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Paternal Family Tree: Hohenzollern
Maternal Family Tree: Antoinette Polignac 1460
In 1616 [his father] George William Hohenzollern (age 20) and [his mother] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and [his grandmother] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 39).
On 16th February 1620 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to [his father] George William Hohenzollern (age 24) and [his mother] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 22) at Berlin.
On 1st December 1640 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 20) was appointed Elector Brandenburg.
On 1st December 1640 [his father] George William Hohenzollern (age 45) died.
On 7th December 1646 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 26) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 19) were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.
In 1648 [his son] William Henry Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 27) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 20). He died aged one in 1649.
In 1649 [his son] William Henry Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
In 1654 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 33) was appointed 457th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 23)..
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 16th February 1655 [his son] Charles Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 35) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 27) at Berlin.
On 11th July 1657 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 37) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 29). He married (1) before 1680 his first cousin Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel, daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern, and had issue (2) before 1685 his second cousin Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia, daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern, and had issue (3) 1708 his fourth cousin Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia.
On 26th April 1660 [his mother] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 62) died.
In 1664 [his son] Henry Hohenzollern died.
In 1664 [his son] Henry Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 43) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 36). He died aged less than one years old.
In 1664 [his son] Amalie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 43) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 36). He died aged one in 1665.
In 1665 [his son] Amalie Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
In 1666 [his son] Louis Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 45) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 38).
On 18th June 1667 [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 39) died.
On 13th June 1668 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 48) and Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 31) were married. They were fifth cousins.
In 1669 [his son] Philip Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 48) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 32).
In 1670 [his daughter] Marie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 49) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 33).
In 1672 [his son] Albert Frederick Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 51) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 35).
In 1673 [his son] Charles Philip Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 52) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 36).
In 1674 [his daughter] Elisabeth Sofie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 53) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 37).
On 7th December 1674 [his son] Charles Hohenzollern (age 19) died of dysentery.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1675 [his daughter] Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 54) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 38). She died aged one in 1676.
In 1676 [his daughter] Dorothea Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
In 1677 [his son] Christian Ludwig Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 56) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 40).
Before 1680 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and [his sister] Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 56). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 59) and [his former wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were first cousins.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th March 1682. At the meeting of the Royal Society were exhibited some pieces of amber sent by the Duke of Brandenburg (age 62), in one of which was a spider, in another a gnat, both very entire. There was a discourse of the tingeing of glass, especially with red, and the difficulty of finding any red color effectual to penetrate glass, among the glass-painters; that the most diaporous, as blue, yellow, etc., did not enter into the substance of what was ordinarily painted, more than very shallow, unless incorporated in the metal itself, other reds and whites not at all beyond the superfices.
On 26th June 1683 [his sister] Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 59) died.
Before 1685 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 55) and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 54). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 64) and [his former wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1687 [his son] Louis Hohenzollern (age 21) died.
On 29th April 1688 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 68) died.
On 6th August 1691 [his former wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 54) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joachim Frederick Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Sophie of Legnica
GrandFather: John Sigismund Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: George William Hohenzollern 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William IV Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eric "The Elder" Guelph I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Anna Hohenzollern 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Babymaker" La Marck II Duke Cleves 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John La Marck III Duke Cleves 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Hesse Duchess Cleves 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William La Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Jülich Berg Duchess Cleves
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Eleonore La Marck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Count Palatinate Simmern 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John II Count Palatinate Simmern 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis VI Elector Palatine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Mother: Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
GrandMother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac