Henrik til Breitenburg Rantzau: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Henrik til Breitenburg Rantzau was born on 11 Mar 1526 in Steinburg; died on 31 Dec 1598 in Breitenburg.

Henrik married Christina til Drakenburg von Halle in 1554. Christina (daughter of Franz von Halle and Christina Florentzdatter Ramel) was born in 1535 in Drakenburg, Germany; died in 1603 in Itzehohe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Frantz Henriksen Rantzau was born on 28 Aug 1555 in Segeberg; died on 21 Feb 1612 in Skjellinge Hede, Denmark.

Generation: 2

Frantz Henriksen Rantzau

(1.Henrik¹) was born on 28 Aug 1555 in Segeberg; died on 21 Feb 1612 in Skjellinge Hede, Denmark.

Frantz married Anne Rosenkrantz on 4 Oct 1584. Anne (daughter of Erik Ottesen til Arreskov Rosenkrantz and Helvig Jacobsdatter Hardenberg) was born on 12 May 1566 in Sandviken, Norway; died on 18 Oct 1618 in Søholm. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 3

Johan Rantzau

(2.Frantz², 1.Henrik¹) was born on 2 Jul 1597; died in 1638.

Children:

Generation: 4

Anna Rantzau

(3.Johan³, 2.Frantz², 1.Henrik¹) was born about 1618; died in 1673 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Anna married Johan Brockenhuus about 1640. Johan (son of Jørgen Brockenhuus and Margrethe von der Lühe) was born on 21 May 1614; died on 3 Feb 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. Margrethe Brockenhuus was born in 1642 in Roskilde, Danmark; died in 1745 in Toten, Oppland, Norway.
6. Casper Christopher Brockenhuus was born in 1649; died on 10 Apr 1713 in Helg.