Euphemia of Sweden

Eufemia Ericsdotter, Duchess Consort of Mecklenburg, was born as a heiress of Sweden and of Norway, in 1317, and died sometime in 1370.

Her father was Eric of Sweden (b c 1282, murdered 1318), Duke of Sudermannia, second son of King Magnus I of Sweden, and her mother was Princess Ingeborg of Norway (1301-c 1360), the heiress and the only legitimate daughter of King Haakon V of Norway, whose hereditary Kingdom of Norway thus became the inheritance of Eufemia and her brothers.

In 1319, her infant elder brother Magnus VII of Norway (1316-1374) succeeded their maternal grandfather in the throne of Norway, and in 1320, Swedish nobles exiled their uncle king Birger of Sweden, after which the infant Magnus was elected King of Sweden.

Euphemia was married (in Rostock 10 April 1336) to her distant kinsman Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg (1318-18.2.1379), a North-German lord deeply interested in obtaining some power in Scandinavia, e.g fiefs or income.Later, Albert was to gain the nickname "Fox of Mecklenburg", to reflect his intrigues as well as avarice.

Eufemia lived long enough to see that her brother's branch of the family went into severe difficulties, albeit its extinction (which happened in 1387) was not necessarily foreseeable then. Eufemia saw her own second son depose her brother from the Swedish throne, and ascend as King Albert of Sweden.Already in Eufemia's lifetime it was easy to see that her genealogical position became a pivotal point to many future claims to the Scandinavian thrones.

Although her husband married a second time when widowed, all his legitimate children were born of Eufemia.

At the time of Euphemia's Death

Her Dynasty was already taking shape. At the time of her death, she had five surviving children:
* Duke Henry III of Mecklenburg (c 1337, d after accident at tournament in Wismar 24.4.1383). Married firstly Ingeborg of Denmark (b 1.4.1347, d c 1370), eldest daughter of sonless King Waldemar IV of Denmark. Claiments to Denmark. They had children: Albert (Claiment to position of hereditary Prince of Denmark), Eufemia, Mary and Inbeborg. Duke Henry III married secondly Mechtild of Werle.
* Duke Albert III of Mecklenburg aka Albert of Sweden (1340-1412), King of Sweden 1364-89. Married firstly 1359 Richardis of Schwerin (d 1377 as queen of Sweden); they had children: Eric (hereditary prince of Sweden) and Richardis. Duke Albert III married secondly Agnes of Brunswick (d 22.12.1434).
* Duke Magnus I of Mecklenburg (d 1.9.1385), married 1369 Elisabeth of Pomerania-Rügen. Children: at least son John, possibly the daughter Eufemia was already born. His plentiful issue continues through centuries to this day.
* Ingeborg of Mecklenburg, d c 1395,. She married firstly (Berlin February 1360) Duke Ludwig VI of Bavaria (b Munchen 12.5.1330 d Berlin 17.5.1365), childless, she was dowager of Ludwig of Bavaria; and married secondly Count Henry II of Holstein (b c 1317, d 16.11.1384), of which marriage several children Gerhard, Albert, Henry, and Sophia.
* Anna (d 1415), married 1362/6 Count Adolf of Holstein (d 1390), but died childless. Her line extinct by her own death in 1415.

Succession from her

* Euphemia (1317- c 1370)
* Henry (1337-83)
* Albert (d 1388) childless
* Euphemia (d c 1400) m John of Werle-Gustrow (1340- c 1378) childless
* Maria (c 1367 - c 1403) m Vartislas (d 1395)
* Eric Bogislas (1382-1459), childless
* (Christopher 1416-48, childless)
* Henry (1417-77), Eric's second cousin
* Albert (1438-83), childless
* Magnus (1441-1503)
* Henry (1479-1552)
* (Magnus 1509-50, childless)
* Philip (1514-57), childless
* (Sophia, 1508-41, m Ernest of Brunswick-Celle d 1546)
* Francis Otto (1530-59), childless
* Henry (1533-98)
* Julius Ernest (1571-1636) (of Dannenberg)
* Maria Katharina (1616-65) second wife of Adolf Frederick of Schwerin (1588-1658)
* Frederick of Grabow (1638-88)
* Fredrick William (1675-1713) no legitimate issue
* Charles Leopold (1678-1747)
* (Elisabeth/Anna 1718-46 m Anton Ulrich 1714-74)
* Ivan (John) (1740-64), childless
* Peter (1745-98), childless
* Catherine (1741-1807), childless
* Christian Louis (1683-1756)
* Frederick (1717-85), childless
* Frederick Francis (1756-1837), Catherine's second cousin
* (Frederick Louis 1778-1819)
* Paul Frederick (1800-42)
* Frederick Francis (1823-83)
* Frederick Francis (1851-97)
* Frederick Francis (1882-1945)
* Frederick Francis (1910-2001) childless
* Donata (born 1956) m Alexander (born 1951)
* (heir: Niklot-Alexis born 1994)

