Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth

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Siegmund, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 September 146826 February 1495) was the sixth but third surviving son of Albrecht III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ansbach and Bayreuth. On the death of his father on 11 March 1486, his elder brothers Johann Cicero and Friedrich succeeded to Brandenburg and Ansbach respectively, and Siegmund succeeded to Bayreuth. He never married, and at his death Bayreuth passed to his elder brother Friedrich of Ansbach.

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Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Cadet Branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 27 September 1468
Died: 26 February 1495
Preceded by
Albert Achilles
Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1535 – 1571
Succeeded by
Frederick I
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