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Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg 1414–1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Nov 1414

Birth Location: Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Death Date: 11 MAR 1486

Death Location: Ansbacher Landkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Father: Friedrich I

Mother: Elisabeth Bayern-Landshut

Spouse(s): Princess Saxony, Margaret BADEN

Children(s): Johann Brandenburg, Friedrich Brandenburg-Ansbach, Barbara Brandenburg

In 1414, Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, born to Friedrich Of Nuremberg Elector Of Brandenburg I And Elisabeth Von Bayern Landshut. Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg married Margaret Zarhingren Baden, Princess Anne Of Saxony, and had children including Barbara Von Hohenzollern Brandenburg Princess Of Brandenburg, Friedrich Ii And V Hohenzollern Dynasty Markgraf Of Brandenburg Ansbach, Johann Cicero Elector Of Brandenburg. Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1486 in Ansbacher Landkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1414, Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, born to Friedrich Of Nuremberg Elector Of Brandenburg I And Elisabeth Von Bayern Landshut.
  • Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg married Margaret Zarhingren Baden, Princess Anne Of Saxony, and had children including Barbara Von Hohenzollern Brandenburg Princess Of Brandenburg, Friedrich Ii And V Hohenzollern Dynasty Markgraf Of Brandenburg Ansbach, Johann Cicero Elector Of Brandenburg.
  • Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1486 in Ansbacher Landkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Friedrich I
1372–1440
Birth Location: , Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria
FI
Elisabeth Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Birth Location: Landshut, Stadt Landshut, Bayern, Germany
EB

Spouses(s)

Princess Saxony
1437–1512
Birth Location: Dresden, Dresden, Saxony
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Margaret BADEN
1431–1457
Birth Location: Karlsruhe, Stadt Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
MB

Children(s)

Johann Brandenburg
1455–1498
Birth Location: Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
JB
Friedrich Brandenburg-Ansbach
1460–1536
Birth Location: Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bayern, Germany
FB
Barbara Brandenburg
1464–1515
Birth Location: Ansbach Castle, Ansbach, Bayern, Duchy of Bavaria
BB

Albrecht Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Albrecht Brandenburg
1414–1486
Birth Place: Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Parents
Friedrich of Nuremberg, Elector of Brandenburg I
1372–1440
, Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria
Elisabeth (von) Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Landshut, Stadt Landshut, Bayern, Germany
Grandparents
Friedrich (V von Hohenzollern, Burrgraf von) Nurnberg
1333–1398
Germany
Elisabeth (of Meißen, Burgravine of) Nuremberg
1329–1375
Great-Grandparents
Johann Nürnberg
1309–1357
Elisabeth Henneberg
1318–1377
Friedrich of
1310–1349
Mechthild Bavaria
1313–1346
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich HOHENZOLLERN-NUREMBERG
1287–1332
Margarethe Karnten
1280–1348