In line: Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1945) widow of Ferdinand Henry of Isenburg-Budingen (1940-89), son John George born 1976

and after her branch, Margaret II of Denmark, granddaughter of Alexandrine of MecklenburgThese are heirs-general of Eric, Duke of Sudermannia, and Duke Skule of Norway and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway and the two Swedish ladies as ancestresses of House of Mecklenburg.

Future heirs of Scandinavian countries

Since she was a pivotal person in genealogies to explain Scandinavian successions and pretensions to thrones, here is a genealogical table of her descendants within a century:
* Duke Henry III of Mecklenburg (c 1337-1383). Married firstly Ingeborg of Denmark (b 1.4.1347, d c 1370), married secondly Mechtild of Werle. Duke Heinrich III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1379-83), *ca 1337, +after accident at tournament in Wismar 24.4.1383, bur Doberan; 1m: by 3.6.1362 Pss Ingeborg of Denmark (*1.4.1347 +before 16.6.1370); 2m: by 26.2.1377 Mechtild von Werle; all kids were by 1m.
**C1. Duke Albrecht IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1383-88), recognized as heir of Denmark 1375, +after 24.6.1388; m. Elisabeth Gfn von Holstein (+1416)
**C2. Eufemia, +after 7.8.1400; m.by 16.7.1377 Fst Johann V von Werle-Güstrow
**C3. Marie, *1363/7, +1402/3; m.1380 Duke Wartislaw VII of Pomerania (+24.2.1395) Duke Wartislaw VII of Pomerania-Stolp (1373-95), *ca 1362, +murdered 24.2.1395; m.1380 Maria von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1363 +ca 13.5.1402)
**C4. Ingeburg, Abbess of Ribnitz (1398-1408), *1368,+28.9.1408
*C1.Eric of Pomerania aka King Erik VII of Denmark (1397-1439) -Erik IX, Sweden (1397-1439) -Erik XIII, and Norway (1389-1439), Duke of Pomerania-Stolp (1395-1459), *ca 1382, +Rügenwalde 3.5.1459, bur Rügenwalde; 1m: Lund 26.10.1406 Philippa of England (*4.7.1394 +6.1.1430); 2m: Cecilia N (+after 22.7.1459)
*C2. Katharina, *ca 1390, +Kloster Gnadenburg 4/12.3.1426, bur there; m. Ripen 12.8.1407 Pfgf Johann in Neunburg vorm Wald u. Neumarkt (*1383 +13/14.3.1443). Johann, Pfgf in Neunburg vorm Wald u. Neumarkt 1410, *Neunburg vorm Wald 1383, +Benedictine Kloster Kastl, Oberpfalz 13/14.3.1443, bur Neunburg vorm Wald; 1m: Ripen 1407 Katharina of Pomerania-Stolp (*ca 1390 +1426); 2m: Riedenburg 1428 Beatrix of Bavaria (*ca 1403 +Neumarkt 1447) dau.of Duke Ernst of Bavaria.
* E1.Christopher of Bavaria aka King CHRISTOPHER III of Denmark of Sweden (10.4.1440-1448) and Norway (4.6.1441-1448),{Son of Katharina and Pfgf Johann von Pfalz-Neumarkt and Nephew of Eric of Pomerania}. Pfgf von Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz (1443-48), *Neumarkt 26.2.1416, +Helsingborg 5.1.1448, bur Roeskilde, Seeland; m. Copenhagen 1445 Dorothea of Brandenburg (*1422 +25.11.1495); on Christoph's death, Christian of Oldenburg was chosen to succeed him; to solidify his claim, Christian married Dorothea
**E2. Adolf, *and +Amberg 1409, bur Amberg
**E3. Otto, *1410, +young, bur Gnadenburg
**E4. Johann, *1411, bur Gnadenburg
**E5. Friedrich, *1412, +young, bur Gnadenburg
**E6. Johann, *IX.1413, +after 3 days, bur Amberg
**E7. Margareta, *24.8.1408, +young, bur Gnadenburg

