Albrecht
(Albrecht Achilles)
"Kurfürst von Brandenburg"
von Brandenburg
formerly Hohenzollern
Born in Tangermünde, Deutschland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Elisabeth (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg, Cäcilie (Brandenburg) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Johann (Hohenzollern) Brandenburg, Magdalene (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg, Friedrich (Buren) von Brandenburg and Dorothea (Brandenburg) Mecklenburg
Husband of
Margarethe (Baden) von Brandenburg
— married
1446 in Heilsbronn, Bayern, Deutschland
Husband of
Anna (Wettin) von Brandenburg
— married
12 Nov 1458 in Ansbach, Bayern, Deutschland
Descendants 
Father of
Sigismund Buren,
Wolfgang von Hohenzollern,
Ursula (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg,
Elisabeth von Hohenzollern,
Margaret von Brandenburg,
Friedrich von Hohenzollern,
Johann (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg,
Friedrich (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg,
Amalie von Hohenzollern,
Anne von Hohenzollern,
Barbara (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg,
Albrecht von Hohenzollern,
Sibylle von Brandenburg,
Siegmund von Bayreuth,
Albrecht von Hohenzollern,
Dorothea von Hohenzollern,
Georg (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg,
Elisabeth von Hohenzollern,
Magdalene von Hohenzollern and
Anastasia (von Hohenzollern) Hohenzollern
Died in Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Albrecht Achilles (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg is a member of the House of Hohenzollern.
Albrecht Achilles Hohenzollern was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
| Preceded by Friedrich II. von Brandenburg |
Elector of Brandenburg 1471 - 1486 |
Succeeded by Johann von Brandenburg |
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Biography
Albrecht III. (Achilles), Elector of Brandenburg, was born November 9, 1414. He was the son of Friedrich I. von Brandenburg and Elisabeth von Bayern. He died on March 11, 1486.
In 1446 Albrecht married Margarete von Baden, daughter of Margrave Jakob I. von Baden and Katharina von Lothringen. They had 4 children:
- Ursula
- Elisabeth
- Margarete
- Johann von Brandenburg
On November 12, 1458 Friedrich married Anna von Sachsen, daughter of Elector Friedrich II. von Sachsen and Margarethe von Österreich. They had 13 children:
- Friedrich V.
- Amalie
- Anna
- Barbara
- Albrecht
- Sibylle
- Siegmund
- Albrecht
- Dorothea
- Georg
- Elisabeth
- Magdalene
- Anastasia
Sources
- Willy Böhm: Albrecht Achilles. In: Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Band 1 (1875), S. 243–252.
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- John Brandenburg
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