Mother Anna of Saxony | Name Siegmund, of Royal line House of Hohenzollern | |
Father Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg Born 27 September 1468
Ansbach ( 1468-09-27 ) Died February 26, 1495, Ansbach, Germany Parents Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg Grandparents Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg Great-grandparents Cymburgis of Masovia, Maddalena Visconti People also search for Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg | ||
Noble family House of Hohenzollern | ||
Siegmund of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 September 1468 in Ansbach – 26 February 1495 in Ansbach) was the sixth, but third surviving, son of Albrecht III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ansbach and Bayreuth. His mother was his father's second wife, Anna of Saxony. On the death of his father on 11 March 1486, his elder brothers Johann Cicero and Friedrich succeeded to Brandenburg and Ansbach respectively, and Siegmund succeeded to Bayreuth. He never married, and at his death Bayreuth passed to his elder brother Frederick I of Ansbach.
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