Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Frederick V of Brandenburg, called " the Elder " ( born May 8, 1460 Ansbach, † April 4, 1536 ibid.) Was Margrave of Brandenburg -Ansbach from 1486 to 1515 and Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach, 1495-1515 He was Moreover, the Brandenburg line at the Hohenzollern.

Life

Friedrich was the second son of the Elector of Brandenburg Albrecht Achilles (1414-1486) from his second marriage to Anna (1436-1512), daughter of the Elector Frederick of Saxony. After the 1473 Act should set out house of Frederick older half- brother Johann Cicero rule the Electorate, the Frankish possessions were destined for Frederick and his younger brothers.

It was in 1486 after the death of his father, Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach. After the death of his brother Siegmund, with whom he had ruled jointly, Friedrich in 1495 also Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach. The Guttenberger feud led him to adopt the waiting order of 1498.

Because of his lavish lifestyle, the resulting debt of the country and its growing in his last years of choleric temperament he was deposed in 1515 by his sons Kasimir and Georg and held captive 13 years. Up to Casimir's death in 1527 he was on the Plass castle and was finally brought to his desire of Georg to Ansbach, where he died in 1536.

Progeny

Friedrich married on February 14, 1479 in Frankfurt an der Oder Princess Sophia of Poland ( 1464-1512 ), daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland, with whom he had the following children:

  • Elisabeth ( * / † 1480)
  • Kasimir (1481-1527), Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach
  • Margaret (1483-1532)
  • Georg the Pious (1484-1543), Margrave of Brandenburg -Ansbach
  • Sophie (1485-1537)
  • Anna (1487-1539)
  • Barbara (1488-1490)
  • Albrecht (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and first duke of Prussia
  • Friedrich (1491-1497)
  • Johann (1493-1525), Viceroy of Valencia
  • Elisabeth (1494-1518)
  • Barbara (1495-1552)
  • Friedrich (1497-1536), choir master in Würzburg and Salzburg
  • Wilhelm (1498-1563), Archbishop of Riga
  • Johann Albrecht (1499-1550), Archbishop of Magdeburg
  • Friedrich Albrecht (1501-1504)
  • Gumprecht (1503-1528), Bamberger canon, papal legate
Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Plassenburg Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Susanna of Bavaria Beatrice de Frangepan Emilie of Saxony Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach Frederick II of Legnica Wenceslaus II, Duke of Cieszyn Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Viceroy of Valencia Germaine of Foix Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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