Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen
Sex: F
Birth: Abt 1076 ^b

Parents:

Father:
Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow Birth: Before 1050 Death: 22 Nov 1087

Mother:

Kunigunde Of Orlamunde Death: 8 Jun 1140

Family:
Marriage:

Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg on After 1087 .^m1
Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg Death: 1109

Children:

Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur Death: 19 Apr 1160

Marriage:

W Of Geich on 2 .^m2
W Of Geich Death: After 1129

Children:

Friedrich I Count Of Beichlingen Death: 1159

Bibliography

Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.3: Die Hauser Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Schwarzburg Waldeck, Lippe und Reuss. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 2000. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.3 #[0-9]*].
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. XVII: Hessen und das Stammesherzogtum Sachsen. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES XVII #[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: (1076) [Ref: ES I.3 #312, ES II #130, ES XVII #94],
parents:: [Ref: ES I.3 #312, ES II #130, ES XVII #94]

Sources with Information about marriage to Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg

date:: nach 1087 [Ref: ES I.3 #312, ES II #130],
names:: Gunther Gf v Schwarzburg & dau Jaropolk [Ref: ES II #130],
child:: [Ref: ES I.3 #312]

Sources with Information about marriage to W Of Geich

date:: second marriage of Mechtild [Ref: ES XVII #94],
child:: [Ref: ES XVII #94]

Research Notes:
Heiress of Beichlingen [Ref: ES I.3 #312]

Pedigree of Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen
                                                                /-----Halfdan Margrave Of Frisia
                                                       /-----Rurik, Danish Viking Grand Prince Of Kiev
                                              /-----Igor Grand Prince Of Kiev
                                             |         \-----Alfrind
                                     /-----Svatislav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
                                    |         \-----Saint Olga
                            /-----Saint Vladimir Grand Prince Of Kiev
                           |         \-----Predslawa
                   /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
                  |        |         /-----Rognald Prince Of Polotzk
                  |         \-----Rogneide Of Polotzk
          /-----Isiaslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
         |        |                                             /-----Eymund King Of Sweden
         |        |                                    /-----Eric V King Of Swedes And Goths
         |        |                           /-----Bjorn The Old King Of Sweden
         |        |                  /-----Erik SEGERSALL, King Of Sweden
         |        |         /-----Olaf III SKOTKONUNG, King Of Sweden
         |        |        |        |         /-----Skoglar TOSTE, Viking
         |        |        |         \-----Sigrid STORRADA
         |         \-----Ingegard
         |                  \-----Astrid
/-----Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow
|        |                                    /-----Ziemovitus Duke Of Poland
|        |                           /-----Miesko Prince Of Poland
|        |                  /-----Boleslav King Of Poland
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Borzhivoi I Duke Of Bohemia
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Vratislav I Duke Of Bohemia
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Saint Ludomilla Of Alcelnick
|        |                 |        |         /-----Boleslav I Duke Of Bohemia
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Drahomira Of Stodor
|        |                 |         \-----Dabrowaka Of Bohemia
|        |                 |                  \-----Bosena Of Stochou
|        |         /-----Miesco II King Of Poland
|        |        |        |         /-----Dobromir Prince Of Silesia
|        |        |         \-----Emmilda Of Silasia
|         \-----Gertrude Of Poland
|                 |                                             /-----Erenfried I Count Of Bliesgau And Charmois
|                 |                                    /-----Eberhard I Count In Keldachgau And Bonngau
|                 |                                   |         \-----Alagunde Of Burgundy
|                 |                           /-----Erenried II Count If Zulpichgau
|                 |                  /-----Hermann I Count In Bonngau
|                 |                 |         \-----Richwara
|                 |         /-----Edzo Count Of Lorraine
|                 |        |         \-----Heilwig Of Dillingen
|                  \-----Rixa Of Lorraine
|                          |                                    /-----Otto The Illustrious Duke Of Saxony
|                          |                           /-----Henry I The Fowler King Of The Saxons
|                          |                          |         \-----Hedwige/Hadui/Haduich
|                          |                  /-----Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Dietrich Count in Westfalen
|                          |                 |         \-----Mechtilde Of Westfalen
|                          |                 |                  \-----Ragenhilda
|                          |         /-----Otto II Holy Roman Emperor
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Rudolph I King Of Upper Burgundy
|                          |        |        |         /-----Rudolph II King Of Juran Burgundy And Provence
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Wille
|                          |        |         \-----Saint Adelaide Of Burgundy
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Burkhard Duke Of Swabia
|                          |        |                  \-----Berthia Of Swabia
|                          |        |                           \-----Reginlanda
|                           \-----Matilda Of Saxony
|                                   |                  /-----Niketas Skleros, Patrician
|                                   |         /-----Constantine Skleros, Patrician At Constantinople
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Bardas
|                                   |        |         \-----Gregoria Of Macedonia
|                                    \-----Theophana
|                                            |                  /-----Bardos PHOKAS, Caesar At Constantinople
|                                            |         /-----Leo PHOKAS, Prefect Of Cappadorcia
|                                            |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) MALEINE
|                                             \-----Sophia PHOKAS
Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen
|                                    /-----William I Count In South Thuringia
|                           /-----William II Duke Of Thuringia
|                  /-----William III Count Of Weimar
|         /-----William IV Count Of Weimar
|        |        |                                    /-----Christian Margrave Of The Saxon Nordmark
|        |        |                           /-----Dietman I Margrave Of The Saxon Eastmark
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Thietmar Markgraf
|        |        |                          |         \-----Hidda
|        |        |                  /-----Gero Markgraf Of Lausitz
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Billung Count In Saxony
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Hermann Billung Duke Of Saxony
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Fraderuna
|        |        |                 |         \-----Susanhildia Of Saxony
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Hildegarde Of Westerbourg
|        |        |         /-----Thistmar II Margrave Of The Saxon East Mark
|        |        |        |         \-----Adelaide
|        |         \-----Oda
\-----Kunigunde Of Orlamunde

