Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

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

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Mechtild Of Holstein
Sex: F
Birth: 1225 ^b
Death: 30 Aug 1288 in Kiel ^d

Parents:

Father:
Adolf IV Count Of Holstein Death: 8 Jul 1261 in Kiel

Mother:

Heilwig Of Lippe Death: Abt 24 Feb 1246

Family:
Marriage:

Abel King Of Denmark on 25 Apr 1237 .^m1
Abel King Of Denmark Death: 29 Jun 1252

Children:

Erich I Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) Death: 27 May 1272
Sophia Of Denmark Birth: Abt 1240 Death: After 1284

Marriage:

Birger Magnusson Jarl, Regent Of Sweden on 1261 .^m2
Birger Magnusson Jarl, Regent Of Sweden Death: 21 Oct 1266

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: ES II #116],
parents:: [Ref: ES I.3 #298],
father:: [Ref: ES II #100, ES II #116]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: ES I.3 #298]; 1288 [Ref: ES II #100, ES II #116],
place:: [Ref: ES I.3 #298]

Sources with Information about marriage to Abel King Of Denmark

date:: [Ref: ES I.3 #298, ES II #100]; first marriage of Mechtild [Ref: ES II #116],
child:: [Ref: ES II #100, ES II #101]

Sources with Information about marriage to Birger Magnusson Jarl, Regent Of Sweden

date:: [Ref: ES I.3 #298, ES II #100, ES II #116]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Mechtild Of Holstein
                            /-----Adolf I Of Schaumburg, Count Of Holstein
                   /-----Adolf II Count Of Holstein
                  |         \-----Hildewe
          /-----Adolf III Count Of Holstein
         |        |                                             /-----Sizzo
         |        |                                    /-----Sizzo
         |        |                           /-----Sizzo I Count In Langwitzgau
         |        |                  /-----Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg
         |        |         /-----Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Isiaslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Ingegard
         |        |        |        |         /-----Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Miesco II King Of Poland
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Gertrude Of Poland
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Rixa Of Lorraine
         |        |        |         \-----Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----William III Count Of Weimar
         |        |        |                 |         /-----William IV Count Of Weimar
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Oda
         |        |        |                  \-----Kunigunde Of Orlamunde
         |         \-----Mechtild Of Schwarzburg
         |                  \-----Gisela
/-----Adolf IV Count Of Holstein
|        |                                                      /-----Bruno II Count Of Querfurt
|        |                                             /-----Gebhard I Count Of Querfurt
|        |                                            |         \-----Ida
|        |                                    /-----Burchard Of Querfurt
|        |                           /-----Gebhard II Count Of Querfurt
|        |                  /-----Burchard I Count Of Querfurt
|        |                 |        |         /-----Dietrich II Count Of Ameneleben
|        |                 |         \-----Oda Of Ameneleben
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Dietrich I Of Ammensleben, Count Of Grieben
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Luxemburg
|        |                 |                  \-----Amulrada Of Ammensleben
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Konrad Of Morsleben
|        |                 |                           \-----Dignamenta Of Morsleben
|        |                 |                                    \-----Amulrada
|        |         /-----Burchard II Count Of Querfurt
|         \-----Adelaide Of Querfurt
|                 |                  /-----Erwin I Count In Thuringen
|                 |         /-----Lambert I Count Of Tonne And Berg
|                 |        |         \-----Helenburg
|                  \-----Mechtild Of Tonna
|                           \-----Mechtilde
Mechtild Of Holstein
|                           /-----Herman I Of Lippe
|                  /-----Bernhard II Count Of Lippe
|         /-----Herman II Of Lippe
|        |        |                  /-----Theoderich Count Of Ahr
|        |        |         /-----Ulrich Count Of Ahr
|        |         \-----Helvigis Of Ahr
\-----Heilwig Of Lippe
         |                           /-----Ekbert Count Of Tecklenburg
         |                          |        |                  /-----Gerhard IV Count Of Alsatia, Duke Of Lorraine Mosel
         |                          |        |         /-----Thierry II Duke Of Lorraine
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Hedwig
         |                          |         \-----Gisela
         |                          |                 |         /-----Robert Le FRISON, Count Of Flanders
         |                          |                  \-----Gertrude Of Flanders
         |                          |                           \-----Gertrude Of Saxony
         |                  /-----Heinrich Count Of Tecklenburg
         |                 |        |                           /-----Dietrich Flameus Count In The Velux
         |                 |        |                  /-----Gerald I Count Of Guelders And Wassenberg
         |                 |        |         /-----Gerard II Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |         \-----Adelheid Of Geldern
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Gottschalk Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |                 |         /-----Otto II Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Adelheid Of Zutphen
         |                 |                  \-----Ermengarde Heiress Of Zutphen
         |                 |                           \-----Judith
         |         /-----Simon Count Of Tecklenburg
         |        |        |                  /-----Egilmar I Count In Lerigau
         |        |        |         /-----Egilmar II Count Of Oldenburg
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Dedo Count Of Dithmarschen
         |        |        |        |         \-----Richeza Of Dithmarschen
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Ida Von Elsthorpe
         |        |         \-----Eilika Of Oldenberg
         |        |                 |                           /-----Bernhard Count Of Werl-Arnsberg
         |        |                 |                  /-----Konrad Count Of Werl-Arnsberg
         |        |                 |         /-----Heinrich Count Of Reitberg
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Otto I Count Of Northeim, Duke Of Bavaria
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Mathilda Of Northeim
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Richeza
         |        |                  \-----Silika Of Rietberg
         |        |                          |                  /-----Heinrich Count Of Hildrizhausen
         |        |                          |         /-----Heinrich Markgraf Of Nordgau
         |        |                           \-----Beatrix Of Hildrezhausen
         |        |                                   |         /-----Otto III Count Of Schweinfurt, Duke Of Swabia
         |        |                                    \-----Beatrix Von Schweinfurt
         |        |                                             \-----Ermengarde Markgrafin Of Susa
          \-----Oda Of Tecklenburg
                  |                                             /-----Adolf II
                  |                                    /-----Adolf Count Of Berg
                  |                           /-----Adolf I Count Of Berg
                  |                  /-----Adolf II Count Of Berg
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Boppo Count Of Lobdengau
                  |                 |        |         /-----Henry Count Of Laufen
                  |                 |         \-----Adelaide Von Laufen
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Bernard Count In Werl-Hovel
                  |                 |                  \-----Ida Of Werl
                  |         /-----Eberhard I Count Of Altena And Berg
                  |        |        |                           /-----Frederick II Count Of Diessen
                  |        |        |                  /-----Berthold I Count Of Schwarzenburg
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Ermengarde Of Gilching
                  |        |        |         /-----Engelbert Count Of Schwarzenberg
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Engelbert I Von Spondheim, Count In Lavanthal
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Richarda Of Lavaret
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Hedwig
                  |        |         \-----Irmgard Of Schwarzenburg
                  |        |                 |         /-----Bernhard Von Flinsbach
                  |        |                  \-----Hedwig
                  |        |                           \-----Alilia
                   \-----Oda Of Altena
                           |                                    /-----Rutger I
                           |                           /-----Rutger II Count Of Tomburg
                           |                          |         \-----Wazela Of Lorraine
                           |                  /-----Dietrich I Count Of Kleve
                           |         /-----Arnold I Count Of Cleves
                            \-----(Unk) Of Kleve
                                    |                           /-----Lambert II The Belted Count Of Louvain
                                    |                  /-----Henry II Of Brabant, Count Of Lorraine
                                    |                 |         \-----Oda Of Lorraine
                                    |         /-----Godfrey I The Bearded Duke Of Brabant
                                    |        |        |         /-----Eberhard Of Betuew And Teisterbant
                                    |        |         \-----Adelaide Of Betuew
                                     \-----Ida Of Lorraine
                                             |                  /-----Arnold II Of Warcq, Count Of Chiny
                                             |         /-----Otto II Count Of Chiny
                                             |        |         \-----Alix De Rameru
                                              \-----Ida Of Chiny
                                                      |         /-----Albert III Count Of Namur
                                                       \-----Adelaide Of Namur
                                                                \-----Ida Of Saxony

