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Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg 1620–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 FEB 1620

Birth Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Death Date: 29 APR 1688

Death Location: Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Father: Georg Brandenburg

Mother: Elisabeth Pfalz

Spouse(s): Sophia Holsten

Children(s): Philip Brandenburg-Schwedt

In 1620, Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, born to Georg Wilhem Van Hohenzollern Keurvorst Van Brandenburg And Elisabeth Charlotte Von Der Pfalz. Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg married Sophia Dorothea Holsten, and had children including Philip William Of Brandenburg Schwedt. Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1688 in Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1620, Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, born to Georg Wilhem Van Hohenzollern Keurvorst Van Brandenburg And Elisabeth Charlotte Von Der Pfalz.
  • Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg married Sophia Dorothea Holsten, and had children including Philip William Of Brandenburg Schwedt.
  • Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1688 in Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Georg Brandenburg
1595–1640
Birth Location: Stadtschloss, Cölln An Der Spree, Brandenburg, Deutschland(Hrr)
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Elisabeth Pfalz
1597–1660
Birth Location: Neumarkt In Der Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland(Hrr)
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Spouses(s)

Sophia Holsten
1636–1689
Birth Location: Glucksburg, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Children(s)

Philip Brandenburg-Schwedt
1669–1711
Birth Location: Königsberg, Brandenburg
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Frederick Brandenburg's Ancestors

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Frederick Brandenburg
1620–1688
Birth Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Parents
Georg Wilhem van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg
1595–1640
Stadtschloss, Cölln An Der Spree, Brandenburg, Deutschland(Hrr)
Elisabeth (Charlotte von der) Pfalz
1597–1660
Neumarkt In Der Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland(Hrr)
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Frederick Brandenburg's Descendants

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Frederick (William Elector of) Brandenburg (16 FEB 1620–29 APR 1688) m. Sophia (Dorothea) Holsten (09 OCT 1636–16 AUG 1689)
  1. 1. Philip (William of) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1669–1711 m. Johanne (Charlotte von) Anhalt-Dessau 1682–1750
    1. 1. Friedrich (Wilhelm von) Hohenzollern 1700–1771 m. Sophia (Dorothea of) Prussia 1719–1765
      1. 1. Friederike (Dorothea Sophia Herzogin Von Brandenburg) Schwedt 1736–1798 m. Friedrich (Eugen XIV) Wurttemberg 1732–1797
        1. 1. Ludwig Mürstenberg 1756–1817 m. Dutchess (Henrietta) Nassau-Weilburg 1780–1857
        2. 2. Frederick (I de) Grunhof 1754–1816
        3. 3. Louis (de) Grunhof 1756–1807
        4. 4. Eugene (de) Grunhof 1758–1822
        5. 5. Sophia (de) Grunhof 1759–1828
        6. 6. William (de) Grunhof 1761–1830
        7. 7. Frederica (de) Grunhof 1765–1785
        8. 8. Alexander (de) Grunhof 1771–1833

Frederick Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1620
16 FEB 1620
Birth of Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
1688
29 APR 1688
Age 68
Death of Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg in Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 FEB 1620
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 APR 1688
    Event Place: Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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