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William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg 1648 – 1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 May 1648

Birth Location: Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Death Date: 24 Oct 1649

Death Location: Wesel, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Father: Friedrich Hohenzollern,

Mother: Louise Orange-Nassau

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William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg was born in 1648 in Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, the child of Friedrich Wilhelm "the Great Elector" Hohenzollern, and Louise Henrietta, Countess of Orange-Nassau. William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg passed away in 1649 in Wesel, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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  • William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg was born in 1648 in Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, the child of Friedrich Wilhelm "the Great Elector" Hohenzollern, and Louise Henrietta, Countess of Orange-Nassau.
  • William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg passed away in 1649 in Wesel, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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William Brandenburg's Ancestors

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William Brandenburg
1648 – 1649
Birth Place: Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Parents
Friedrich Wilhelm "the Great Elector" Hohenzollern,
1620 – 1688
Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Louise (Henrietta, Countess of) Orange-Nassau
1627 – 1667
Sgravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Grandparents
Georg (Wilhelm) Hohenzollern,
1595 – 1640
Cholln An Der Spree, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Elisabeth (Charlotte Pfalzgräfin bei) Rhein
1597 – 1660
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Great-Grandparents
John Hohenzollern,
1572 – 1619
Anna Preussen,
1576 – 1625
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joachim Hohenzollern,
1546 – 1608
Catherine Brandenburg-Küstrin
1549 – 1602
Albrecht Prussia
1553 – 1618
Marie Jülich-Kleve-Berg
1550 – 1606

William Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1648
21 May 1648
Birth of William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg in Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
1649
24 Oct 1649
Age 1
Death of William Henry, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg in Wesel, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Wesel, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 May 1648
    Event Place: Cleve, Gutersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1649
    Event Place: Wesel, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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