_Bernard II ASCANIA ________+
                                                  | (1385 - 1463)              
                       _John V ASCANIA ___________|
                      | (1439 - 1507)             |
                      |                           |_Adelheid of GRIFFIN _______+
                      |                             (1410 - 1445)              
 _Magnus I ASCANIA ___|
| (1469 - 1563)       |
|                     |                            _Frederick II HOHENZOLLERN _+
|                     |                           | (1413 - 1470) m 1441       
|                     |_Dorothea of HOHENZOLLERN _|
|                       (1446 - 1518)             |
|                                                 |_Catherine of WETTIN _______+
|                                                   (1421 - 1476) m 1441       
|
|--Francis I ASCANIA 
|  (1510 - 1580)
|                                                  _William IV WELF ___________+
|                                                 | (1425 - 1503)              
|                      _Henry IV WELF ____________|
|                     | (1463 - 1514)             |
|                     |                           |_Elizabeth of STOLBERG _____
|                     |                             (1438 - 1520)              
|_Catherine of WELF __|
  (1488 - 1563)       |
                      |                            _Eric II GRIFFIN ___________+
                      |                           | (1418 - 1474)              
                      |_Catherine of GRIFFIN _____|
                        (1465 - 1526)             |
                                                  |_Sophia of GRIFFIN _________+
                                                    (1435 - 1497)