Descendants of Mechtild Of Holstein

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

m. Abel King Of Denmark father: Waldemar II King Of Denmark mother: Berengaria Of Portugal

2+ Erich I Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) m. Margareta Of Rugen

3+ Sophia Of Denmark m. Bernhard I Prince Of Anhalt

m. Birger Magnusson Jarl, Regent Of Sweden father: Magnus Minneskold Of Bjalbo mother: Ingrid Ylva

2nd generation

2. Erich I Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) m. Margareta Of Rugen

m. Margareta Of Rugen father: Jaromar II Prince Of Rugen mother: Euphemia Of Pommerellen

4+ Waldemar IV Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) m1. Elizabeth Of Saxony m2. Anastasia Of Schwerin

3. Sophia Of Denmark m. Bernhard I Prince Of Anhalt

m. Bernhard I Prince Of Anhalt father: Heinrich I Count Of Anhalt mother: Irmengard Of Thuringia

5+ Sophia Of Anhalt m. Dietrich II Count Of Hohenstein

6+ Bernhard II Prince Of Anhalt m. Helena Of Rugen

3rd generation

4. Waldemar IV Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) m1. Elizabeth Of Saxony m2. Anastasia Of Schwerin

m. Elizabeth Of Saxony father: Johann I Duke Of Saxony mother: Ingeborg Of Sweden

7+ Heinrich II Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) m. Adelheid Of Holstein

m. Anastasia Of Schwerin father: Nicholas Count Of Schwerin In Wittenburg mother: Miroslawa Of Pommern

5. Sophia Of Anhalt m. Dietrich II Count Of Hohenstein

m. Dietrich II Count Of Hohenstein father: Heinrich II Count Of Hohenstein mother: Mechtildis Of Ragenstein

