A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
 
                                                            _Albert II WELF _______+
                                                           | (1419 - 1485)         
                         _Philip I WELF ___________________|
                        | (1476 - 1551)                    |
                        |                                  |_Elisabeth of WALDECK _
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 _Ernest III WELF ______|
| (1518 - 1567)         |
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|                       |_Catherine of MANSFELD-VORDERORT _|
|                         (1501 - 1535)                    |
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|--Elisabeth of WELF 
|  (1549 - 1585)
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|_Margaret of GRIFFINS _|
  (1518 - 1569)         |
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