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Friedrich I. von Brandenburg 1371–1440 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 SEP 1371

Birth Location: Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany

Death Date: AFT 20 SEP 1440

Death Location: Landgericht Ansbach, Bavaria, German Empire

Father: Friedrich Nuremberg

Mother: Elisabeth Sachsen

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Bavaria

Children(s): Anna Sachsen, Friedrich Elector, Katharina Sachsen, Johann Brandenburg, Sigismund Wettin, Heinrich Wettin, Elisabeth Hessen, Wilhelm Sachsen, Friederich Sachsen, Katharine Saxony, Magdalene LÜNEBURG, Barbara Brandenburg, Sofie Brandenburg, Friedrich Brandenburg-Altmark, William Thuringia, Caecilia Brandenburg, Magdalene Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elisabeth Hohenzollern, Margarete Brandenburg, Dorothea Mecklenburg

In 1371, Friedrich I. von Brandenburg entered the world in Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany, born to Friedrich V Von Nuremberg And Elisabeth Von Sachsen. Friedrich I. von Brandenburg married Elisabeth Wittelsbach Of Bavaria, and had children including Anna Von Sachsen, Barbara Iii Zu Brandenburg, Caecilia Van Brandenburg, Dorothea Of Brandenburg Duchess Of Mecklenburg, Elisabeth Anna Von Hessen, Elisabeth Hohenzollern, Friederich Ii Von Weltin Churfurst Von Sachsen, Friedrich Elector, Friedrich Margrave Brandenburg Altmark, Heinrich Von Sachsen Wettin, Johann Der Alchimist Von Brandenburg, Katharina Von Sachsen, Katharine Of Saxony, Magdalene Duchess Of Brunswick Luneburg, Magdalene Hohenzollern Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Margarete Von Brandenburg, Sigismund Von Sachsen Wettin, Sofie Margravine Brandenburg, Wilhelm Iii Graf Von Wettin Landgraf Von Thuringen Herzog Von Sachsen, William Guillaume Iii The Brave Of Luxembourg Thuringia. Friedrich I. von Brandenburg passed away in 1440 in Landgericht Ansbach, Bavaria, German Empire.

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Biography

  • In 1371, Friedrich I. von Brandenburg entered the world in Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany, born to Friedrich V Von Nuremberg And Elisabeth Von Sachsen.
  • Friedrich I. von Brandenburg married Elisabeth Wittelsbach Of Bavaria, and had children including Anna Von Sachsen, Barbara Iii Zu Brandenburg, Caecilia Van Brandenburg, Dorothea Of Brandenburg Duchess Of Mecklenburg, Elisabeth Anna Von Hessen, Elisabeth Hohenzollern, Friederich Ii Von Weltin Churfurst Von Sachsen, Friedrich Elector, Friedrich Margrave Brandenburg Altmark, Heinrich Von Sachsen Wettin, Johann Der Alchimist Von Brandenburg, Katharina Von Sachsen, Katharine Of Saxony, Magdalene Duchess Of Brunswick Luneburg, Magdalene Hohenzollern Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Margarete Von Brandenburg, Sigismund Von Sachsen Wettin, Sofie Margravine Brandenburg, Wilhelm Iii Graf Von Wettin Landgraf Von Thuringen Herzog Von Sachsen, William Guillaume Iii The Brave Of Luxembourg Thuringia.
  • Friedrich I. von Brandenburg passed away in 1440 in Landgericht Ansbach, Bavaria, German Empire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Friedrich Nuremberg
1333–1398
Birth Location: Germany
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Elisabeth Sachsen
1329–1375
Birth Location: Wartburg, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Elisabeth Bavaria
1383–1442
Birth Location: Landshut, Stadt Landshut, Bayern, Germany
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Children(s)

Anna Sachsen
1420–1462
Birth Location: Rotenburg an fer Fulda, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
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Friedrich Elector
1413–1471
Birth Location: Tangermunde, Sachsen, Germany
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Katharina Sachsen
1421–1476
Birth Location: Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
KS
Johann Brandenburg
1406–1465
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire
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Sigismund Wettin
1415–1471
Birth Location: Altenburg, Sachsen, Deutschland
SW
Heinrich Wettin
1422–1435
Birth Location: Meißen, Dresden, Saxony, Prussia, Germany
HW
Elisabeth Hessen
1416–
Birth Location: –
EH
Wilhelm Sachsen
1425–1482
Birth Location: Meißen, Kreis Meißen, Sachsen, Deutschland
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Friederich Sachsen
1412–1464
Birth Location: Altenburg, Naumburg, Saxony, Prussia, Germany
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Katharine Saxony
1408–
Birth Location: Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
KS
Magdalene LÜNEBURG
1407–1449
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
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Barbara Brandenburg
1409–1416
Birth Location: of Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
BB
Sofie Brandenburg
1416–1416
Birth Location: of Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
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Friedrich Brandenburg-Altmark
1424–1463
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
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William Thuringia
1425–1482
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
WT
Caecilia Brandenburg
1405–1449
Birth Location: Berlin, Kurfürstentum Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire
CB
Magdalene Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1412–1454
Birth Location: Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR)
MB
Elisabeth Hohenzollern
1403–1449
Birth Location: Schlesien, Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany
EH
Margarete Brandenburg
1410–1465
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
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Dorothea Mecklenburg
1420–1491
Birth Location: Berlin, Kurfürstentum Brandenburg, Prussia
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Friedrich Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Friedrich Brandenburg
1371–1440
Birth Place: Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Parents
Friedrich V von Nuremberg
1333–1398
Germany
Elisabeth (von) Sachsen
1329–1375
Wartburg, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Friedrich Brandenburg's Descendants

