George Frederick II

George Frederick II
Portrait by Johann Carl Zierl
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Reign16 October 1692 – 29 March 1703
PredecessorChristian Albert
SuccessorWilliam Frederick
Born(1678-05-03)3 May 1678
Ansbach, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Died29 March 1703(1703-03-29) (aged 24)
Schmidmühlen
HouseHohenzollern
FatherJohn Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
MotherJohanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach

George Frederick II (German: Georg Friedrich II.;3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703), also called George Frederick the Younger (German: der Jüngere), was Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 6 October 1692 until his death in 1703.[1] He was the third son of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by his first wife Joanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach. George Frederick succeeded his elder brother Christian Albert as Margrave in 1692.

In the War of the Palatinian Succession he fought from 1695 to 1697 as a volunteer in the Imperial Army. During the Spanish War of Succession in 1702 he succeeded in taking the fortress Bersello Modena. He was killed at the Battle of Schmidmühlen in 1703, and as he was unmarried, Ansbach passed to his younger half-brother William Frederick.

Ancestry

Ancestors of George Frederick II
8. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
4. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
9. Sophie of Solms-Laubach
2. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
10. Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen
5. Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
11. Anna Sibylla of Solms-Sonnenwalde
1. George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
12. Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
6. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
13. Barbara of Württemberg
3. Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
14. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg
7. Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken
15. Catherine of Sweden

References

  1. ^ Hirsch, Theodor (1878). "Georg Friedrich". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 8 (in German). p. 629.
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