Descendants of Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen

1. Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen m1. Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg m2. W Of Geich

m. Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg father: Sizzo I Count In Langwitzgau

2+ Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur m. Gisela

3+ Friedrich I Count Of Beichlingen m. Helenburg Of Tonna

2nd generation

2. Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur m. Gisela

4+ Mechtild Of Schwarzburg m. Adolf II Count Of Holstein

5 Heinrich I Count Of Schwarzburg m. (Unk Dau) Of Wizenburg; (Unk Dau) Of Wizenburg father: Hermann II Count Of Wizenburg mother: Luitgarde Of Stade

6+ Gunther II Count Of Kafernburg m1. Agnes Of Saarbrucken m2. Adelheid Of Hallermund

7+ Bertha Countess Of Schwarzburg m1. Poppo Of Wippra m2. Gero Count Of Brehna

3. Friedrich I Count Of Beichlingen m. Helenburg Of Tonna

m. Helenburg Of Tonna father: Ernst I Count Of Tonna

8+ Friedrich II Count Of Beichlingen m. (Unk) Of Ballenstadt

3rd generation

4. Mechtild Of Schwarzburg m. Adolf II Count Of Holstein

m. Adolf II Count Of Holstein father: Adolf I Of Schaumburg, Count Of Holstein mother: Hildewe

9+ Adolf III Count Of Holstein m1. Adelaide Of Assel m2. Adelaide Of Querfurt

6. Gunther II Count Of Kafernburg m1. Agnes Of Saarbrucken m2. Adelheid Of Hallermund

m. Agnes Of Saarbrucken father: Simon I Count Of Saarbrucken mother: Mathilda Of Spondheim

10+ Heinrich II Count Of Kafernburg And Schwarzburg m. Irmgard Of Orlamunde

11+ Gunther III Count Of Schwarzburg And Kafernburg m.

m. Adelheid Of Hallermund father: Wulbrand Count Of Hallermund mother: Beatrix Of Rheinbeck

7. Bertha Countess Of Schwarzburg m1. Poppo Of Wippra m2. Gero Count Of Brehna

m. Poppo Of Wippra

m. Gero Count Of Brehna father: Dietrich II Count Of Brehne, Margrave Of Niederlausi mother: Matilda

