Albrecht (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg (1414-1486)

Albrecht (Albrecht Achilles) "Kurfürst von Brandenburg" von Brandenburg formerly Hohenzollern

Born 24 Nov 1414 in Tangermünde, Deutschland

Ancestors

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

Died 11 Mar 1486 in Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland

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Albrecht Achilles (Hohenzollern) von Brandenburg is a member of the House of Hohenzollern.

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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:

On November 12, 1458 Friedrich married Anna von Sachsen, daughter of Elector Friedrich II. von Sachsen and Margarethe von Österreich. They had 13 children:

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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