1.
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Friedrich (I. von) Brandenburg (21 SEP 1371–AFT 20 SEP 1440) m. Elisabeth (Wittelsbach of) Bavaria (13 NOV 1383–13 NOV 1442)
  1. 1. Anna (von) Sachsen 1420–1462 m. Ludwig (I von) Hessen 1402–1458
    1. 1. Heinrich III 1440–1484 m. Anna (von) Katzenelnbogen 1443–1494 m. Christine Steyna 1443–1499
      1. 1. Mechthild (von) Hessen 1473–1505 m. Johann (II Duke Of) Kleve 1458–1521
        1. 1. Johann (von) Jülich-Kleve-Berg 1490–1539 m. Maria (von) Jülich-Berg 1491–1590
      2. 2. Friedrich (von) Hessen 1459–1459
      3. 3. Ludwig (von) Hessen 1461–1478
      4. 4. Wilhelm (von) Oberhessen 1471–1500
      5. 5. Heinrich (von) Hessen 1474–1481
      6. 6. Friedrich (von) Oberhessen 1479–
      7. 7. Elisabeth (Landgravine Princess of Hessen Marburg zu Hessen) Marburg 1466–1523 m. John (V) Nassau-Siegen 1445–1516 m. Johann (von) Nassau-Dillenburg 1455–1516
    2. 2. Elisabeth (of) Hesse 1453–1489 m. Johann (III von) Nassau-Weilburg 1441–1480
    3. 3. Hermann (IV "der Friedsame" von Hessen, Erzbischof von Köln Fürstbischof von) Paderborn 1450–1508
    4. 4. Louis (Landgraf von Hessen) Dietz 1451– m. Anna (von) Wettin 1455–
    5. 5. Friedrich (Von) Hessen 1458–1463
    6. 6. Ludwig (von) Hessen 1438–1471 m. Mechthild (von) Württemberg 1438–1495 m. Margarethe (Von) Holzheim 1443–1515
  2. 2. Friedrich Elector 1413–1471 m. Katharina (von) Sachsen 1421–1476
    1. 1. Anna Wettin 1437–1512 m. Albrecht (III von) Brandenburg 1414–1486
      1. 1. Sibylle Hohenzollern 1467–1524 m. Wilhelm (von) Jülich-Berg 1455–1511
        1. 1. Maria (von) Jülich-Berg 1491–1590 m. Johann (von) Jülich-Kleve-Berg 1490–1539 m. Adolphus (of) Kleve 1498–1525 m. Cornelis VanCleef 1520–1567 m. Pieter (Jansen Keister) Custer 1500–1535
      2. 2. Barbara (von) Brandenburg 1464–1515 m. Vladislaus Jagiellon 1456–1516
      3. 3. Anna (Von) Hohenzollern 1462–1462
      4. 4. Albrecht (von) Hohenzollern 1466–1466
      5. 5. Siegmund (Brandenburg-) Bayreuth 1468–1495
      6. 6. Albrecht (von) Hohenzollern 1470–1470
      7. 7. Amélie (Von) Hohenzollern-Brandebourg-Ansbach 1461–1481 m. Kaspar (von) pfalz-Zweibrücken 1458–1527
      8. 8. Georg (von) Hohenzollern 1472–1476
      9. 9. Dorothea (von) Hohenzollern 1471–1520
      10. 10. Magdalene (von) Hohenzollern 1476–1480
      11. 11. Johann (Cicero von) Brandenburg 1455–1499 m. Margarethe (von) Sachsen 1449–1501
      12. 12. Elisabeth (von) Hohenzollern 1474–1507 m. Hermann 1470–1535
      13. 13. Anastasia (von) Brandenburg 1478–1534 m. Wilhelm (IV von) Henneberg-Schleusingen 1478–1559
      14. 14. Frederick (I of Brandenburg Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and) Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1460–1536 m. Sophia (Jagiellonka von) Polen 1464–1512
  3. 3. Katharina (von) Sachsen 1421–1476 m. Friedrich Elector 1413–1471 m. Frederich (III der Fette von) Brandenburg 1413–1471 m. Friedrich (der) Pfalz 1425–1476
  4. 4. Johann ("der Alchimist" von) Brandenburg 1406–1465 m. Barbara (von) Sachsen-Wittenberg 1405–1465
    1. 1. Albrecht (III von) Brandenburg 1414–1486 m. Anna Wettin 1437–1512 m. Margaret (von) Baden 1431–1457