Duke Henry of Mecklenburg's issue went extinct in 1459, when the former King Eric of Pomerania, Henry's grandson, died.
*Albert of SwedenDuke Albrecht III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1340-1412), King of Sweden (1364-89), *1340, +Schwerin 31.3./1.4.1412, bur Doberan; 1m: 1359 Richardis von Schwerin (+1377as Queen of Sweden); 2m: Schwerin 12/13.2.1396 Agnes of Braunschweig-Luneburg (+22.12.1434)
**C1. [1m.] Erich, Lord of Gotland, +of the plague at Landscrona 26.7.1397, bur Visby; m.1396 Sofie of Pomerania
**C2. [1m.] a daughter, fl 1376
**C3. [1m.] Richardis, +after 15.3.1400; m. Prague 10.2.1388 Johann of Bohemia, Mgve of Moravia, Duke von Görlitz (*15.6.1370 +1.3.1396)
**C4. [2m.] Duke Albrecht V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1417-23), +16.10.1423

Johann of Bohemia, Duke of Görlitz, Elector of Brandenburg (1373), *Prague 15.6.1370, +Kloster Neuzelle 1.3.1396; m. Prague II.1388 Katharina (=Richardis) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (+after 15.3.1400/1396)
* F1. Elisabeth of Bohemia, Duchess of Luxemburg, *Horsewitz X.1390, +Trier 3.8.1451, bur Trier; 1m: Brussels 16.7.1409 Antoine de Bourgogne, Duke of Brabant and Limburg (*1384 +1415); 2m: 1418 Duke Johann III of Bavaria, Ct of Holland (*1376 +6.1.1425)

