Albrecht Achilles von Brandenburg (markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach, markgraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, kurfürst von Brandenburg)

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Albrecht was born on 09 OCT 1414 in Tangermünde, the son of Friedrich von Brandenburg and Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut.

He died on 11 MAR 1486 in Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Hessen, Deutschland .

He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Margarete von Baden, who he married on 12 NOV 1446 in Heilsbronn. Their six known children were Wolfgang (<1449-1450), Ursula (1450-1508), Elisabeth (1451-1524), Margarete (1453-1509), Johann Cicero (1455-1499) and Friedrich (?-?).

His second wife was Anna von Sachsen, who he married in ABT 1458. The place has not been found. Their thirteen known children were Friedrich V (II) (1460-1536), Amalie (1461-1481), Anna (1462-1462), Barbara (1464-1515), Albrecht (1466-1466), Sibylle (1467-1524), Siegmund (1468-1495), Albrecht (1470-1470), Dorothea (1471-1520), Georg (1472-1476), Elisabeth (1474-1507), Magdalene (1476-1480) and Anastasie (1478-1534).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Albrecht Achilles von Brandenburg
(1414-1486)

 

Friedrich von Brandenburg
(1371-1440)

 

Friedrich V von Nürnberg
(<1333-1398)

 

Johann II von Nürnberg
(<1320-1357)

 
   

Elisabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen
(c1305-<1391)

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Elisabeth von Meißen
(1329-1375)

 

Friedrich II von Meißen
(1310-1349)

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Matilde von Bayern
(>1313-1346)

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Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut
(1383-1442)

 

Friedrich von Bayern-Landshut
(c1339-1393)

 

Stefan II von Bayern
(1319-1375)

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Isabella de Aragón
(c1309-1349)

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Maddalena Visconti
(1367-1404)

 

Bernabò Visconti
(1323-1385)

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Béatrice Regina della Scala
(c1331-1384)

 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 9 OCT 1414
Place: Tangermünde
Death 11 MAR 1486
Place: Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Hessen, Deutschland

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title 1440 markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach
Nobility Title 1457 markgraf von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Nobility Title FROM 1470 TO 1486 kurfürst von Brandenburg

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Notes

Note 1

He laid down the family rule rare among German families, the key to its future success, that Brandenburg would never be divided, but always inherited by the eldest son, and that the territories of Ansbach and Bayreuth could be given to younger sons, but not further subdivided.