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Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues. He also ruled in the Franconian principalities of Ansbach from 1440 and Kulmbach from ...
House / Dynasty: Hohenzollern dynasty. Albert III Achilles (born November 24, 1414, Tangermünde, Brandenburg [now in Germany]—died March 11, 1486, Frankfurt am Main) was the elector of Brandenburg, a soldier, and an administrative innovator who established the principle by which the mark of Brandenburg was to pass intact to the eldest son.
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Children of Albert II, ruled jointly, but their children divided the margraviate. John I: 1213: 1220–1266: 4 April 1266: Margraviate of Brandenburg: Sophie of Denmark (1217–1247) 1230 six children Brigitte Jutta of Saxony (d. 4 April 1266) 1230 six children Otto III the Pious: 1215: 1220–1267: 9 October 1267: Margraviate of Brandenburg ...
When Albrecht III Achilles von Brandenburg Hohenzollern was born on 9 November 1414, in Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, his father, Kurfürst Friedrich I von Brandenburg Burggraf von Nürnberg Hohenzollern, was 43 and his mother, Herzogin Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut, was 30. He married Margarethe von Baden House of Hohenzollern ...
Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues. He also ruled in the Franconian principalities of Ansbach from 1440 and Kulmbach from ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Genealogy for Elector Albrecht III "Achilles" of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern), Elector of Brandenburg (1414 - 1486) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues. He also ruled in the Franconian principalities of Ansbach from 1440 and Kulmbach from ...
