Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Johann I von Mecklenburg
Abt 1211 - 1264 (~ 53 years)1. Johann I von Mecklenburg was born about 1211; died on 1 Aug 1264. Notes:
Called "The Theologian." Fürst of Mecklenburg and Wismar.
Johann married Luitgard von Henneberg about 1230. Luitgard (daughter of Poppo VII von Henneberg and Elisabeth von Wildberg) died before 14 Jun 1267. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Elizabeth von Mecklenburg died before 6 Feb 1280.
- 3. Heinrich I von Mecklenburg was born about 1230; died on 2 Jan 1302.
Generation: 2
2. Elizabeth von Mecklenburg (1.Johann1) died before 6 Feb 1280. Elizabeth married Gerhard I of Holstein about 1250. Gerhard (son of Adolf IV of Holstein and Hedwig von der Lippe) was born in 1232; died on 21 Dec 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Gerhard II of Holstein was born before 1 Nov 1253; died on 25 Oct 1312; was buried in Hamburg Cathedral, Hamburg, Germany.
- 5. Heinrich I of Holstein was born between 1255 and 1260; died on 5 Aug 1304; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
3. Heinrich I von Mecklenburg (1.Johann1) was born about 1230; died on 2 Jan 1302. Notes:
Called "the Pilgrim." Prince of Mecklenburg. Fought in the crusade against the Lithuanians. In 1272, on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was taken prisoner near Acre and imprisoned in Cairo for 26 years. On his release he returned to Mecklenburg where he died shortly after arriving.
Heinrich married Anastasia of Pomerania about 1259. Anastasia (daughter of Barnim I of Pomerania and Marianna) was born about 1245; died on 15 Mar 1317. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Heinrich II of Mecklenburg was born about 1267 in Riga, Latvia; died on 21 Jan 1329 in Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; was buried in Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Generation: 3
4. Gerhard II of Holstein (2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born before 1 Nov 1253; died on 25 Oct 1312; was buried in Hamburg Cathedral, Hamburg, Germany. Notes:
Count of Holstein in Plön.
Gerhard married Ingeborg of Sweden on 12 Dec 1275 in Lödöse, Sweden. Ingeborg (daughter of Valdemar Birgersson, King of Sweden and Sofia of Denmark, Queen Consort of Sweden) died before 1293. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Gerard IV of Holstein died in 1317.
5. Heinrich I of Holstein (2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born between 1255 and 1260; died on 5 Aug 1304; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1258
Notes:
Count of Holstein in Rendsburg.
Heinrich married Heilwig von Bronkhorst in 1289. Heilwig (daughter of Wilhelm von Bronkhorst and Ermgard) died before 1331. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Gerhard III of Holstein was born about 1293; died on 1 Apr 1340 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; was buried in Steinberg Cloister, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
6. Heinrich II of Mecklenburg (3.Heinrich2, 1.Johann1) was born about 1267 in Riga, Latvia; died on 21 Jan 1329 in Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; was buried in Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Aft 14 Apr 1266, Riga, Latvia
- Alternate death: 22 Jan 1329, Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Notes:
"The Lion." Lord of Mecklenburg.
Heinrich married Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg on 6 Jul 1315. Anna (daughter of Albrecht II of Saxony and Agnes of Habsburg) died on 22 Nov 1327; was buried in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Ingeburg of Mecklenburg died after 25 Jul 1395.
Generation: 4
7. Gerard IV of Holstein (4.Gerhard3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) died in 1317. Notes:
Count of Holstein in Segeberg.
Gerard married Anastasia of Schwerin-Wittenburg between 30 Jul 1313 and 21 Oct 1313. Anastasia (daughter of Nikolaus I of Schwerin-Wittenburg and Miroslava of Pomerania) died after 7 Jun 1314. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Ingeborg of Holstein was born between 1314 and 1317; died after 1342.
