_Eric I WELF ________+
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                                    _Albert II WELF _______|
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                                   |                       |_Elisabeth of WELF __+
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 _Philip I WELF ___________________|
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|                                  |_Elisabeth of WALDECK _|
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|--John WELF 
|  (1526 - 1557)
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|_Catherine of MANSFELD-VORDERORT _|
  (1501 - 1535)                    |
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