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Also Known As Albrecht der Bär • Albert the Bear
Born c.1100
Died November 18, 1170
Founder Ascanian dynasties
House / Dynasty Ascanian dynasties

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Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Albert III Achilles, engraving by Peter Rollos, 1628.
Albert III Achilles
elector of Brandenburg
John
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
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
John Sigismund
elector of Brandenburg
Joachim Frederick
elector of Brandenburg
George William
elector of Brandenburg
John George
elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Prussia
Ancillon, Charles
Charles Ancillon
French lawyer, educator, and historian
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
August Boeckh
German scholar
Bernard II
German duke
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]

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