Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 September 1620 – 22 October 1667) was a German prince, who was
Margrave of Ansbach
The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg-)Ansbach (german: Fürstentum Ansbach or ) was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margrave ...
from 1634 until his death.
Life
Born in
Ansbach, Albert was the second son of
Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1582–1625) and his wife
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
(1594–1651), daughter of John George, Count of Solms-Laubach. On Joachim Ernst's death Albert's elder brother
Frederick III succeeded him in Ansbach from 1625 onwards, initially under their mother's guardianship, but he was killed without issue in the
Thirty Years' War
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in 1634. Albert thus succeeded him, though again the early years of his rule were under his mother's guardianship, only taking up full government responsibilities when his minority ended in 1639.
With much diplomatic skill, he manoeuvred Brandenburg-Ansbach through the last ten years of the war and through administrative reforms, support for the guilds and cultural life and a good credit policy he promoted the beginnings of post-war reconstruction. He offered refuge to religious refugees from Austria and in 1647 or 1662 granted them lands in
Treuchtlingen and
Berolzheim. Albert's main advisor on this was his former teacher
Johannes Limnäus. Active in the politics of the
Holy Roman Empire
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, he sent troops to back the war against the Ottoman Empire.
A typical Baroque absolute ruler, he died at Ansbach in 1667. He was buried in the ''Johanniskirche'' in that city.
Marriage and issue
In
Stuttgart
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on 31 August 1642 he married Henriette Louise (1623–1650), daughter of
Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, with the following children:
* Sophie Elisabeth (*/†1643)
* Albertine Luise (1646–1670)
* Sophie Amalie (*/† 1649)
He married for a second time on 15 October 1651 at
Oettingen, to Sophie Margarete (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen, with the following children:
* Luise Sophie (1652–1668)
*
John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654–1686)
∞ 1. 1673 Princess
Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach (1651–1680)
∞ 2. 1681 Princess
Eleonore of Sachsen-Eisenach (1662–1696)
* Albrecht Ernst (1659–1674)
*
Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705)
∞ 1687
Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ernst Ludwig) (15 December 1667 – 12 September 1739) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Alte ...
(1667–1739)
*
Eleonore Juliane (1663–1724)
∞ 1682
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental (1652–1698)
He married for a third time on 6 August 1665 in
Durlach, to
Christine
Christine may refer to:
People
* Christine (name), a female given name
Film
* ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei''
* ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name
* ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...
(1645–1705), daughter of
Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. This marriage was childless.
Ancestors
Sources
* Hanns Hubert Hofmann: Albrecht V.. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, S. 163 f. (Onlinefassung)
* M. Spindler, A. Kraus: Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts, München 1997.
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1620 births
1667 deaths
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People from Ansbach