Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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: Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Sex: M
Death: 15 Mar 1455 in Stolberg ^d
Burial: Stolberg St Martini ^u

Parents:

Father:
Heinrich Count Of Stolberg Death: After 27 Sep 1403

Mother:

Elisabeth Of Mansfeld Death: After 6 Mar 1391

Family:
Marriage:

Anna Of Schwarzburg on 17 Jun 1431 at Sondershausen .^m1
Anna Of Schwarzburg Birth: 27 Jan 1416 Death: 24 Dec 1481

Children:

Elizabeth Of Stolberg Birth: 1435 Death: After 7 Sep 1520 in Staufenburg

Bibliography

Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.1: Die frankischen Konige und die Konige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfursten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.1 #[0-9]*].
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. XVII: Hessen und das Stammesherzogtum Sachsen. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES XVII #[0-9]*].
Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: ES XVII #99, Thompson CharlesII v07-139]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: ES I.3 #315, ES XVII #99, Thompson CharlesII v04-153],
place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-153]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

note:: Watson has 15 or 16 Mar 1455 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-153(36)]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: ES XVII #99]; Stolberg [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-153]

Sources with Information about marriage to Anna Of Schwarzburg

date:: [Ref: ES I.3 #315, ES XVII #99, Thompson CharlesII v04-154],
place:: [Ref: ES I.3 #315, ES XVII #99, Thompson CharlesII v04-154],
child:: [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p233, Thompson CharlesII v04-153]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

note:: not 16 Jun 1435 as in ES [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-154(37)]

Research Notes:
Count of Stolberg [Ref: ES XVII #99, Thompson CharlesII v04-153]
Count of Wernigerode [Ref: ES XVII #99]
Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p233]
Count of Stolberg and Wernigerode [Ref: ES I.3 #315]

called "the Elder" [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-153]

1400: Count of Stolberg [Ref: ES XVII #99]

abt 1400: Count of Stolberg [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-154 (with correction in book p77)]

1412: resigned as Count of Stolberg [Ref: ES XVII #99]

1429: Count of Wernigerode [Ref: ES XVII #99]

an energetic and financially astute ruler who tripled his landholdings through purchase, political influence and inheritance, gaining Hohnstein, Frohndorf, and Wernigerode [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v04-154]

