A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
 
                                                   _William WELF ____________+
                                                  | (1392 - 1482) m 1423     
                          _William IV WELF _______|
                         | (1425 - 1503)          |
                         |                        |_Cecilia of HOHENZOLLERN _
                         |                          (1405 - 1449) m 1423     
 _Henry IV WELF _________|
| (1463 - 1514)          |
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|                        |_Elizabeth of STOLBERG _|
|                          (1438 - 1520)          |
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|--Catherine of WELF 
|  (1488 - 1563)
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|_Catherine of GRIFFINS _|
  (1465 - 1526)          |
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