_William WELF ________+
                                                 | (1184 - 1213)        
                            _Otto I WELF ________|
                           | (1204 - 1252) m 1228|
                           |                     |_Helena of ESTRIDSEN _+
                           |                       (1180 - 1233)        
 _John WELF _______________|
| (1242 - 1277)            |
|                          |                      _Albert II ASCANIA ___+
|                          |                     | (1177 - 1219) m 1205 
|                          |_Matilda of ASCANIA _|
|                            (1210 - 1261) m 1228|
|                                                |_Matilda of WETTIN ___+
|                                                  (1185 - 1225) m 1205 
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|--Elisabeth of WELF 
|  (1272 - 1294)
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|_Liutgard of SCHAUENBURG _|
  (.... - 1288)            |
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