Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 1620-1688

In 1616 [his father] George William Hohenzollern [aged 20] and [his mother] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and [his grandmother] Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [aged 39].

On 16th February 1620 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to George William Hohenzollern [aged 24] and Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern [aged 22] at Berlin.

On 1st December 1640 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 20] was appointed Elector Brandenburg.

On 1st December 1640 [his father] George William Hohenzollern [aged 45] died.

On 7th December 1646 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 26] and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 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 [aged 27] and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 20]. He died aged one in 1649.

In 1649 [his son] William Henry Hohenzollern [aged 1] died.

In 1654 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 33] was appointed 457th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 23]..

On 16th February 1655 [his son] Charles Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 35] and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 27] at Berlin.

On 11th July 1657 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 37] and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 43] and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 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 [aged 43] and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 36]. He died aged one in 1665.

In 1665 [his son] Amalie Hohenzollern [aged 1] died.

In 1666 [his son] Louis Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 45] and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 38].

On 18th June 1667 [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 39] died.

On 13th June 1668 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 48] and Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 31] were married. They were fifth cousins.

In 1669 [his son] Philip Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 48] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 32].

In 1670 [his daughter] Marie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 49] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 33].

In 1672 [his son] Albert Frederick Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 51] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 35].

In 1673 [his son] Charles Philip Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 52] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 36].

In 1674 [his daughter] Elisabeth Sofie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 53] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 37].

On 7th December 1674 [his son] Charles Hohenzollern [aged 19] died of dysentery.

In 1675 [his daughter] Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 54] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 38]. She died aged one in 1676.

In 1676 [his daughter] Dorothea Hohenzollern [aged 1] died.

In 1677 [his son] Christian Ludwig Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 56] and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 40].

Before 1680 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 22] and Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern [aged 56]. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 59] and 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 [aged 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 [aged 59] died.

Before 1685 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 27] and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 55] and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 54]. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 64] and 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 [aged 21] died.

On 29th April 1688 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 68] died.

On 6th August 1691 [his former wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 54] died.