12 Dietrich Count Of Brehna m. Gerburg

13 Willa Abbess Of Gerbstedt

15+ William Count Of Camberg m. Geva Countess Of Seeburg

16 Gunther Bishop Of Naunberg

8. Friedrich II Count Of Beichlingen m. (Unk) Of Ballenstadt

m. (Unk) Of Ballenstadt father: Albert Count Of Ballenstadt mother: Adelheid

17+ Friedrich III Count Of Beichlingen m. Elizabeth Of Henneburg

4th generation

9. Adolf III Count Of Holstein m1. Adelaide Of Assel m2. Adelaide Of Querfurt

m. Adelaide Of Assel father: Otto Count Of Assel mother: Salome Of Heinsburg

m. Adelaide Of Querfurt father: Burchard II Count Of Querfurt mother: Mechtild Of Tonna

18+ Adolf IV Count Of Holstein m. Heilwig Of Lippe

19+ Mechtild Of Holstein m. Otto Count Of Tecklenburg

10. Heinrich II Count Of Kafernburg And Schwarzburg m. Irmgard Of Orlamunde

m. Irmgard Of Orlamunde father: Siegfried III Count Of Orlamunde mother: Sophie Of Denmark

20+ Gunther IV Count Of Schwarzburg m. Sofija Of Halicz

11. Gunther III Count Of Schwarzburg And Kafernburg m.

21+ Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg m. Mechtilde Of Beichlingen

22+ Albrecht I Count Of Rabenswald And Wiche m.

15. William Count Of Camberg m. Geva Countess Of Seeburg

m. Geva Countess Of Seeburg

23+ Bertha m. Wichmann Count Of Seeburg

17. Friedrich III Count Of Beichlingen m. Elizabeth Of Henneburg

m. Elizabeth Of Henneburg father: Poppo VI Count Of Henneburg mother: Sophia Of Andechs

24+ Mechtilde Of Beichlingen m. Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg

5th generation

18. Adolf IV Count Of Holstein m. Heilwig Of Lippe

m. Heilwig Of Lippe father: Herman II Of Lippe mother: Oda Of Tecklenburg

25+ Gerhard I Count Of Holstein m1. Elizabeth Of Mecklenburg m2. Alessina Of Montferrat

26+ Johann I Count Of Holstein m. Elizabeth Of Saxony

27+ Mechtild Of Holstein m1. Abel King Of Denmark m2. Birger Magnusson Jarl, Regent Of Sweden

19. Mechtild Of Holstein m. Otto Count Of Tecklenburg

m. Otto Count Of Tecklenburg father: Simon Count Of Tecklenburg mother: Oda Of Altena

28+ Elizabeth Of Tecklenburg m. Heinrich IV Count Of Oldenburg In Wildeshausen

29 Heinrich Count Of Tecklenburg m. Jutta Of Ravensberg; Jutta Of Ravensberg father: Otto II Count Of Ravensberg mother: Sophie Of Oldenberg

30+ Heilwig Of Tecklenburg m. Otto II Count Of Bentheim And Tecklenburg

20. Gunther IV Count Of Schwarzburg m. Sofija Of Halicz

m. Sofija Of Halicz father: Daniel Romanowitsch King Of Halicz mother: Anna Mstislawna Of Novgorod

31+ (Unk) Of Schwarzburg m. Otto Of Arnshaugk

32+ Sophia Of Schwarzburg m. Berthold IV Count Of Henneberg

33+ Gunther V Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg m1. Irmgard m2. Helena Of Saxony

34+ Heinrich IV Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg m.

21. Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg m. Mechtilde Of Beichlingen

m. Mechtilde Of Beichlingen father: Friedrich III Count Of Beichlingen mother: Elizabeth Of Henneburg

35+ Gunther V Count Of Kafernburg m. Mechtilde

22. Albrecht I Count Of Rabenswald And Wiche m.

36+ Gisesla Of Rabenswald m. Burchard VI Burggraf Of Magdeburg

23. Bertha m. Wichmann Count Of Seeburg

m. Wichmann Count Of Seeburg father: Cristin Count mother: Oda Of Nordmark

37 Gero Count Of Seeburg m. Maud Of Wettin; Maud Of Wettin father: Thiemo II The Bold Count Of Wettin mother: Ida Von Northeim

24. Mechtilde Of Beichlingen m. Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg

m. Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg father: Gunther III Count Of Schwarzburg And Kafernburg

35+ Gunther V Count Of Kafernburg m. Mechtilde