_Ernest I WELF ____________+ | (1497 - 1545) _William VI WELF ___________| | (1535 - 1592) m 1561 | | |_Sophia of MECKLENBURG ____ | (1508 - 1541) _George HANOVER ___________________| | (1581 - 1641) | | | _Christian III OLDENBURG __+ | | | (1503 - 1558) | |_Dorothea of OLDENBURG _____| | (1546 - 1616) m 1561 | | |_Dorothea of ASCANIA ______+ | (1511 - 1571) | |--Christian Louis HANOVER | (1621 - 1664) | _George I HESSE-DARMSTADT _ | | (1547 - 1595) | _Louis V HESSE-DARMSTADT ___| | | (1577 - 1626) | | | |_Magdalene of LIPPE _______ | | (1551 - 1586) |_Anne Eleonore of HESSE-DARMSTADT _| (1601 - 1659) | | ___________________________ | | |_Magdalene of HOHENZOLLERN _| (1581 - 1616) | |___________________________