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unusual facts about Margrave of Ansbach



Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 September 1620 – 22 October 1667) was a German prince, who was Margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.

George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703), known as George Frederick the Younger, the third son of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by his first wife the Margravine Joanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach (and thus a half-brother of Queen Caroline of Great Britain), succeeded his elder brother as Margrave of Ansbach in 1692.

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

His parents were Johann Georg Mizler, a court clerk to the Margrave of Ansbach at Heidenheim, and Barbara Stumpf, of St. Gallen, Switzerland.


see also

Heidenheim, Bavaria

After that, Heidenheim belonged to the Margrave of Ansbach.

Principality of Ansbach

On 2 December 1791, the reigning Prince and Margrave of Ansbach, Alexander, who had also succeeded to Bayreuth, sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia.