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| | Encyclopedia: Margrave of Ansbach |
 | | Albert III (in German Albrecht Achilles), (9 November 1414- 11 March 1486), Margrave of Brandenburg, given the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities, was the third son of Frederick I of Brandenburg of Hohenzollern, elector of Brandenburg, later Burgrave of Nuremberg, and was born at Tangermunde. |
 | | 1398: Friedrich VI of Nürnberg (Friedrich I, Margrave of Brandenburg from 1415) |
 | | Friedrich had become Margrave of Brandenburg as Friedrich I in 1415, and on his death, 21 September 1440, his territories were divided between his sons; the eldest, Johann, received Bayreuth, the second, Friedrich, Brandenburg, while Ansbach passed to the third son Albrecht Achilles. |
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