497 - 1545)          |
|                        |                       _Ernest WETTIN ____________+
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|                        |_Margarete of WETTIN _|
|                          (1469 - 1528)        |
|                                               |_Elisabeth of WITTELSBACH _+
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|--Francis Otto WELF 
|  (1530 - 1559)
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|_Sophia of MECKLENBURG _|
  (1508 - 1541)          |
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