Ancestral Trails 2016 » George Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH (1539-1603)

Personal data George Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH 

  • He was born on April 5, 1539 in Ansbach, Franconia, Bayern, Germany.
  • Title: Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach & Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  • (Ancestry) : House of Hohenzollern.
  • He died on April 25, 1603 in Ansbach, Franconia, Bayern, Germany, he was 64 years old.
  • A child of George von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH and Emilie von SAXONY

Household of George Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH

(1) He is married to Sophia von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG.

They got married on May 3, 1579 at Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, he was 40 years old.

  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • (2) He is married to Elizabeth von BRANDENBURG-KUSTRIN.

    They got married on December 26, 1558 at Küstrin, Lubusz Voivodeship, Gorzów, Poland, he was 19 years old.

    • The couple has common ancestors.

      • Notes about George Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH

      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.
      SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH

Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH
1460-1536
Sophia JAGIELLONKA
1464-1512
Heinrich von SAXONY
1473-1541
Catherine von MECKLENBURG
1487-1561

George Friedrich von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH
1539-1603

(1) 1579

Sophia von BRAUNSCHWEIG-LUNEBURG
1563-1639

(2) 1558

Elizabeth von BRANDENBURG-KUSTRIN
1540-1578


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Birthday April 5, 1539

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1539: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » Spain annexes Cuba.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
    • May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
    • June 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
    • June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
    • October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.

Day of marriage December 26, 1558

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

Day of death April 25, 1603

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1603: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 24 » James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
    • March 24 » Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
    • July 25 » James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
    • November 17 » English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.


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