George Albert of Brandenburg (20 November 1591, in
Berlin
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– 29 November 1615, in Sonnenburg, present-day
Słońsk
Słońsk (, german: Sonnenburg) is a village in Sulęcin County of the Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is located east of the border crossing with Germany along national road DK22. The village lies about 25 kilometres (or 16 miles) nor ...
), was Margrave of Brandenburg as George Albert II.
Life
George Albert was a member of the
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, Prince-elector, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzol ...
. He was a son of the Elector
John George of Brandenburg (1525–1598) from his third marriage to
Elisabeth (1563–1607), daughter of Prince
Joachim Ernest of Anhalt.
In 1614, he succeeded as Grand Master (''Herrenmeister'') of the
Order of Saint John (''Johanniterorden''), seated at Sonnenburg, which his older brother
Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
Austria
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198
* Frederick ...
had headed until his own early death. After an agreement with Electoral Brandenburg, George Albert received a fief from Duke
Philipp Julius of Pomerania. In 1615, he confirmed the privileges of the city of
Sulęcin (german: Zielenzig.
George Albert died of smallpox at the age of 24 and was buried in the parish church of
Küstrin. His motto was: ("My acts and my life are devoted to God").
[Max Löbe: ''Walsprüche: Devisen und Sinnsprüche'', BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p. 29]
Footnotes
References and source
* Johann Samuel Ersch: ''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste'', J. f. Gleditsch, 1842, p. 429
Digitized
* Samuel Buchholtz: ''Versuch einer Geschichte der Churmarck Brandenburg von der ersten Erscheinung der deutschen Sennonen an bis auf jezige Zeiten'', vols 3–4, F. W. Birnstiel, 1767, p. 490
House of Hohenzollern
1591 births
1615 deaths
Margraves of Brandenburg
17th-century German people
Sons of monarchs
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