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George von Kunheim

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Name
  
George Kunheim


Died
  
October 18, 1611

George von Kunheim (July 1523 – 18 October 1611), born in the Prussian city of Wehlau (modern Znamensk) and died in Mühlhausen (modern Gvardeyskoye), married Margaretha Luther, daughter and child of Paul Luther and grandchild of Martin Luther on August 5, 1555.

The remaining direct lineal descendants of Martin Luther are descended through Margaretha and George von Kunheim:

  • Anna (1565- ? ), married Wolfert Cristoffer von Gauchen and had issue:
  • Dorothea von Gauchen, married Gervert Bugenhagen (died 1636) and had issue:
  • Anna Margareta Bugenhagen (died 1692), married Joakim Wittfoot (1620 - 2 September 1677 ) and had issue:
  • Gustaf Wittfoot (born 1656?)
  • Adolf Johannes Wittfoot (1660 - 1708), married Anna Katarina Torloff (died 8 February 1734) and had issue:
  • Carl Gustav Wittfoot (1701 - 1736), married Katarina Fridalin (28 August 1691) - 13 June 1762)and had issue:
  • Maria Charlotta Wittfoot (born 1734), married Jonas Nils Westbeck (27 March 1728 - 24 November 1809) and had six children.
  • Gevert Wittfoot (born 1664)

    • After Margaretha's death in 1570, George von Kunheim married Dorothea von der Oelssnitz (1558 - February 2, 1602).

    References

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