_Eric IV ASCANIA ________+
                                                         | (1354 - 1411)           
                             _Bernard II ASCANIA ________|
                            | (1385 - 1463)              |
                            |                            |_Sophia of WELF _________+
                            |                              (1358 - 1416)           
 _John V ASCANIA ___________|
| (1439 - 1507)             |
|                           |                             _Bogislaw VIII GRIFFINS _+
|                           |                            | (1364 - 1417)           
|                           |_Adelheid of GRIFFINS ______|
|                             (1410 - 1445)              |
|                                                        |_Sophie of SCHAUENBURG __
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|--John IV ASCANIA 
|  (1483 - 1547)
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|                            _Frederick II HOHENZOLLERN _|
|                           | (1413 - 1470)              |
|                           |                            |_________________________
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|_Dorothea of HOHENZOLLERN _|
  (1446 - 1518)             |
                            |                             _Frederick I WETTIN _____
                            |                            | (1370 - 1427)           
                            |_Catherine of WETTIN _______|
                              (1421 - 1476)              |
                                                         |_Catherine of WELF ______+
                                                           (1395 - 1441)