8+ Dietrich III Count Of Hohenstein m. Elizabeth Of Waldeck

6. Bernhard II Prince Of Anhalt m. Helena Of Rugen

m. Helena Of Rugen father: Wislav II Prince Of Rugen mother: Agnes Of Brauneschweig

9+ Bernhard III Prince Of Anhalt m1. Agnes Of Saxony m2. Mathilda Of Anhalt m3. Mechtild Of Brunswick

4th generation

7. Heinrich II Duke Of Schleswig (SudJutland) m. Adelheid Of Holstein

m. Adelheid Of Holstein father: Heinrich I Count Of Holstein mother: Heilwig Of Bronckhorst

10+ Heilwig Of Schleswig m. Waldemar IV King Of Denmark

8. Dietrich III Count Of Hohenstein m. Elizabeth Of Waldeck

m. Elizabeth Of Waldeck father: Otto I Count Of Waldeck mother: Sophie Of Hessen

11+ Dietrich V Count Of Honstein And Heringen m1. Adelheid Of Holstein m2. Sophia Of Brunswick-Luenenburg

12+ Ulrich I Count Of Hohenstein m. Agnes Of Braunschweig

13+ (Unk) Of Honstein m1. Otto Count Of Stolberg m2. Konrad IV Count Of Wernigerode

9. Bernhard III Prince Of Anhalt m1. Agnes Of Saxony m2. Mathilda Of Anhalt m3. Mechtild Of Brunswick

m. Agnes Of Saxony father: Rudolf I Duke Of Saxony mother: Kunigunde Of Poland

14 Sophia Of Anhalt m. Wilhelm Duke Of Brunswick And Luneburg; Wilhelm Duke Of Brunswick And Luneburg father: Otto II Duke Of Brunswick mother: Mathilda Of Bavaria

m. Mathilda Of Anhalt father: Albrecht I Count Of Anhalt mother: Agnes Of Brandenburg

15+ Katharina Of Anhalt m1. Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick m2. Albrecht III Duke Of Saxony-Wittenburg

m. Mechtild Of Brunswick father: Magnus I The Pious Duke Of Brunswick-Luenenburg mother: Sophia Of Brandenburg

5th generation

10. Heilwig Of Schleswig m. Waldemar IV King Of Denmark

m. Waldemar IV King Of Denmark father: Christopher II King Of Denmark mother: Euphenia Of Pommern

16+ Ingeborg Of Denmark m. Henry III Duke Of Mecklenburg

11. Dietrich V Count Of Honstein And Heringen m1. Adelheid Of Holstein m2. Sophia Of Brunswick-Luenenburg

m. Adelheid Of Holstein father: Heinrich I Count Of Holstein mother: Heilwig Of Bronckhorst

m. Sophia Of Brunswick-Luenenburg father: Magnus I The Pious Duke Of Brunswick-Luenenburg mother: Sophia Of Brandenburg

17+ Agnes Of Honstein m. Christian V Count Of Oldenburg

12. Ulrich I Count Of Hohenstein m. Agnes Of Braunschweig

m. Agnes Of Braunschweig father: Ernst Count Of Osterode mother: Adelheld Of Everstein

18 Adelheid Von Hohnstein m. Albrecht II Duke Of Mecklenburg; Albrecht II Duke Of Mecklenburg father: Heinrich II Prince Of Mecklenburg mother: Anna Of Wittenburg

13. (Unk) Of Honstein m1. Otto Count Of Stolberg m2. Konrad IV Count Of Wernigerode

m. Otto Count Of Stolberg father: Heinrich Count Of Stolberg mother: Jutta Of Hadmersleben

19+ Heinrich Count Of Stolberg m. Elisabeth Of Mansfeld

m. Konrad IV Count Of Wernigerode father: Konrad III Count Of Wernigerode mother: Helene Of Brunswick

15. Katharina Of Anhalt m1. Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick m2. Albrecht III Duke Of Saxony-Wittenburg

m. Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick father: Magnus I The Pious Duke Of Brunswick-Luenenburg mother: Sophia Of Brandenburg

20+ Bernard Duke Of Brunswick-Luneburg m. Margaret Of Saxony

21 Otto Of Brunswick, Archbishop Of Bremen

22+ Agnes Of Brunswick m. Albert Duke Of Brunswick-Salzderhelden

23 Agnes Of Brunswick m1. Busso IV Count Of Mansfield m2. Bogislaus VI Duke Of Pomerania-Wolgast m3. Albert II Duke Of Mecklenburg, King Of Sweden

24+ Helen Of Brunswick m. Eric Count Of Hoya

25 Maud Of Brunswick m. Otto III Count Of Hoya

26+ Elizabeth Of Brunswick m. Maurice IV Count Of Oldenburg

27 Albrecht Of Brunswick

28+ Henry Duke Of Brunswick m1. Sophia Of Pomerania m2. Margaret Of Hesse

29+ Frederick Duke Of Brunswick m. Anna Of Saxony

30+ Sophia Of Brunswick m. Erich IV Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg

31+ Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick m. Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig

m. Albrecht III Duke Of Saxony-Wittenburg father: Otto Of Saxony mother: Elizabeth Of Brunswick