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Born	August 3, 1513 • Germany
Died	January 13, 1571 (aged 57) • Germany
House / Dynasty	Hohenzollern dynasty

Frederick William

Frederick William

elector of Brandenburg

Albert III Achilles, engraving by Peter Rollos, 1628.

Albert III Achilles

elector of Brandenburg

Albert I

Albert I

margrave of Brandenburg

Joachim II, detail from an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger, c. 1570; in Monbijou Palace, Berlin

Joachim II Hektor

elector of Brandenburg

Albert II Alcibiades, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist

Albert II Alcibiades

margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Frederick I

Frederick I

elector of Brandenburg

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Hans Kohlhase

German brigand

Joachim I, detail from an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529; in Monbijou Palace, Berlin

Joachim I Nestor

elector of Brandenburg

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John Sigismund

elector of Brandenburg

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Joachim Frederick

elector of Brandenburg

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George William

elector of Brandenburg

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John George

elector of Brandenburg

Painting by Antoine Pesne showing King Frederick I seated on an ornate silver throne, wearing elaborate royal robes and holding a scepter, with a crown on a table beside him.

Frederick I

king of Prussia

Ancillon, Charles

Charles Ancillon

French lawyer, educator, and historian

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Anton Fugger

German merchant

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Jakob Fugger II the Rich

German merchant

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Reinhard Gehlen

German general

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Johann Christoph Blumhardt

German theologian

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August Boeckh

German scholar

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Bernard II

German duke