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  1. Gunther Archbishop Of Magdeburg Birth: Abt 1382
  2. Henry XIX Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Birth: Abt 1388 Death: 4 Nov 1444 in Arnstadt

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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
date:
[Ref: ES I.3 #315, Thompson CharlesII v16-95],
parents:
[Ref: ES I.3 #315, Thompson CharlesII v25-65]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ES I.3 #315, Thompson CharlesII v16-95]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95]
Arnstadt [Ref: ES I.3 #315]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna Of Leuchtenberg
date:
kurz vor 20.I 1375, Kontrakt 30.III 1362 [Ref: ES I.3 #315]
shortly before 20 Jan 1375, contract 30 Mar 1362 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95],
child:
[Ref: ES I.3 #315, Thompson CharlesII v16-95(173), Thompson CharlesII v16-95]
Research Notes:
Count of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen [Ref: ES I.3 #315]
Count of Schwarzburg [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95]

1368: Count of Schwarzburg (jointly with brother) [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95]

1377: Count of Arnstadt, Sondershausen and Frankenhausen [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95]

1391: Count of Blankenburg [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95]

1405: as administrator of the Mark Brandenburg, he ended a centuries old enity between the Mark and the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. (Note: his son Gunther had been appointed Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1403) [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v16-95, Thompson CharlesII v16-95(173)]



Pedigree of Gunther XVI Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
                                                                /-----Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur
                                                       /-----Gunther II Count Of Kafernburg
                                                      |         \-----Gisela
                                              /-----Heinrich II Count Of Kafernburg And Schwarzburg
                                             |        |         /-----Simon I Count Of Saarbrucken
                                             |         \-----Agnes Of Saarbrucken
                                             |                  \-----Mathilda Of Spondheim
                                     /-----Gunther IV Count Of Schwarzburg
                                    |        |                  /-----Herman Margrave Of Brandenberg
                                    |        |         /-----Siegfried III Count Of Orlamunde
                                    |        |        |         \-----Irmgard
                                    |         \-----Irmgard Of Orlamunde
                                    |                 |         /-----Valdemar I King Of Denmark
                                    |                  \-----Sophie Of Denmark
                                    |                           \-----Sophia Princess Of Poland
                            /-----Heinrich IV Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg
                           |        |                           /-----Wstislaw II Isjaslawitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev
                           |        |                  /-----Roman Wstislawitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev
                           |        |                 |         \-----Agnieszka Of Poland
                           |        |         /-----Daniel Romanowitsch King Of Halicz
                           |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of Byzanz
                           |         \-----Sofija Of Halicz
                           |                 |                  /-----Mstislaw Rostislawitsch Prince Of Nowgorod
                           |                 |         /-----Mstislav Mstislawitsch Prince Of Novgorod
                           |                  \-----Anna Mstislawna Of Novgorod
                           |                          |         /-----Kotjan Khan Of Polovtsians
                           |                           \-----(Unk)
                   /-----Heinrich VI Count Of Schwarzburg And Blankenburg
          /-----Heinrich VII Count Of Schwarsburg
         |        |         /-----Albert I Count Of Gleichen
         |         \-----Cristina Of Gleichen
 /-----Gunther XI Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
|        |                  /-----Otto Count Of Orlamunde
|        |         /-----Otto IV The Rich Count Of Orlamunde
|        |        |         \-----Agnes Of Saarbrucken
|         \-----Elisabeth Of Orlamunde
|                 |                                             /-----Gunther II Count Of Kafernburg
|                 |                                    /-----Gunther III Count Of Schwarzburg And Kafernburg
|                 |                                   |         \-----Agnes Of Saarbrucken
|                 |                           /-----Gunther IV Count Of Kafernburg
|                 |                  /-----Gunther V Count Of Kafernburg
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Friedrich II Count Of Beichlingen
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Friedrich III Count Of Beichlingen
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Of Ballenstadt
|                 |                 |         \-----Mechtilde Of Beichlingen
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Poppo VI Count Of Henneburg
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth Of Henneburg
|                 |                 |                           \-----Sophia Of Andechs
|                 |         /-----Gunther VII Count Of Kafernburg
|                 |        |         \-----Mechtilde
|                  \-----Adelheid Of Kafernburg
|                          |                                    /-----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
|                          |         /-----Gunther V 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)
|                           \-----Adelheid Of Schwarzburg
|                                    \-----Irmgard
Gunther XVI Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
|         /-----Heinrich V Count Of Honstein-Sonderhausen
 \-----Elisabeth Of Honstein



Descendants of Gunther XVI Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1. Gunther XVI Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen m. Anna Of Leuchtenberg
m. Anna Of Leuchtenberg father: Johann I Landgraf Of Leuchtenberg mother: Meccella Von Rosenberg

2nd generation

3. Henry XIX Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen m. Catherine Of Brunswick
m. Catherine Of Brunswick father: Frederick Duke Of Brunswick mother: Anna Of Saxony

3rd generation

4. Anna Of Schwarzburg m. Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode
m. Botho VII Count Of Stolberg-Wernigerode father: Heinrich Count Of Stolberg mother: Elisabeth Of Mansfeld

4th generation

5. 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

5th generation

7. 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