_John II ASCANIA ________+
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                             _Albert IV ASCANIA _____|
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                            |                        |_Elisabeth of HENNEBERG _+
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 _Adolph I ASCANIA _________|
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|                           |_Elisabeth of MANSFELD _|
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|--Bernhard ASCANIA 
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