Siegmund of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 September 1468, in

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– 26 February 1495, in Ansbach) was the sixth, but third surviving, son of Albrecht III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ansbach and Bayreuth. His mother was his father's second wife,

Anna of Saxony Anna of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) was the heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Agnes, eldest daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. Maurice's only son, Albert, died in infancy. Anna was the second wife of Willia ...

. On the death of his father on 11 March 1486, his elder brothers Johann Cicero and

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succeeded to

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and

respectively, and Siegmund succeeded to

Bayreuth Bayreuth ( or ; High Franconian German, Upper Franconian: Bareid, ) is a Town#Germany, town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtel Mountains. The town's roots date back to 11 ...

. He never married, and at his death Bayreuth passed to his elder brother Frederick I of Ansbach.

Ancestors

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* Bayreuth, Siegmund Margrave of Bayreuth, Siegmund Margrave of Margraves of Bayreuth Burials at Heilsbronn Abbey Sons of prince-electors {{Germany-margrave-stub