Pedigree of Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode
                   /-----Heinrich Count Of Stolberg
          /-----Otto Count Of Stolberg
         |        |         /-----Bodo Of Hadmersleben
         |         \-----Jutta Of Hadmersleben
/-----Heinrich Count Of Stolberg
|        |                                                      /-----Adelger Count Of Ilfeld And Honstein
|        |                                             /-----Elger Count Of Hohenstein
|        |                                            |         \-----Lutridis
|        |                                    /-----Dietrich I Count Of Hohenstein
|        |                                   |         \-----Oda Of Magdeburg
|        |                           /-----Heinrich II Count Of Hohenstein
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Frederick I Count Of Brehna
|        |                          |        |         /-----Frederick II Count Of Brehna
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Hedwig Of Bohemia
|        |                          |         \-----Hedwig Of Brehna
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Frederick Count Of Ziegenhayn
|        |                          |                  \-----Judith Of Ziegenhayn
|        |                          |                           \-----Lucardis Of Ziegenhayn
|        |                  /-----Dietrich II Count Of Hohenstein
|        |                 |        |         /-----Ulrich I Count Of Ragenstein
|        |                 |         \-----Mechtildis Of Ragenstein
|        |         /-----Dietrich III Count Of Hohenstein
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Albert The Bear Margrave Of Brandenburg
|        |        |        |                           /-----Bernard Duke Of Saxony
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Sophia Of Wizenburg
|        |        |        |                  /-----Heinrich I Count Of Anhalt
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Mieszko III Prince Of Great Poland
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Jutta Of Poland
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth Of Hungary
|        |        |        |         /-----Bernhard I Prince Of Anhalt
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Louis II Langrave Of Thuringia
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Hermann I Landgrave Of Thuringia
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Jutta Of Swabia
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Irmengard Of Thuringia
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Otto I Duke Of Bavaria
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Sophia Of Bavaria, Duchess Of Bavaria
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Agnes
|        |        |         \-----Sophia Of Anhalt
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Valdemar I King Of Denmark
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Waldemar II King Of Denmark
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Sophia Princess Of Poland
|        |        |                 |         /-----Abel King Of Denmark
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sancho I King Of Portugal
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Berengaria Of Portugal
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Douce Of Barcelona
|        |        |                  \-----Sophia Of Denmark
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Adolf III Count Of Holstein
|        |        |                          |         /-----Adolf IV Count Of Holstein
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Adelaide Of Querfurt
|        |        |                           \-----Mechtild Of Holstein
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Herman II Of Lippe
|        |        |                                    \-----Heilwig Of Lippe
|        |        |                                             \-----Oda Of Tecklenburg
|         \-----(Unk) Of Honstein
|                 |                                             /-----Volkwin II Count Of Schwalenberg
|                 |                                    /-----Heinrich I Count Of Schwalenberg And Waldeck
|                 |                                   |         \-----Luitgarde Of Reichenbach
|                 |                           /-----Adolf I Count Of Schwalenberg And Waldeck
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Ludolf I Count Of Dassel
|                 |                          |         \-----Heseke Of Dassel
|                 |                  /-----Heinrich I Count Of Waldeck
|                 |                 |         \-----Sophie
|                 |         /-----Otto I Count Of Waldeck
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Gottfried I Count Of Arnsberg
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Gottfried II Count Of Arnsberg
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Ermengarde
|                 |        |        |         /-----Gottfried III Count Of Arnsberg
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|                 |        |         \-----Mechtild Of Arnsberg
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Folmar II Count Of Blieskastel
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Heinrich I Count Of Blieskastel
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Jutta Of Saarbrucken
|                 |        |                  \-----Adelheid Of Blieskastel
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Henry II Count Of Sayn
|                 |        |                           \-----Agnes Of Sayn
|                 |        |                                    \-----Agnes Of Saffenberg
|                  \-----Elizabeth Of Waldeck
|                          |                                    /-----Godfrey III Count Of Louvain
|                          |                           /-----Henry I The Warrior Duke Of Brabant
|                          |                          |         \-----Margaret Von LIMBOURG
|                          |                  /-----Henry II The Conqueror Duke Of Brabant
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Matthew Of Alsace, Count Of Boulogne
|                          |                 |         \-----Maud Of Boulogne
|                          |                 |                  \-----Mary Countess Of Mortagne And Boulogne
|                          |         /-----Heinrich I Landgraf Of Hessen
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Hermann I Landgrave Of Thuringia
|                          |        |        |         /-----Louis IV Margrave Of Thuringa
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Sophia Of Bavaria, Duchess Of Bavaria
|                          |        |         \-----Sophie Of Hessen
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Andrew II King Of Hungary
|                          |        |                  \-----Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary
|                          |        |                           \-----Gertrude Of Meran
|                           \-----Sophie Of Hessen
|                                   |                           /-----Henry V The Lion Duke Of Saxony
|                                   |                  /-----William Duke Of Luneburg
|                                   |                 |         \-----Maud Of England
|                                   |         /-----Otto Duke Of Brunswick
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Valdemar I King Of Denmark
|                                   |        |         \-----Helen
|                                   |        |                  \-----Sophia Princess Of Poland
|                                    \-----Adelheid Of Brunswick
|                                            |                  /-----Otto I Margrave Of Brandenberg
|                                            |         /-----Albert II Margrave Of Brandenburg
|                                            |        |         \-----Judith Of Poland
|                                             \-----Maud Of Brandenburg
|                                                     |         /-----Conrad III Margrave Of Lauzitz, Count Of Rocklitz
|                                                      \-----Maud Of Lauzitz
|                                                               \-----Elizabeth Of Poland
Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode
|                  /-----Gebhard II Count Of Mansfeld
|         /-----Albrecht I Count Of Mansfeld
|        |         \-----Luitgard of Valkenstein
\-----Elisabeth Of Mansfeld
         |                                                      /-----Gunther II Count Of Kafernburg
         |                                             /-----Heinrich II Count Of Kafernburg And Schwarzburg
         |                                            |         \-----Agnes Of Saarbrucken
         |                                    /-----Gunther IV Count Of Schwarzburg
         |                                   |        |         /-----Siegfried III Count Of Orlamunde
         |                                   |         \-----Irmgard Of Orlamunde
         |                                   |                  \-----Sophie Of Denmark
         |                           /-----Heinrich IV Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg
         |                          |        |                  /-----Roman Wstislawitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev
         |                          |        |         /-----Daniel Romanowitsch King Of Halicz
         |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of Byzanz
         |                          |         \-----Sofija Of Halicz
         |                          |                 |         /-----Mstislav Mstislawitsch Prince Of Novgorod
         |                          |                  \-----Anna Mstislawna Of Novgorod
         |                          |                           \-----(Unk)
         |                  /-----Heinrich VI Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg
         |         /-----Heinrich VII Count Of Schwarsburg
         |        |        |         /-----Albert I Count Of Gleichen
         |        |         \-----Cristina Of Gleichen
          \-----Jutta Of Schwarzburg
                  |                  /-----Otto Count Of Orlamunde
                  |         /-----Otto IV The Rich Count Of Orlamunde
                  |        |         \-----Agnes Of Saarbrucken
                   \-----Elisabeth Of Orlamunde
                           |                                    /-----Gunther III Count Of Schwarzburg And Kafernburg
                           |                           /-----Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg
                           |                  /-----Gunther V Count Of Kafernburg
                           |                 |        |         /-----Friedrich III Count Of Beichlingen
                           |                 |         \-----Mechtilde Of Beichlingen
                           |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth Of Henneburg
                           |         /-----Gunther VII Count Of Kafernburg
                           |        |         \-----Mechtilde
                            \-----Adelheid Of Kafernburg
                                    |                           /-----Heinrich II Count Of Kafernburg And Schwarzburg
                                    |                  /-----Gunther IV Count Of Schwarzburg
                                    |                 |         \-----Irmgard Of Orlamunde
                                    |         /-----Gunther V Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg
                                    |        |        |         /-----Daniel Romanowitsch King Of Halicz
                                    |        |         \-----Sofija Of Halicz
                                    |        |                  \-----Anna Mstislawna Of Novgorod
                                     \-----Adelheid Of Schwarzburg
                                              \-----Irmgard

