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Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg 1657–1713 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1657

Birth Location: Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany

Death Date: 25 Feb 1713

Death Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Father: Friedrich Prussia

Mother: Louise Orange-Nassau

Spouse(s): Sophie Hanover

Children(s): Frederick Prussia, Luise Brandenburg

In 1657, Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany, born to Friedrich Wilhelm The Great Elector Hohenzollern Elector Of Brandenburg And Duke Of Prussia And Louise Henrietta Countess Of Orange Nassau. Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg married Sophie Charlotte Guelph Princess Of Hanover, and had children including Frederick William The Soldier King Hohenzollern Dynasty King Of Prussia, Luise Louise Dorothea Sophia Von Preuen Von Brandenburg. Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1713 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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  • In 1657, Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany, born to Friedrich Wilhelm The Great Elector Hohenzollern Elector Of Brandenburg And Duke Of Prussia And Louise Henrietta Countess Of Orange Nassau.
  • Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg married Sophie Charlotte Guelph Princess Of Hanover, and had children including Frederick William The Soldier King Hohenzollern Dynasty King Of Prussia, Luise Louise Dorothea Sophia Von Preuen Von Brandenburg.
  • Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1713 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Friedrich Prussia
1620–1688
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
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Louise Orange-Nassau
1627–1667
Birth Location: Sgravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Spouses(s)

Sophie Hanover
1668–1705
Birth Location: Castle Iberg, Prussia
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Children(s)

Frederick Prussia
1688–1740
Birth Location: Berlin, Prussia, Germany
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Luise Brandenburg
1680–1705
Birth Location: Berlin, Deutschland
LB

Frederick Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Frederick Brandenburg
1657–1713
Birth Place: Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
Parents
Friedrich Wilhelm "the Great Elector" Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia
1620–1688
Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Louise (Henrietta, Countess of) Orange-Nassau
1627–1667
Sgravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Grandparents
Georg (Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Kurfürst von Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, 30 Years) War
1595–1640
Cholln An Der Spree, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Elisabeth (Charlotte Pfalzgräfin bei) Rhein
1597–1660
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Great-Grandparents
John Calvinism
1572–1619
Anna Lutheran
1576–1625
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joachim Lutheran
1546–1608
Catherine Brandenburg-Küstrin
1549–1602
Albrecht Prussia
1553–1618
Marie Jülich-Kleve-Berg
1550–1606

Frederick Brandenburg's Descendants

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Frederick (III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of) Brandenburg (11 Jul 1657–25 Feb 1713) m. Sophie (Charlotte, Guelph, Princess of) Hanover (30 Oct 1668–1 Feb 1705)
  1. 1. Frederick (William 'The Soldier king' Hohenzollern Dynasty, King of) Prussia 1688–1740 m. Sofie (Dorothea of Prussia-Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia, Electress consort of) Brandenburg 1687–1757
    1. 1. Frederick (II 'The Great' Hohenzollern family, King of) Prussia 1712–1786 m. Elisabeth (Christine van Brunswijk) Bevern 1715–1797
    2. 2. Augustus (William Hohenzollern, Prince of) Prussia 1722–1758 m. Louise (Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prinzessin von) Preußen 1722–1780
      1. 1. Frederick (William II Hohenzollern Dynasty, König in Preußen, Markgraf und Kurfürst zu Brandenburg,) Calvinist 1744–1797 m. Frederica (Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of) Prussia 1751–1805
        1. 1. Frederick (William III Hohenzollern, King of Prussia,) Lutheran 1770–1840 m. Louise (Augusta Wilhelmina Amalia Mecklenburg Strelitz, Queen consort of) Prussia 1776–1810 m. Auguste (von Harrach Rohrau (no) children) 1800–1873
        2. 2. Friederike (Christine Amalie Wilhelmine) Hohenzollern 1772–1773
        3. 3. Friedrich (Ludwig Carl von Hohenzollern of) Prussia 1773–1796 m. Frederica (von) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841
        4. 4. Friederike (Luise Wilhelmina Hohenzollern van Pruisen,) Nassau-Dietz 1774–1837
        5. 5. Augusta (Christine Friederike Hohenzollern) Prussia 1780–1841 m. Wilhelm (II von) Hessen 1777–1847
        6. 6. Henry (Charles Hohenzollern, Brandenburg) Preussen 1781–1846
        7. 7. Fredrik (William Karl Hohenzollern, Prince of Prussia,) Lutheran 1783–1851 m. Mariana (von Hessen-Homburg,) Prinzessin 1785–1846
      2. 2. George (Carl Emil Hohenzollern, Prinz von) Preußen 1758–1759
      3. 3. Frederika (Wilhelmina Sophia Wilhelmina Hohenzollern Dynasty, von Preußen Prinses van) Oranje-Nassau 1751–1820 m. William (V Staathalter von Holland, Prince of) Orange 1748–1806
        1. 1. William (I, Staathalter von Holland, King of the) Netherlands 1772–1843 m. Wilhelmina 1774–1837 m. Henriette (d'Oultremont et de) Wegimont 1792–1864
        2. 2. Frederica 1770–1819
        3. 3. Frederick 1774–1799
      4. 4. Augustus (Wilhelm) Hohenzollern 1749–1786 m. Friederike (av Hessen) Ludwigsdotter 1751–1805
    3. 3. Luise (Hohenzollern von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1738–1820 m. August (Ferdinand von) Preussen 1730–1813
      1. 1. Friedrich (Ludwig Hohenzollern, Prince of) Prussia 1772–1806
    4. 4. Heinrich (Ludwig of) Prüsse 1725–1802 m. Wilhelmine (Charlotte) Prüsse 1853– m. Princess (Wilhelmina of) Hesse-Kassel 1725–1808
      1. 1. Dorothee (Charlotte Amalie) Prüsse 1845–
    5. 5. Philippa (Charlotte van Hohenzollern, Prinses van) Pruisen 1716–1801 m. Charles (I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, ruling as Prince of Wolfenbüttel, founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher) education 1713–1780
      1. 1. Karl (Charles II Wilhelm II von Braunschweig -Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel Welf Duke of, GeneralfeldMarschal of the Prussian Kingdom, Seven Years War-3rd Silesian) War 1735–1806 m. Augusta (Charlotte Hanover Duchess of) Brunswick 1737–1813
        1. 1. Caroline (Amelia Elizabeth Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Queen of the United) Kingdom 1768–1821 m. King (George IV Augustus, of Great Britain & Ireland House of) Hanover 1762–1830
        2. 2. Prince (August von Wettin of) Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick 1770–1822
        3. 3. Friedrich (Wilhelm Augustus 'The Black Duke' von Wettin, Duke of) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel 1771–1815
      2. 2. Friedrich (Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels, Welf (Brunswick-Bevern), Prince of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels 1740–1805
      3. 3. Maximilian (Julius Leopold Welf (Brunswick-Bevern), Prince of) Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel 1752–1785
  2. 2. Luise (Louise Dorothea Sophia von Preußen von) Brandenburg 1680–1705

Frederick Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1657
11 Jul 1657
Birth of Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg in Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
1713
25 Feb 1713
Age 56
Death of Frederick III Hohenzollern House, King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg in Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1657
    Event Place: Königsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Feb 1713
    Event Place: Berlin, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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