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Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg 1595–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 03 NOV 1595

Birth Location: Berlijn, Duitsland

Death Date: 01 DEC 1640

Death Location: Koningsbergen (kaliningrad), Polenn

Father: Johann Brandenburg

Mother: Duchess Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Simmern

Children(s): Louise Brandenburg, Friedrich Hohenzollern, Hedwig Hohenzollern, Margrave Brandenburg

In 1595, Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg entered the world in Berlijn, Duitsland, born to Johann Sigismund Van Brandenburg And Duchess Anna Of Prussia And Julich Cleves Berg. Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg married Elisabeth Charlotte Van Pfalz Simmern, and had children including Friedrich Wilhelm Von Hohenzollern, Hedwig Sophia Von Hohenzollern, Johanne Beier, Louise Charlotta Hohenzollern Brandenburg, Margrave Johann Sigismund Brandenburg. Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg passed away in 1640 in Koningsbergen (kaliningrad), Polenn.

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Biography

  • In 1595, Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg entered the world in Berlijn, Duitsland, born to Johann Sigismund Van Brandenburg And Duchess Anna Of Prussia And Julich Cleves Berg.
  • Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg married Elisabeth Charlotte Van Pfalz Simmern, and had children including Friedrich Wilhelm Von Hohenzollern, Hedwig Sophia Von Hohenzollern, Johanne Beier, Louise Charlotta Hohenzollern Brandenburg, Margrave Johann Sigismund Brandenburg.
  • Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg passed away in 1640 in Koningsbergen (kaliningrad), Polenn.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Brandenburg
1572–1619
Birth Location: Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
JB
Duchess Jülich-Cleves-Berg
1576–1625
Birth Location: Königsberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
DJ

Spouses(s)

Elisabeth Simmern
1597–1660
Birth Location: Neumarkt In Der Oberpfalz
ES

Children(s)

Louise Brandenburg
1617–1676
Birth Location: Berlin, Germany
LB
Friedrich Hohenzollern
1620–1688
Birth Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
FH
Hedwig Hohenzollern
1623–1683
Birth Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
HH
Margrave Brandenburg
1624–1624
Birth Location: Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
MB

Georg Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Georg Brandenburg
1595–1640
Birth Place: Berlijn, Duitsland
Parents
Johann Sigismund van Brandenburg
1572–1619
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Duchess (Anna of Prussia and) Jülich-Cleves-Berg
1576–1625
Königsberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
Grandparents
Joachim (Friedrich von) Brandenburg
1546–1608
Katharina (von) Brandenburg-Küstrin
1549–1602
Great-Grandparents
Johan Brandenburg
1525–1598
Sofie Schlesien-Liegnitz
1525–1546
Johan Brandenburg-Küstrin
1513–1571
Catharina Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel
1518–1574
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Georg Brandenburg's Descendants

1.
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Georg (Wilhelm van) Brandenburg (03 NOV 1595–01 DEC 1640) m. Elisabeth (Charlotte van Pfalz) Simmern (19 NOV 1597–26 APR 1660)
  1. 1. Louise (Charlotta Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1617–1676 m. Jakob (Jacob Kettler) Courland 1610–1682
    1. 1. Marie (Amalie de) CourlandeKurlandKoerland 1653–1711 m. Johannes (Heinrich) Hesse-Kassel 1654–1730 m. William (VII Hessen) Kassel 1651–1670
      1. 1. Marie (Louise of) Hesse-Kassel 1688–1765 m. John (William III 'Prince of Orange' 'Stadtholder of Freisland And Groningen, Dutch Republic RosserFriso ; Orange) Nassau 1687–1711
        1. 1. Anna (Charlotte Amalia van Nassau-Dietz Prinses van) Oranje-Nassau 1710–1777 m. Friedrich (VIII von) Baden 1703–1732
        2. 2. William (IV of) Orange-Nassau 1711–1751
      2. 2. Friedrich (I Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel König von) Schweden 1676–1751
      3. 3. Christian (Hesse) Kassel 1677–1677
      4. 4. Sophie (Charlotte von Hessen) Kassel 1678–1749
      5. 5. Karl Hesse 1680–1702
      6. 6. Wilhelm (VIII von) Hessen-Kassel 1682–1767
      7. 7. Guillaume (VIII deHesse) Cassel 1682–1760
      8. 8. Leopold (Hesse) Kassel 1684–1704
      9. 9. Anna (Maria) Hesse 1685–1761
      10. 10. Ludwig (von) Hessen-Kassel 1686–1706
      11. 11. Maximilian (Kaiserlicher Feldmarschall Prinz Von Hessen) Kassel 1689–1753
      12. 12. Georg (Karl Preussischer General Prinz Von Hessen) Kassel 1691–1755
      13. 13. Johann (Georg) Karle 1691–1755
      14. 14. Princess (Eleonore Hessen) Kassel 1695–1768
      15. 15. Wilhelmine (Charlotte) Hesse 1695–1722
    2. 2. Louise (Elisabeth Courland) Kurland 1646–1690
    3. 3. Ladislaus (Louis Fredrik) Kettler 1647–1648
    4. 4. Wladislaus (Ludwig Friedrich Kettler von) Kurland 1647–1648
    5. 5. Christina (Sophia Kettler OR Christine Sofie Von) Kurland 1649–1650
    6. 6. Christine (Sofie Kettler von) Kurland 1649–1651
    7. 7. Fredrik (II Casimir Kettler) Kurland 1650–1698
    8. 8. Duke (Frederick Casimir) Kettler 1650–1698
    9. 9. Charlotta (Sophia) Kettler 1651–1728
    10. 10. Charles (Jacob) Kettler 1654–1676
    11. 11. Ferdinand (Kettler) Courland 1655–1737
    12. 12. Ferdinand Kettler 1655–1737
    13. 13. Alexander (Kettler) Courland 1658–1686
    14. 14. Alexander (Kettler von) Kurland 1658–1686
  2. 2. Friedrich (Wilhelm von) Hohenzollern 1620–1688
  3. 3. Hedwig (Sophia von) Hohenzollern 1623–1683
  4. 4. Margrave (Johann Sigismund) Brandenburg 1624–1624

Georg Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1595
03 NOV 1595
Birth of Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg in Berlijn, Duitsland
Berlijn, Duitsland
1640
01 DEC 1640
Age 45
Death of Georg Wilhelm van Brandenburg in Koningsbergen (kaliningrad), Polenn
Koningsbergen (kaliningrad), Polenn

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 NOV 1595
    Event Place: Berlijn, Duitsland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 DEC 1640
    Event Place: Koningsbergen (kaliningrad), Polenn
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