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Also Known As Georg Wilhelm
Born November 13, 1595 • Germany
Died December 1, 1640 (aged 45) • Kaliningrad • Russia
House / Dynasty Hohenzollern dynasty
Notable Family Members son Frederick William
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
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
John George
elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Prussia
Ancillon, Charles
Charles Ancillon
French lawyer, educator, and historian
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
August Boeckh
German scholar
Bernard II
German duke