8. Gerhard III of Holstein (5.Heinrich3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born about 1293; died on 1 Apr 1340 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; was buried in Steinberg Cloister, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 2 Apr 1340, Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark
Notes:
Count of Holstein. Duke of South Jutland.
His attempt to "pacify" northern Jutland came to an abrupt end in the town of Randers when a group of Danes led by Niels Ebbesen entered his bedroom, blocked the exit, and cut off his head over the end of the bed. For this, Ebbesen is remembered as a national hero in Denmark. A statue of him stands in front of the old town hall in Randers.Gerhard married Sophia of Werle about 1314. Sophia (daughter of Nikolaus II of Werle and Richza of Denmark) died after 6 Dec 1339. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Heinrich II of Holstein was born between 1316 and 1318; died before 17 Apr 1390.
9. Ingeburg of Mecklenburg (6.Heinrich3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Johann1) died after 25 Jul 1395. Notes:
Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Ingeburg married Heinrich II of Holstein about 1366. Heinrich (son of Gerhard III of Holstein and Sophia of Werle) was born between 1316 and 1318; died before 17 Apr 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Gerhard V of Holstein was born about 1367; died on 5 Aug 1404 in Suderhamme, Dithmarschen; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Generation: 5
10. Ingeborg of Holstein (7.Gerard4, 4.Gerhard3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born between 1314 and 1317; died after 1342. Notes:
Countess of Holstein.
Ingeborg married Konrad I of Oldenburg before 13 May 1339. Konrad (son of Johann II of Oldenburg and Hedwig of Diepholz) died before 9 Feb 1348. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Christian V of Oldenburg died between 10 Nov 1399 and 22 Apr 1403.
11. Heinrich II of Holstein (8.Gerhard4, 5.Heinrich3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born between 1316 and 1318; died before 17 Apr 1390. Notes:
Count of Holstein in Rendsburg.
Heinrich married Ingeburg of Mecklenburg about 1366. Ingeburg (daughter of Heinrich II of Mecklenburg and Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg) died after 25 Jul 1395. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Gerhard V of Holstein was born about 1367; died on 5 Aug 1404 in Suderhamme, Dithmarschen; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
12. Gerhard V of Holstein (9.Ingeburg4, 6.Heinrich3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Johann1) was born about 1367; died on 5 Aug 1404 in Suderhamme, Dithmarschen; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Notes:
Count of Holstein. Duke of Schleswig. Killed in the Battle of Süderhamme, in which an alliance of German nobles failed to subjugate the free peasant state of Dithmarschen.
Gerhard married Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1395. Elisabeth (daughter of Magnus II of Brunswick and Katharina of Anhalt) was born about 1370; died before 3 Apr 1422. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Heilwig of Holstein was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Generation: 6
13. Christian V of Oldenburg (10.Ingeborg5, 7.Gerard4, 4.Gerhard3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) died between 10 Nov 1399 and 22 Apr 1403. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg.
Christian married Agnes of Honstein before 29 Aug 1377. Agnes (daughter of Dietrich IV of Honstein and Sophie of Brunswick) was born about 1360; died on 1 Sep 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Dietrich of Oldenburg died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
14. Gerhard V of Holstein (11.Heinrich5, 8.Gerhard4, 5.Heinrich3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born about 1367; died on 5 Aug 1404 in Suderhamme, Dithmarschen; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Notes:
Count of Holstein. Duke of Schleswig. Killed in the Battle of Süderhamme, in which an alliance of German nobles failed to subjugate the free peasant state of Dithmarschen.
Gerhard married Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1395. Elisabeth (daughter of Magnus II of Brunswick and Katharina of Anhalt) was born about 1370; died before 3 Apr 1422. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 17. Heilwig of Holstein was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
15. Heilwig of Holstein (12.Gerhard5, 9.Ingeburg4, 6.Heinrich3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Johann1) was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Notes:
Countess of Holstein.
Heilwig married Dietrich of Oldenburg on 23 Nov 1423. Dietrich (son of Christian V of Oldenburg and Agnes of Honstein) died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 18. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark.
