Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Nikolaus I of Werle
Abt 1213 - 1277 (~ 64 years)1. Nikolaus I of Werle was born about 1213; died on 10 May 1277. Notes:
Fürst of Werle. Lord of Rostock.
Nikolaus married Jutta von Anhalt in Oct 1231. Jutta (daughter of Heinrich I von Anhalt and Irmgard von Thüringen) died after 14 May 1277. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Heinrich I of Werle was born about 1235; died on 8 Oct 1291.
- 3. Johann I of Werle was born about 1245; died on 15 Oct 1283.
Generation: 2
2. Heinrich I of Werle (1.Nikolaus1) was born about 1235; died on 8 Oct 1291. Notes:
Fürst of Werle. Murdered by his sons, who felt their inheritance to be threatened by their father's remarriage.
Heinrich married Richeza Birgersdotter in 1262. Richeza (daughter of Birger Magnusson and Ingeborg Eriksdotter) died before 13 Dec 1288. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Richza of Werle died after 2 Oct 1312; was buried in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
3. Johann I of Werle (1.Nikolaus1) was born about 1245; died on 15 Oct 1283. Notes:
Fürst von Werle zu Güstrow & Parchim.
Family/Spouse: Sofie von Lindau-Ruppin. Sofie (daughter of Gunther von Arnstein) died between 18 Jan 1301 and 9 Jun 1304. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Nikolaus II of Werle was born about 1265; died on 12 Oct 1316.
Generation: 3
4. Richza of Werle (2.Heinrich2, 1.Nikolaus1) died after 2 Oct 1312; was buried in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Richza married Albrecht II of Brunswick on 10 Jan 1284. Albrecht (son of Albrecht I and Alessina de Monferrato) was born about 1268; died on 22 Sep 1318; was buried in Brunswick Cathedral, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Magnus I of Brunswick was born about 1304; died between 15 Jun 1369 and 15 Aug 1369; was buried in St. Michaelis, Lüneberg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- 7. Ernst of Brunswick was born in 1305; died on 24 Apr 1367.
5. Nikolaus II of Werle (3.Johann2, 1.Nikolaus1) was born about 1265; died on 12 Oct 1316. Notes:
Lord of Werle in Parchim. Prince of the Wends, 1314.
Nikolaus married Richza of Denmark before 1301. Richza (daughter of Eric V Klipping, King of Denmark and Agnes of Brandenburg) died between 12 Mar 1303 and 27 Oct 1308. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Sophia of Werle died after 6 Dec 1339.
Generation: 4
6. Magnus I of Brunswick (4.Richza3, 2.Heinrich2, 1.Nikolaus1) was born about 1304; died between 15 Jun 1369 and 15 Aug 1369; was buried in St. Michaelis, Lüneberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Notes:
"Der Fromme" (the Pious). Duke of Brunswick.
Magnus married Sophia of Brandenburg about 1327. Sophia (daughter of Heinrich I of Brandenburg and Agnes of Bavaria) was born about 1300; died in 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Sophie of Brunswick died in 1394.
- 10. Magnus II of Brunswick was born about 1328; died on 25 Jul 1373 in Leveste, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany.
7. Ernst of Brunswick (4.Richza3, 2.Heinrich2, 1.Nikolaus1) was born in 1305; died on 24 Apr 1367. Notes:
Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen.
Ernst married Elizabeth von Hessen in 1339. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich II von Hessen and Elisabeth of Meissen) died on 7 Mar 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Otto of Brunswick was born about 1340; died on 13 Dec 1394 in Hardegsen, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Wiebrechtshausen monastery, Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
8. Sophia of Werle (5.Nikolaus3, 3.Johann2, 1.Nikolaus1) died after 6 Dec 1339. Sophia married Gerhard III of Holstein about 1314. Gerhard (son of Heinrich I of Holstein and Heilwig von Bronkhorst) was born about 1293; died on 1 Apr 1340 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; was buried in Steinberg Cloister, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Heinrich II of Holstein was born between 1316 and 1318; died before 17 Apr 1390.