Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Frederick I
Frederick I
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Margrave of Ansbach
Reign	1486–1536
Predecessor	Albert III
Successor	George
Margrave of Kulmbach
Reign	1495–1515
Predecessor	Siegmund
Successor	Kasimir
Born	8 May 1460; Ansbach
Died	4 April 1536 (aged 75); Ansbach
Spouse	Sophia of Poland (m. 1479; died 1512)
Issue	Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach; Margarete of Brandenburg-Ansbach; George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach; Sofie, Duchess of Legnica; Anna, Duchess of Cieszyn; Albert, 1st Duke of Prussia; Johann, Viceroy of Valencia; Elisabeth, Margravine of Baden-Durlach; Barbara, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg; Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach; Wilhelm, Archbishop of Riga; John Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg; Gumprecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach;
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg
Mother	Anna of Saxony

Frederick I of Ansbach and Bayreuth (also known as Frederick V; German: Friedrich V. von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach or Friedrich der Ältere; 8 May 1460 – 4 April 1536) was born at Ansbach as the eldest son of Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg by his second wife Anna, daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. His elder half-brother was the Elector John Cicero of Brandenburg. Friedrich succeeded his father as Margrave of Ansbach in 1486 and his younger brother Siegmund as Margrave of Bayreuth in 1495.

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