George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

George Frederick
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
George Frederick, c. 1601
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Reign	1543–1603
Predecessor	George
Successor	Joachim Ernst
Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Reign	1553–1603
Predecessor	Albert Alcibiades
Successor	Christian

Born	(1539-04-05)5 April 1539 Ansbach
Died	25 April 1603(1603-04-25) (aged 64) Ansbach
Spouses	Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
House	House of Hohenzollern
Father	George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother	Emilie of Saxony

George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (German: Georg Friedrich der Ältere; 5 April 1539 in Ansbach – 25 April 1603) was Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth, as well as Regent of Prussia. He was the son of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and a member of the House of Hohenzollern. He married firstly, in 1559, Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin (29 August 1540 – 8 March 1578). He married secondly, in 1579, Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (30 October 1563 – 1639), daughter of William of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Dorothea of Denmark.

George Frederick reigned in his native Ansbach, Franconia and Jägerndorf, Upper Silesia since 1556 and, after the death of his cousin Albert Alcibiades in 1557, also in Kulmbach. He took over the administration of the Duchy of Prussia in 1577, when the then-reigning Duke Albert Frederick became ill.

He was the last of the older Franconia line of the House of Hohenzollern. Upon his death Ansbach and Kulmbach were inherited by younger princes of the Brandenburg line according to the House Treaty of Gera of 1598.

George Frederick rebuilt the palace and fortress Plassenburg, which was destroyed after the second margravian war (1552–1554), as one of the most impressive residences of the renaissance in the German empire. He also built the fortress Wülzburg and the old palace in Bayreuth.

During his reign between 1557 and 1603 in the Franconian territories of the Hohenzollern (Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach) he kept peace, rebuilt cities and Castles, founded several schools and a University.

Ancestors

Ancestors of George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

16. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

8. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg

17. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut

4. Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

18. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (= 24)

9. Anna of Saxony

19. Margaret of Austria (= 25)

2. George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

20. Jogaila

10. Casimir IV Jagiellon

21. Sophia of Halshany

5. Sophia of Poland

22. Albert II of Germany

11. Elisabeth of Austria

23. Elisabeth of Bohemia

1. George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

24. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (= 18)

12. Albert III, Duke of Saxony

25. Margaret of Austria (= 19)

6. Henry IV of Saxony

26. George of Poděbrady

13. Sidonie of Poděbrady

27. Kunigunde of Sternberg

3. Emilie of Saxony

28. Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg

14. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg

29. Dorothea of Brandenburg

7. Catherine of Mecklenburg

30. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania

15. Sophie of Pomerania

31. Sophie of Pomerania-Stolp

George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach House of Hohenzollern Born: 5 April 1539 Died: 25 April 1603
Preceded by George	Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1543–1603	Succeeded by Joachim Ernst
Preceded by Albert Alcibiades	Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1553–1603	Succeeded by Christian

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 9427956 LCCN: no95020795 ISNI: 0000 0001 1037 6157 GND: 118958410

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