Duke and King Albert of Mecklenburg's issue went extinct in 1451 when Duchess Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Albert's granddaughter, died.
* Duke Magnus I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1379-85), +1.9.1385; m.1369 Elisabeth of Pomerania-Rügen (+16.6.1388/98). His plentiful issue continues through centuries to this day.
**C1. Duke Johann IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1395-1422), *ca 1365, +Schwerin 16.10.1422; 1m: Schwerin 29.9.1399 Jutta von Hoya (+7.10.1415), dau.of Ct Otto III von Hoya; 2m: 1416 Katharina of Saxe-Lauenburg (+after 18.11.1448)
**+ D1. [1m.] Magnus, +after 27.12.1408
**+ D2. [2m.] Duke Heinrich IV "der Fette/Dicke" of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1423-77), *1417, +9.3.1477, bur Doberan; m. V.1432 Dorothea of Brandenburg (*Kadolzburg 9.2.1420 +19.1.1491)
**# E1. Duke Albrecht VI of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1464-83), *1438, +1483; m.1466/8 Gfn Katharina von Lindau-Ruppin (+1485)
**# E2. Duke Johann VI of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1464-74), +after 20.5.1474
**# E3. Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1477-1503), *1441, +Wismar 20.11.1503, bur Doberan; m. Anklam 29.5.1478 Sofie of Pomerania-Stettin (+26.5.1504)
**F1. Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1503-52) in Schwerin, *3.5.1479, +Schwerin 6.2.1552; 1m: 16.2.1507 Ursula of Brandenburg (*Berlin 17.10.1488, +Gustrow 18.9.1510); 2m: Wismar 5.6.1513 Helene Pfgfn bei Rhein (*Heidelberg 9.2.1493, +Schwerin 16.6.1524, bur there); 3m: Schwerin 24.5.1551 Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (+Minden 1578, bur there)
**G1. [1m.] Duke Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, *Stargard 4.7.1509, +Bützow 28.1.1550, bur Doberan; m. Kiel 26.8.1543 Pss Elisabeth of Denmark (*14.10.1524 +Nyköping 15.10.1586, bur Gustrow)
**G2. [2m.] Philipp, *12.9.1514, +Güstrow 4.1.1557, bur Doberan
**G3. [1m.] Sofie, *Schwerin 12.4.1508, +Celle 17.6.1541; m. Schwerin 2.6.1528 Duke Ernst of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (*Velzen 26.6.1497, +Celle 11.1.1546)
**G4. [1m.] Ursula, Abbess of Ribnitz 1538, *30.8.1510, +Ribnitz 22.4.1586
**G5. [2m.] Margarete, *8.4.1515, +Bernstadt 30.8.1559, bur there; m.12.11.1537 Duke Heinrich II von Münsterberg-Öls (*29.3.1507 +2.8.1548)
**G6. [2m.] Katharina, *14.4.1518, +17.11.1581, bur Liegnitz; m. Liegnitz 3.3.1538 Duke Friedrich III of Liegnitz (*22.2.1520 +15.12.1570)
**G7. [illegitimate] Balthasar von Mecklenburg, *ca 1530, fl 1555/87; m. Wredenhagen 1558 N von Hagen (+after 22.2.1585)
* F2. Duke Erich II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, *3.9.1483, +Schwerin 22.12.1508
* F3. Duke Albrecht VII "der Schöne" of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1503-47) in Gustrow (1534-47), *Wismar 28.7.1488, +Schwerin 5.1.1547, bur Doberan; m. Berlin 17.1.1524 Anna von Brandenburg (*1507 +19.6.1567); for his descendants see HERE
* F4. Dorothea, Abbess of Ribnitz (1498-1537), *21.10.1480, +1.9.1537
* F5. Sofie, *18.12.1481, +Torgau 12.7.1503, bur Torgau; m. Torgau 1.3.1500 John, Elector of Saxony (*30.6.1468 +16.8.1532)
* F6. Anna, *Plau 14.9.1485, +Rödelheim 12.5.1525; 1m: Kassel 20.10.1500 Wilhelm II, Ldgve of Hesse (*ca 29.3.1469, +Kassel 11.7.1509); 2m: Spangenberg (?) 7.9.1519 Gf Otto von Solms-Laubach (*Lich 11.5.1495 +14.5.1522)
* F7. Katharina, *1487, +Wolkenstein/Torgau 6.6.1561; m. Freiberg 6.7.1512 Duke Heinrich V of Saxony (*Dresden 16.3.1473 +Dresden 18.8.1541)# E4. Duke Balthasar, *1451, +Wismar 1507; m.1482 Margarete of Pomerania-Stettin (+1526)# E5. Katharina, *1442, +1451/2# E6. Anna, *1447, +1464# E7. Elisabeth, Abbess of Ribnitz (1467-92), *1449, +1506
