John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach


John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach succeeded his father Albert II as margrave of Ansbach in 1667. He married his second wife Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach on 4 November 1681. Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach married George II of Great Britain before he became king.

Issue

By Margravine Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach, daughter of Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and his wife Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken:
  1. Margrave Leopold Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach died in infancy.
  2. Margrave Christian Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach died unmarried.
  3. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach married Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg and had issue, including Charlotte of Hanau, wife of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
  4. Margrave George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach died unmarried.
  5. Margravine Charlotte Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach died in infancy.
By Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach:
  1. Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach married George II of Great Britain and had issue.
  2. Margrave Frederick Augustus of Brandenburg-Ansbach died in infancy.
  3. Margrave William Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach married Duchess Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg, daughter of Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental and had issue.

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