Descendants of Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode

1. Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode m. Anna Of Schwarzburg

m. Anna Of Schwarzburg father: Henry XIX Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen mother: Catherine Of Brunswick

2+ Elizabeth Of Stolberg m. William II Duke Of Brunswick

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth Of Stolberg m. William II Duke Of Brunswick

m. William II Duke Of Brunswick father: William I The Victorious Duke Of Brunswick mother: Cecily Of Brandenburg

3 Anna Of Brunswick m. William I Landgraf Of Hesse-Cassel

4+ Henry The Bad Duke Of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel m. Catherine Of Pomerania

5 Eric I Duke Of Brunswick-Calenberg m1. Catherine Of Saxony m2. Elizabeth Of Brandenburg; Catherine Of Saxony father: Albert The Courageous Duke Of Saxony mother: Sidonia Of Bohemia; Elizabeth Of Brandenburg father: Joachim I Kurfurst Of Brandenburg mother: Elisabeth Of Denmark

3rd generation

4. Henry The Bad Duke Of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel m. Catherine Of Pomerania

m. Catherine Of Pomerania father: Eric II Duke Of Pomerania-Wolgast mother: Sophia Of Pomerania

6 William Of Brunswick

7 Elizabeth Of Brunswick, Abbess Of Steterburg

8 John Of Brunswick

9 Christopher Archbishop Of Bremen

10+ Katharina Of Brunswick m. Magnus I Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg

11 Henry II Duke Of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel m1. Maria Of Wurttemberg m2. Sophia Of Poland

12 Francis Bishop Of Minden

13 George Archbishop Of Bremen

14 Eric Of Brunswick

4th generation

10. Katharina Of Brunswick m. Magnus I Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg

m. Magnus I Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg father: John V Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg mother: Dorothea Of Brandenburg

15+ Dorothea Of Saxe-Lauenburg m. Christian III King Of Denmark

16 Klara Of Saxony-Lauenburg m. Francis Duke Of Brunswick-Luneburg

5th generation

15. Dorothea Of Saxe-Lauenburg m. Christian III King Of Denmark

m. Christian III King Of Denmark father: Frederick I King Of Denmark mother: Anna Of Brandenburg

17+ Dorothea Of Denmark m. William Duke Of Brunswick-Luneburg

18+ Frederick II King Of Denmark m. Sofie Of Mecklenburg-Gustrow