_Augustus WELF _____________________+
                                                               | (1579 - 1666)                      
                                   _Ferdinand Albert I WELF ___|
                                  | (1636 - 1687)              |
                                  |                            |_Elisabeth Sophie of MECKLENBURG ___+
                                  |                              (1613 - 1676)                      
 _Ernest Ferdinand WELF __________|
| (1681 - 1746)                   |
|                                 |                             _Frederick HESSE-KASSEL ____________+
|                                 |                            | (1617 - 1655) m 1646               
|                                 |_Christine of HESSE-KASSEL _|
|                                   (1648 - 1701)              |
|                                                              |_Eleonora Catherine of WITTELSBACH _+
|                                                                (1626 - 1691) m 1646               
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|--Ernestine of WELF 
|  (1721 - ....)
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|_Eleonore Charlotte of KETTELER _|
  (1686 - 1748)                   |
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