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  1. Elisabeth. House. House of Ascania. Father. Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg. Mother. Ada of Holland. Albert II ( c. 1177 – 25 February 1220) was a member of the House of Ascania who ruled as the margrave of Brandenburg from 1205 until his death in 1220.

  2. With bloody victories on 11 June 1157, Albert the Bear was able to reconquer Brandenburg, exile Jaxa, and found a new lordship. Because he already held the title of margrave, Albert styled himself as Margrave of Brandenburg (Adelbertus Dei gratia marchio in Brandenborch) on 3 October 1157, thereby beginning the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

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  4. Life. Albert in a miniature of 1634. Born in Ansbach, Albert was the second son of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1582–1625) and his wife Sophie (1594–1651), daughter of John George, Count of Solms-Laubach. On Joachim Ernst's death Albert's elder brother Frederick III succeeded him in Ansbach from 1625 onwards, initially ...

  5. Albert II: 1177: 1205–1220: 25 February 1220: Margraviate of Brandenburg: Matilda of Lusatia (1185–1225) 1205 four children: Brother of the previous. Regencies of Henry I, Count of Anhalt (1220–25), Albert I, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1220–21), Matilda of Lusatia (1221–25) Children of Albert II, ruled jointly, but their children ...

  6. Mar 24, 2024 · Albert II Alcibiades (born March 28, 1522, Ansbach [Germany]—died Jan. 8, 1557, Baden) was a margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, a member of the Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern family, and a soldier of fortune in the wars between the Habsburgs and the Valois dynasty of France. Albert served the Holy Roman emperor Charles V until January ...

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  7. May 22, 2022 · Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg. Margrave of Brandenburg. Monumento en el Siegesallee de Berlín (1898) Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 1171 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Date of death. 25 February 1220.

  8. Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a German prince, who was Margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.