_John V ASCANIA _____________+
                                                       | (1504 - 1550)               
                            _Joachim Ernest ASCANIA ___|
                           | (1536 - 1586) m 1570      |
                           |                           |_Margaret of HOHENZOLLERN ___+
                           |                             (1511 - 1577)               
 _Rudolph ASCANIA _________|
| (1576 - 1621)            |
|                          |                            _Christoph WÜRTTEMBERG _____+
|                          |                           | (1515 - 1568) m 1544        
|                          |_Eleonore of WÜRTTEMBERG _|
|                            (1551 - 1617) m 1570      |
|                                                      |_Anna Maria of HOHENZOLLERN _+
|                                                        (1526 - 1589) m 1544        
|
|--Eleonor of ASCANIA 
|  (1608 - 1681)
|                                                       _Julius WELF ________________+
|                                                      | (1528 - 1589)               
|                           _Henry Julius WELF ________|
|                          | (1564 - 1613)             |
|                          |                           |_Hedwig of HOHENZOLLERN _____+
|                          |                             (1539 - 1602)               
|_Dorothea Hedwig of WELF _|
  (1586 - 1609)            |
                           |                            _Augustus WETTIN ____________+
                           |                           | (1526 - 1585)               
                           |_Dorothea of WETTIN _______|
                             (1563 - 1586)             |
                                                       |_Anna of OLDENBURG __________+
                                                         (1532 - 1585)