Albrecht Brandenburg's Descendants

1.
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Albrecht (III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of) Brandenburg (9 Nov 1414–11 MAR 1486) m. Princess (Anne of) Saxony (07-Mar-1437–31-Oct-1512) m. Margaret (Zarhingren) BADEN (1 January 1431–24 Oct 1457)
  1. 1. Johann (Cicero, Elector of) Brandenburg 1455–1498 m. Margaretha (Wettin of) Saxony 1449–1501
    1. 1. Joachim (I Nestor of Hohenzollern, Elector of) Brandenburg 1484–1535 m. Princess (Elisabeth of Denmark, Electress of) Brandenburg 1485–1555
      1. 1. Anna (Hohenzollern, Prinzessin von Brandenburg &) Mecklenburg 1507–1567 m. Albrecht (VII "the Handsome" von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1488–1547
        1. 1. Christoph (van) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1537–1592 m. Dorothea Oldenburg 1527–1591 m. Elizabeth (Vasa of Mecklenburg of) Sweden 1549–1597
        2. 2. Johann (Albert I Duke of Mecklenburg-GÜstrow,) Protestant 1525–1576 m. Anna (Sofie Hohenzollern, Princess of) Prussia 1527–1591
        3. 3. Georg (Hohenzollern von) Mecklenburg-SCHWERIN 1529–1552
        4. 4. Karl ((Charles) von Mecklenburg-Schwerin,) Regent 1540–1610
        5. 5. Sofie (zu) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1538–1538
        6. 6. Louis (von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1529–1587
        7. 7. Ulrich (III Hohenzollern of) Mecklenburg 1527–1603
        8. 8. Ulrich (III Mecklenburg Schwerin) Güstrow 1527–1603
      2. 2. Joachim (II Hector Hohenzollern, Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571 m. Hedwig (Jagiellon, Princess of Poland, Electress consort of) Brandenburg 1513–1573 m. Magdalena (Wettin of Saxony, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg, Margravine of) Brandenburg 1507–1534
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Magdalena Brandenburg, Princess) of 1537–1595
        2. 2. Sigismund (of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern), Archbishop of Magdeburg & Bishop of) Halberstadt 1538–1566
        3. 3. Hedwig (of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern), Duchess of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1540–1602 m. Julius (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1528–1589
        4. 4. Johann ((John) George, Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, a staunch Lutheran opposed to the rise of) Calvinism 1525–1598 m. Sofie (Piast of) Liegnitz 1526–1546 m. Sabine (Markgrafin von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1575 m. Elisabeth (von) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607
        5. 5. Friedrich (of Brandenburg, Archbishop of) Magdeburg 1530–1552
        6. 6. Princess (Barbara Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Brieg 1527–1595 m. Georg (II "the Pious" Schlesien-Piast, Duke of) Brieg 1523–1586
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen 1510–1558
      4. 4. Johann (Fürst von Brandenburg-Küstrin) Hohenzollern 1513–1571
      5. 5. Johann, (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Kustrin 1513–1571 m. Katharina (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1518–1574
        1. 1. Elisabeth (von) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1540–1579
    2. 2. Anna (von Brandenburg,) Markgräfin 1487–1514
    3. 3. Ursula (of) Brandenburg 1488–1510
  2. 2. Friedrich (II and V Hohenzollern dynasty, Markgraf of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1460–1536 m. Zofia (Jagiellonica Poland Princess) of 1464–1512
    1. 1. Albert (I (Albrecht ) Hohenzollern, King of) Prussia 1490–1568 m. Dorothea (Oldenburg, Princess of Norway and) Denmark 1504–1547 m. Anne (Marie von) Brunswick 1534–1559
      1. 1. Anna (Sofie Hohenzollern, Princess of) Prussia 1527–1591 m. Johann (Albert I Duke of Mecklenburg-GÜstrow,) Protestant 1525–1576 m. Johan (Albert von) Mecklenburg-SCHWERIN 1525–1576
        1. 1. Johann (VII von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1558–1592 m. Sophie (von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf,) Princess 1569–1634
      2. 2. Katharine Hohenzollern 1528–1528
      3. 3. Albrecht (Friedrich I Hohenzollern of) Prussia 1553–1618
      4. 4. Elisabeth (of) Prussia 1551–1596
      5. 5. Lucia (of) Prussia 1537–1539
    2. 2. Kasimir (Hohenzollern of Brandenburg Bayreuth) Margrave 1481–1527 m. Susanne (von Wittelsbach von) Bayern 1502–1543 m. Susanna (von) Bayern 1502–1543
      1. 1. Maria (von) Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1519–1567 m. Frederick (III "der Fromme" Wittelsbach von der Pfalz, Pfalzgraf und kurfürst von der) Pfalz 1515–1576
        1. 1. Louis (Ludwig VI Wittelsbach von der Pfalz,) Lutheran 1539–1583 m. Elisabeth (von) Hessen 1539–1582 m. Anna (Cirksena Ostfriesland, no) issue 1562–1621 m. Elisabeth (von Hessen-Kassel Brabant-Lothringen, Hessen Pfalzgräfin zu Simmern und Kurfürstin von der) Pfalz 1539–1582
        2. 2. Alberte (Wittelsbach,) Prinzessin 1538–1553
        3. 3. Elisabeth (Wittelsbach, Herzogin von) Sachsen-Coburg-Eisenach 1540–1594
        4. 4. Hermann (Ludwig von der Pfalz-Simmern,) Prinz 1541–1556
        5. 5. Johann (Casimir von der Pfalz-Simmern, Landesherr von) Pfalz-Lautern 1543–1592
        6. 6. Dorothea (Susanne Wittelsbach, Herzogin zu) Sachsen-Weimar 1544–1592
        7. 7. Anna (Elisabeth Wittelsbach, Landgräfin zu Hessen-Rheinfels Pfalzgräfin von) Veldenz-Lütze 1549–1609
    3. 3. Georg (I Hohenzollern, Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1484–1543
    4. 4. Sofie (Duchess of Silesia Liegnitz) Brieg 1485–1537
    5. 5. Johann (Marquis Brandenburg) Ansbach 1493–1525
    6. 6. Elisabeth (von von) Hohenzollern 1494–1518
  3. 3. Barbara (von Hohenzollern-Brandenburg, Princess of) Brandenburg 1464–1515 m. Wladislaw (ll (Vladislaus) Jagellon, King Of Hungary, Bohemia & Croatia, a knight of the Order of the) Dragon 1456–1516

Albrecht Brandenburg's Timeline

4 Records

1414
24 Nov 1414
Birth of Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg in Tangermünde, Burg Tangermünde, Landkreis Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Tangermünde, Burg Tangermünde, Landkreis Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
1414
9 Nov 1414
Birth of Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg in Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
1486
11 Mar 1486
Age 72
Death of Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg in Frankfurt am Main, Reichstag zu Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Frankfurt am Main, Reichstag zu Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
1486
11 MAR 1486
Age 72
Death of Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg in Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Nov 1414
    Event Place: Tangermünde, Burg Tangermünde, Landkreis Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Nov 1414
    Event Place: Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1486
    Event Place: Frankfurt am Main, Reichstag zu Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 MAR 1486
    Event Place: Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ansbacher Landkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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