_Ernest I WELF ____________+
                                                                 | (1497 - 1545)             
                                     _William VI WELF ___________|
                                    | (1535 - 1592) m 1561       |
                                    |                            |_Sophia of MECKLENBURG ____+
                                    |                              (1508 - 1541)             
 _George HANOVER ___________________|
| (1581 - 1641)                     |
|                                   |                             _Christian III OLDENBURG __+
|                                   |                            | (1503 - 1558)             
|                                   |_Dorothea of OLDENBURG _____|
|                                     (1546 - 1616) m 1561       |
|                                                                |_Dorothea of ASCANIA ______+
|                                                                  (1511 - 1571)             
|
|--Magdalene of HANOVER 
|  (1620 - 1620)
|                                                                 _George I HESSE-DARMSTADT _+
|                                                                | (1547 - 1595)             
|                                    _Louis V HESSE-DARMSTADT ___|
|                                   | (1577 - 1626)              |
|                                   |                            |_Magdalene of LIPPE _______
|                                   |                              (1551 - 1586)             
|_Anne Eleonore of HESSE-DARMSTADT _|
  (1601 - 1659)                     |
                                    |                             _John Georg HOHENZOLLERN __+
                                    |                            | (1525 - 1597)             
                                    |_Magdalene of HOHENZOLLERN _|
                                      (1581 - 1616)              |
                                                                 |_Elisabeth of ASCANIA _____+
                                                                   (1563 - 1607)