*+ D3. [2m.] Duke Johann V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1423/36-42), *1418, +1442/43; m.17.9.1436 Anna of Pomerania-Stettin (+1447/59)
**C2. Eufemia, +1416; m.18.10.1397 Fst Balthasar von Werle (+5.4.1421)
* Ingeborg of Mecklenburg, +after 25.7.1395; 1m: Berlin II.1360 Duke Ludwig VI of Bavaria (*Munchen 12.5.1330 +Berlin 17.5.1365); 2m: 1366/by 1374 Gf Heinrich II von Holstein (*ca 1317 +16.11.1384), of which marriage several children. #G1. Gf Heinrich II "der Eiserne" von Holstein-Rendsburg (1340-82),*ca 1317, +after 16.11.1384; 1m: Mechtild zur Lippe (+1365); 2m: 1366 Ingeburg (+after 1395) dau.of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg.
* H1. Gf Gerhard VI von Holstein-Rendsburg (1382-1404), Duke of Schleswig (1386-1404), +murdered 1404; m.1391 Elisabeth, dau.of Duke Magnus of Brunswick
**I1. Gf Heinrich IV von Holstein and Duke of Schleswig (1404-27), *1397, +k.a. Flensburg 1427
**I2. Gf Adolf VIII von Holstein and Duke of Schleswig (1427-59), *1401, +1459; m. Margarete von Hohnstein
**I3. Gf Gerhard VII von Holstein and Duke of Schleswig (1427-33), 1404, +1433; m.1432 (div 1433) Agnes, dau.of Mgve Bernhard of Baden
***+ J1. a daughter, a nun
**I4. Ingeborg, Abbess of Wastena, *1398, +1465
**I5. Hedwig, +1436; 1m: 1417 Pr Balthasar von Mecklenburg (+1421); 2m: 1423 Gf Dietrich of Oldenburg (+1440); Schleswig and Holstein were eventually inherited by their children
* H2. Gf Albrecht II von Holstein-Segeberg (1381-1403)and Holstein-Rendsburg (1397-1403), +1403; m. Agnes, dau.of Duke Erich IV of Saxe-Lauenburg
* H3. Gf Heinrich III von Holstein, +1421
* H4. Metta
* H5. Sofie, *ca 1375, +Kammin 1448; m. Duke Bogislaw VIII of Pomerania (*1364 +1418) Bogislaw VIII of Pomerania-Stargard (1377-1418), *1364, +11.2.1418; m.1398 Sofia von Holstein (*ca 1375 +1448)
** C1. Duke Bogislaw IX of Pomerania-Stargard (1418-46), *Stolp 1407, +Stolp 7.12.1446; m. Posen 16.5.1433 Maria of Poland (*ca 1410 +18.2.1454)
**D1. Sophia, *1435, +ca 24.8.1494/1497; m. Duke Erik II of Pomerania (*ca 1425 +5.7.1474)
* C2. Ingeburg, *ca 1407, +4.9.1452; m. Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Stargard (+V.1466)
* C3. Adelheid, *1410, +after 1445; m.2.2.1429 Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Lauenburg (*ca 1385 +16.7.1463). Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1436-63), +16.7.1463; m.2.2.1429 Adelheid of Pomerania (+after 1445)
* F1. Duke Johann V of Saxe-Lauenburg (1463-1507), *18.7.1439, +15.8.1507; m. Lüneburg 12.2.1464 Dorothea von Brandenburg (*1446 +1519)
**G1. Erich, Bp of Hildesheim and Münster (1508-22), +20.10.1522
**G2. Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg (1507-43), +1.8.1543; m. Wolfenbüttel 17/20.11.1509 Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (*1488 +Neuhaus 29.6.1563)
*+ H1. Duke Franz I of Saxe-Lauenburg (1543-81), *1510, +Buxtehude 19.3.1581; m. Dresden 8.2.1540 Sibylle von Sachsen-Freiberg (*2.5.1515 +18.7.1592); for his descendants see HERE
*+ H2. Dorothea, *Lauenburg 9.7.1511, +Sonderburg 7.10.1571; m. Lauenburg 29.10.1525 King Christian III of Denmark (*12.8.1503 +1.1.1559)
*+ H3. Katharina, *24.9.1513, +Stockholm Slott 23.9.1535, bur Uppsala Domkyrka; m. Stockholm 24.9.1531 Gustav Vasa aka King Gustaf I of Sweden (*12.5.1496 +29.9.1560)
*+ H4. Sofie, +Oevelgönne 13.5.1571; m. Oldenburg 1.1.1537 Gf Anton I von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (*1505 +1573)
*+ H5. Klara, *13.12.1518, +Barth auf Rügen 27.3.1576; m. Neuhaus im Darssingk 29.9.1547 Duke Franz von Braunschweig-Giffhorn (*1508 +1549)
*+ H6. Ursula, +Minden 31.12.1577; m. Schwerin 24.5.1551 Duke Heinrich III of Mecklenburg (*1479 +1552)
**G3. Bernhard, a canon in Köln and Magdeburg, +3.1.1524
**G4. Johann, Bp of Hildesheim (1504-27), +20.11.1547
*+ H1. [illegitimate] Johann von Sachsen, a priest in Berkenthin 1538
*+ H2. [illegitimate] Bernhard von Sachsen, *ca 1530, +Livonia 1592/1612; 1m: before 1555 NN (+1590); 2m: before 1591 Dorothea von Lewald
*# I1. Giesela von Sachsen; m.1575 Adam von Tschammer
*# I2. a daughter, fl 1581/1615; m. Konrad von Sondershausen
*# I3. Sibylle, *ca 1560, +after 1615; m. Buxtehude 2.7.1593 Emeke von Roeder
*G5. Rudolf, +1503
*G6. Heinrich, +young
*G7. Friedrich, +before 1501
*G8. Adelheid, +young
*G9. Sofie; m.29.11.1491 Gf Anton I von Holstein-Schauenburg (+22.12.1526)
*G10. Katharina, a nun in Rheinbeck
*G11. Elisabeth, test 1542; m. Einbeck 26.8.1494 Duke Heinrich IV von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (+9.12.1526)
*G12. Anna, +Burg Ohsen 9.8.1504; 1m: 1490 Gf Johann von Lindau-Ruppin (+14.6.1500); 2m: ca 1503 Gf Friedrich von Spiegelberg (+Pyrmont 5.3.1537)
* F2. Sofie, +9.9.1473; m.1444 Duke Gerhard VIII von Jülich and Berg (+1475) Duke Gerhard VII of Jülich and Berg (1437-75), +1475; m.1444 Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg (+1473)
**I1. Duke Wilhelm VIII of Jülich and Berg (1475-1511), *1455, +1511; 1m: 1472 Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken (*1459 +1479); 2m: 1481 Sibylle of Brandenburg (*1467 +1524)
*+ J1. Marie of Jülich and Berg, *1491, +1543; m.1510 John III, Duke of Cleves (*1490 +1539)
*+ J2. [illegitimate] Johann von Gülge, +1547/51; m.1526 Maria von Berg, gt Dürffenthal; they had issue which became extinct in the male line in the 20th century
*+ J3. [illegitimate] Elisabeth, +1554; 1m: Peter van Huickinck; 2m: Gerhard von Metternich (+1614)
*+ J4. [illegitimate] Maria; m. Johann von Zours (+1542)
*+ J5. [illegitimate] Anna; m. Godart von Hanxler
**I2. Adolf of Jülich, *1458, +1470
**I3. Gerhard of Jülich, +young
**I4. Anna of Jülich; m. Gf Johann von Mörs und Saarwerden (+1507)
*John III, Duke of Cleves of Jülich and Berg 1511, Duke of Cleves 1521, Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1524-39), *1490, +1539; m.1510 Marie of Jülich and Berg (*1491 +1543)
**I1. William IV "The Rich" Duke of Jülich, Cleves and Berg "der Reiche" (1539-92), *Düsseldorf 28.7.1516, +Düsseldorf 5.1.1592; m. Regensburg 18.7.1546 Archduchess Marie of Austria (*15.5.1531 +11.12.1581) daughter of Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand I and Anne of Bohemia.
**J1. Karl Friedrich von Kleve, *1555, +Rome 1575
**J2. Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich, Cleves and Berg (1592-1609), *1562, +1609; 1m: 1585 Jakobea of Baden (*1558 +1597); 2m: 1599 Antonia of Lorraine (*1568 +1610)
**J3. Marie Eleonore of Cleves, *25.6.1550, +1608; m.1573 Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia (*29.4.1553 +8.8.1618)
**J4. Anne of Cleves, *1.3.1552, +1632; m.1574 Pfgf Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg (*2.10.1547 +22.8.1614)
**J5. Magdalena of Cleves, *1553, +1633; m.1579 Pfgf Johann von Zweibrücken (*1550 +12.8.1604)
**J6. Elisabeth of Cleves, *1556, +1561
**J7. Sibylle of Cleves, *1557, +1627; m.1601 Archduke Charles II of Austria (*1560 +1618)
* I2. Sibylle of Cleves, *1512, +1554; m.1526 Duke Johann Friedrich I, aka John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (*1503 +1554)
* I3. Anne of Cleves, *Düsseldorf 22.9.1515, +Chelsea 28.7.1557, bur Westminster Abbey; m. Greenwich 6.1.1539 (div 1539) King Henry VIII of England (*28.6.1491 +18.2.1547)
* I4. Amalia of Cleves, *1517, +1586