    2. 2. Dorothea (von) Brandenburg 1430–1495 m. Christian (I King of Denmark, Norway, and) Sweden 1426–1481 m. Christoffer (III of) Denmark 1416–1448
      1. 1. Margaret (Of Denmark) Oldenburg 1456–1486 m. James (III) Stewart 1451–1488
        1. 1. James (IV) Stewart 1473–1513 m. Marion (Margaret) Boyd 1477–1559 m. Margaret Drummond 1475–1501 m. Janet Kennedy 1480–1545 m. Agnes Stewart 1480–1557 m. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541
        2. 2. James Stewart 1475–1504
        3. 3. John Stewart 1479–1503
      2. 2. Elisabeth (of Denmark von) Oldenburg 1450–1451
      3. 3. Olaf (von) Dänemark 1450–1451
      4. 4. Thomas Christian 1450–1500
      5. 5. Knud (Canute) Danmark 1451–1455
      6. 6. Hans (Von) Oldenburg 1455–1513
      7. 7. Frederik (Gottorp) I 1471–1533
    3. 3. Prince (Rudolf Hohenzollern of Brandenberg) Hohenzollern 1424–1424
    4. 4. Frederick (Von) Hohenzollern 1424–1463 m. Agnes (von) Pommern-Wolgast 1429–1512
    5. 5. Fritz (von) Hohenzollern 1430–1456
    6. 6. Elisabeth (Brandenburg) Hohenzollern 1425–1465 m. Joachim (Duke Of) Pomerania 1424–1451 m. Wartislaw (vel Warcislaw von Pommern Barth) Wolgast 1430–1478
    7. 7. Barbara (Von) Bradenburg 1423–1481 m. Ludovico Gonzaga 1412–1478
  5. 5. Sigismund (von Sachsen) Wettin 1415–1471
  6. 6. Heinrich (von Sachsen) Wettin 1422–1435
  7. 7. Elisabeth (Anna von) Hessen 1416–
  8. 8. Wilhelm (III. Graf von Wettin, Landgraf von Thüringen, Herzog von) Sachsen 1425–1482 m. Anna (Gräfin von Habsburg, Herzogin) von-Österreich 1432–1462
  9. 9. Friederich (II. von Weltin, Churfürst von) Sachsen 1412–1464
  10. 10. Katharine (Of) Saxony 1408–
  11. 11. Magdalene (Duchess Of BRUNSWICK) LÜNEBURG 1407–1449
  12. 12. Barbara (III zu) Brandenburg 1409–1416
  13. 13. Sofie (Margravine) Brandenburg 1416–1416
  14. 14. Friedrich (Margrave) Brandenburg-Altmark 1424–1463
  15. 15. William (Guillaume III 'The Brave' of Luxembourg) Thuringia 1425–1482
  16. 16. Caecilia (van) Brandenburg 1405–1449
  17. 17. Magdalene (Hohenzollern von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1412–1454
  18. 18. Elisabeth Hohenzollern 1403–1449
  19. 19. Margarete (von) Brandenburg 1410–1465
  20. 20. Dorothea (of Brandenburg Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1420–1491

Friedrich Brandenburg's Timeline

3 Records

1371
21 SEP 1371
Birth of Friedrich I. von Brandenburg in Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany
1440
20 SEP 1440
Age 69
Death of Friedrich I. von Brandenburg in Kadolzburg, Fürstentum Ansbach, Bayern, Deutschland (HRR)
Kadolzburg, Fürstentum Ansbach, Bayern, Deutschland (HRR)
1440
AFT 20 SEP 1440
Age 69
Burial of Friedrich I. von Brandenburg in Landgericht Ansbach, Bavaria, German Empire
Landgericht Ansbach, Bavaria, German Empire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 SEP 1371
    Event Place: Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 SEP 1440
    Event Place: Kadolzburg, Fürstentum Ansbach, Bayern, Deutschland (HRR)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 20 SEP 1440
    Event Place: Landgericht Ansbach, Bavaria, German Empire
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