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Biography of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 1490-1568

Paternal Family Tree: Hohenzollern

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396

Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia was created I Duke Prussia. Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia by marriage Duchess Prussia.

On 14th February 1479 [his father] Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 18) and [his mother] Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 14) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 64). They were second cousin twice removed.

On 17th May 1490 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia was born to [his father] Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 30) and [his mother] Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 26).

On 5th October 1512 [his mother] Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 48) died.

In 1526 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 35) and Dorothea Oldenburg (age 21) were married. She the daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and Anna of Brandenburg. He the son of Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 65) and Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach. They were half first cousin once removed.

On 11th June 1527 [his daughter] Anna Sophia Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%. She married 24th February 1555 her second cousin Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg and Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg, and had issue.

1528. Lucas Cranach "The Elder" (age 56). Portrait of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37).

On 24th February 1528 [his daughter] Katharina Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 23). She died the same day. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.

On 5th December 1529 [his son] Frederick Albert Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 39) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%. He died aged less than one years old.

On 1st January 1530 [his son] Frederick Albert Hohenzollern died.

On 8th April 1531 [his daughter] Lucia Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 40) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%. She died aged less than one years old.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 1st February 1532 [his daughter] Lucia Dorothea Hohenzollern died.

On 10th April 1533 [his father-in-law] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 61) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Christian (age 29) succeeded III King of Denmark.

On 4th April 1536 [his father] Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach (age 75) died.

On 3rd February 1537 [his daughter] Lucia Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 46) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%. She died aged two in 1539.

In March 1539 [his son] Albert Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 48) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%. He died aged less than one years old.

In March 1539 [his son] Albert Hohenzollern died.

In May 1539 [his daughter] Lucia Hohenzollern (age 2) died.

On 11th April 1547 [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 42) died.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1550 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 59) and Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of Eric "The Elder" Guelph I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg. He the son of Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach and Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach. They were fifth cousins.

On 20th May 1551 [his daughter] Elisabeth Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 61) and [his wife] Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 19).

On 7th May 1553 [his son] Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 62) and [his wife] Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 21). He married 1573 his second cousin once removed Marie Eleonore La Marck, daughter of William La Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg and Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves, and had issue.

On 24th February 1555 [his son-in-law] Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 29) and [his daughter] Anna Sophia Hohenzollern (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 64) and [his former wife] Dorothea Oldenburg. They were second cousins.

On 20th March 1568 [his wife] Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 35) died.

On 20th March 1568 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 77) died. His son Albert (age 14) succeeded Duke Prussia.

Royal Ancestors of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 1490-1568

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 1490-1568
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [1]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [1]

Frederick I King Sweden [3]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia [1]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [1]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [2]

William Elector of Hesse [3]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [1]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [2]

Frederick William III King Prussia [1]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [2]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [2]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [3]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [2]

William I King Prussia [2]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [5]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [6]

King Christian IX of Denmark [3]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [4]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [5]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [11]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [11]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [3]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [6]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [6]

Constantine I King Greece [3]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [8]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [14]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [17]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [13]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [20]

Carl XVI King Sweden [27]

Ancestors of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 1490-1568

Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gediminas Grand Duke of Lithuania

Great x 2 Grandfather: Algirdas Grand Duke of Lithuania

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jewna Lithuania

Great x 1 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver

Great x 2 Grandmother: Uliana of Tver

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anastasia of Halych

GrandFather: Casimir IV King Poland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Father of Andrew Olshansky

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Olshansky

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mother of Andrew Olshansky

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dmitry of Druck

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alexandra Drucka

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mother of Alexandra Drucka

Mother: Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria

Great x 4 Grandmother: Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia

GrandMother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia

Great x 2 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bogislaw V Duke of Pomerania

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hermann II Count of Celje

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry VII Count of Schaunberg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Schaunberg