Monday, March 14, 2022

Lutheran Aristocracy

Lutheran Aristocracy

House of Ludovingian
Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia
:Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia
::Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia           
::Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Patron of Wolfram von Eschenbach
:::Jutta  
::::Henry III, Margrave of Meissen    
:::::Albert II, Margrave of Meissen   
::::::Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (Became Heir to House of Hohenstaufen)
::::Herman I, Count of Henneberg
:::Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
::::Hermann II, Landgrave of Thuringia
::::Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant
:::::Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
:::Irmgard
::::Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben
::::Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
::::Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
:::::Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
:::Henry Raspe
:::Conrad, Grand Master of The Teutonic Knights

Reformation Era (16th Century)

Philip I, Langrave of Hesse (Heir of Henry I Landgrave of Hesse)
John the Steadfast Elector of Saxony (Heir of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen)
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg as well as his brothers Otto and Francis 
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (Another Patrilineal Descendent of Fredrick of Meissen)

Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
John V Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (it was his brother who converted the family but he had no children)
Jobst II, Count of Hoya
Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe
Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania
Philip I, Duke of Pomerania
Philip III Count of Waldeck and his nephew Count Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen
George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard and his brother Ulrich
Charles II Margrave of Baden-Durlach
John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (Mother and Wife were both Princesses of Hesse)
Christopher, Count of Oldenburg
Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg
John III Duke of Cleves (Mother was another descendent of Henry Landgrave of Hesse)

Albert of Prussia last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and first Duke of Prussia
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg.  
(Progenitors of the later Kings of Prussia and Kaisers.  Their common ancestor was Albrecht III)
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin a brother of Joachim II Hector.

Louis V, Elector Palatine
Frederick II, Elector Palatine
Otto Henry, Elector Palatine
John II, Count Palatine of Simmern

William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 
Gustav I of Sweden
Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg
Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia
Christian III of Denmark 

Bavarian Illuminati Members (usually born in the 1740s or 1750s)

Ernest II Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Male-preference Primogeniture heir of John the Steadfast)
Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Karl August Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Male-only Primogeniture heir of John the Steadfast)
Prince Frederick Ferdinand Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt
?Louis X, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
?Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel (1721-1792)
?Frederick William III of Prussia father of Kaiser Wilhelm I

Nazi Party Members and Sympathizers (alive in the 1930s and 40s)

House of Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm II sometimes expressed support for Hitler but sometimes condemned him
:Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (NSDAP – 24)
::Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia (NSDAP – 534782)
:Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia
::Prince Karl Franz of Prussia (NSDAP – 2407422)
:Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
Princess Margaret of Prussia (NSDAP – 4814690)
Princess Marianne of Prussia (NSDAP – 4628851)

British Royals
Duke of Windsor/King Edward VIII (Male-preference primogeniture heir of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 4969451)
:Gottfried Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (NSDAP – 402307)
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Edward Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 2560843)
:Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 1037966)
:Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 7213588)
Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland
:Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (NSDAP – 7900128)
:Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
:Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (SS) (NSDAP – 504973)
:Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick

Other Princes of Saxony
Boris III of Bulgaria (Nazi Collaborator during WWII)
Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 300354)
Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 196633)
Prince Leopoldine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (NSDAP – 1453322)
Georg of Saxe-Meiningen (NSDAP – 2594794)
Bernhard Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (NSDAP – 898842)
Ernst II Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (NSDAP – 4868932)
:Georg Moritz Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

House of Hesse
Frederick Charles Louis Constantine Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (NSDAP – 4814689)
:Philip Landgrave of Hesse (NSDAP – 418991)
:Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Cassel (NSDAP – 1794944)
:Prince Christopher of Hesse-Cassel (SS) (NSDAP – 696176)
Chlodwig Langrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
:Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (SS) (NSDAP – 1187621)
:Alexander Friedrich of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (NSDAP – 1184026)
:Princess Viktoria Cacilie (NSDAP – 3515493)
Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
:Louis Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (NSDAP – 5900506)
:Georg Donatus Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse  (NSDAP – 3766312)
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (NSDAP – 3766313)
Prince Richard of Hesse (NSDAP – 1203662)

House of Lippe
Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe (NSDAP – 237533)
Prince Bernhard of Lippe
:Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (NSDAP – 2583009)
:Prince Aschwin of Lippe-Biesterfeld (NSDAP – 5854038)
Leopold IV Prince of Lippe
:Ernst Hereditary Prince of Lippe (SS) (NSDAP – 88835)
:Prince Leopold Bernhard of Lippe
:Prince Chlodwig of Lippe
Wolrad Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (NSDAP – 3681098)
Prince Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe (NSDAP – 309344)
Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (NSDAP – 95146)
Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (NSDAP – 3681097)

Others
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (NSDAP – 3452693)
Duchess Edda Charlotte of Anhalt (NSDAP – 4843880)
Duke Joachim Ernst of Anhalt (NSDAP – 7267717)
Princess Pauline of Württemberg
Nikolaus Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (NSDAP – 4085803)
Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (NSDAP – 161001)
Josias Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (SS) (NSDAP – 160025)
:Princess Margarethe of Waldeck and Pyrmont (NSDAP – 8562493)
:Prince Wittekind of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler were his Godfathers)

House of Windsor's succession from Hohenstaufen

Frederick Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Margaret of Sicily, Wife of Albert II Margrave of Meissen
Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Frederick III, the Strict
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
Ernest, Elector of Saxony
Johann the Steadfast Elector of Saxony
Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, Wife of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Wife of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria
King Edward VII
King George V
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth II
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Prince George of Cambridge