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Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Albert II ( German: Albrecht; 28 March 1522 – 8 January 1557) was the margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) from 1527 to 1553. He was a member of the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern.
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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Albert II was the margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) from 1527 to 1553. He was a member of the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. Because of his bellicose nature, Albert was given the cognomen Bellator during his lifetime. Posthumously, he became known as Alcibiades.
Feb 21, 2023 · Albert Alcibiades was the Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1527 to 1553. His bellicose nature earned him the cognomen "Bellator" ("the Warlike"). He received Bayreuth in 1541, but is sometimes referred to as the Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Albert assisted Emperor Charles V in his war with France in 1543. He deserted Charles and joined the league which proposed to overthrow the ...
Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, suddenly and rather randomly drafted Schmidts father to be Hof's executioner. This chance event doomed the Schmidt family's fortunes. No longer honorable craftsmen, they now joined the ranks of execution ers, one of the most dishonorable trades in early modern Europe. From there, Harrington
Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522-1557) "Albert II (German: Albrecht; 28 March 1522 – 8 January 1557) was the Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) from 1527 to 1553.He was a member of the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern.Because of his bellicose nature, Albert during his lifetime was ...
The Second Margrave War (German: Zweiter Markgrafenkrieg) was a conflict in the Holy Roman Empire between 1552 and 1555. Instigated by Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth, who was attempting to form a Duchy of Franconia under his rule, the war resulted in widespread devastation in Franconia, while also affecting the Rhineland and Lower Saxony.
