_Ernest I WELF ___________+ | (1497 - 1545) _Henry III WELF ________| | (1533 - 1597) | | |_Sophia of MECKLENBURG ___ | (1508 - 1541) _Julius Ernest WELF _| | (1571 - 1636) | | | _Francis I ASCANIA _______+ | | | (1510 - 1580) | |_Ursula of ASCANIA _____| | (1545 - 1620) | | |_Sibylle of WETTIN _______+ | (1515 - 1592) | |--August WELF | (1619 - ....) | _Ernest I WELF ___________+ | | (1497 - 1545) | _William VI WELF _______| | | (1535 - 1592) m 1561 | | | |_Sophia of MECKLENBURG ___ | | (1508 - 1541) |_Sybille of WELF ____| (1584 - 1652) | | _Christian III OLDENBURG _+ | | (1503 - 1558) |_Dorothea of OLDENBURG _| (1546 - 1616) m 1561 | |_Dorothea of ASCANIA _____+ (1511 - 1571)