Generation: 7
16. Dietrich of Oldenburg (13.Christian6, 10.Ingeborg5, 7.Gerard4, 4.Gerhard3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Notes:
"Der Glückliche" (the Fortunate). Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst.
Dietrich married Heilwig of Holstein on 23 Nov 1423. Heilwig (daughter of Gerhard V of Holstein and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg) was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 19. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark.
17. Heilwig of Holstein (14.Gerhard6, 11.Heinrich5, 8.Gerhard4, 5.Heinrich3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Notes:
Countess of Holstein.
Heilwig married Dietrich of Oldenburg on 23 Nov 1423. Dietrich (son of Christian V of Oldenburg and Agnes of Honstein) died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 19. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark.
18. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (15.Heilwig6, 12.Gerhard5, 9.Ingeburg4, 6.Heinrich3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Johann1) was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg. Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
"[C]ourageous and ambitious but not politically successful, lost Sweden after the battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, made a royal progress through Germany and Italy to Rome in 1474, founded the University of Copenhagen in 1479." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
The present queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, is a direct patrilineal descendant of Christian I:
Christian I of Denmark, 1426–1481
Frederik I of Denmark, 1471–1533
Christian III of Denmark, 1503–1559
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1545–1622
Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1573–1627
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1612–1675
Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1653–1728
Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1696–1775
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1727–1759
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1757–1816
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1785–1831
Christian IX of Denmark, 1818–1906
Frederik VIII of Denmark, 1843–1912
Christian X of Denmark, 1870–1947
Frederik IX of Denmark, 1899–1972
Margrethe II of Denmark, b. 1940Christian married Dorothea of Brandenburg on 28 Oct 1449 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dorothea (daughter of Johann "the Alchemist" of Brandenburg and Barbara of Saxony) was born in 1430; died on 10 Nov 1495 in Kalundborg, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 20. Margaret of Denmark was born on 23 Jun 1456; died on 14 Jul 1486 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Generation: 8
19. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (16.Dietrich7, 13.Christian6, 10.Ingeborg5, 7.Gerard4, 4.Gerhard3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.Johann1) was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg. Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
"[C]ourageous and ambitious but not politically successful, lost Sweden after the battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, made a royal progress through Germany and Italy to Rome in 1474, founded the University of Copenhagen in 1479." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
The present queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, is a direct patrilineal descendant of Christian I:
Christian I of Denmark, 1426–1481
Frederik I of Denmark, 1471–1533
Christian III of Denmark, 1503–1559
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1545–1622
Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1573–1627
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1612–1675
Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1653–1728
Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1696–1775
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1727–1759
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1757–1816
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1785–1831
Christian IX of Denmark, 1818–1906
Frederik VIII of Denmark, 1843–1912
Christian X of Denmark, 1870–1947
Frederik IX of Denmark, 1899–1972
Margrethe II of Denmark, b. 1940Christian married Dorothea of Brandenburg on 28 Oct 1449 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dorothea (daughter of Johann "the Alchemist" of Brandenburg and Barbara of Saxony) was born in 1430; died on 10 Nov 1495 in Kalundborg, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Margaret of Denmark was born on 23 Jun 1456; died on 14 Jul 1486 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
20. Margaret of Denmark (18.Christian7, 15.Heilwig6, 12.Gerhard5, 9.Ingeburg4, 6.Heinrich3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Johann1) was born on 23 Jun 1456; died on 14 Jul 1486 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Notes:
"[C]onsidered for canonization. The Orkneys and Shetlands passed to Scotland from Norway in lieu of her unpaid dowry." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Margaret married James III, King of Scots on 13 Jul 1469 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. James (son of James II, King of Scots and Mary of Guelders) was born on 26 May 1452 in Castle of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland; died on 11 Jun 1488 in Sauchieburn, near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Cambuskenneth Abbey, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 22. James IV, King of Scots was born on 17 Mar 1473 in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England.