Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth

Siegmund, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Father	Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg
Mother	Anna of Saxony
Born	(1468-09-27)27 September 1468 Ansbach
Died	26 February 1495(1495-02-26) (aged 26) Ansbach

Siegmund of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 September 1468 in Ansbach – 26 February 1495 in Ansbach) was the sixth, but third surviving, son of Albrecht III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ansbach and Bayreuth. His mother was his father's second wife, Anna of Saxony. 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 Frederick I of Ansbach.

External links

Marek, Miroslav. "Hohenz 2". Genealogy.EU.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth

16. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1309-1357)

8. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1333-1398)

17. Elisabeth of Henneberg

4. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371-1440)

18. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310-1349)

9. Elisabeth of Meissen (1329-1375)

19. Mathilde of Bavaria

2. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg (1414-1486)

20. Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1310-1349)

10. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (1339-1393)

21. Elizabeth of Sicily

5. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1383-1442)

22. Bernabò Visconti (1319-1385)

11. Maddalena Visconti (1366-1404)

23. Beatrice della Scala

1. Siegmund, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1468-1495)

24. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332-1381)

12. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370-1428)

25. Catherine of Henneberg

6. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412-1464)

26. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1416)

13. Catherine of Brunswick ( -1442)

27. Sophie of Pomerania (d. 1406)

3. Anna of Saxony (1437-1512)

28. Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351-1386)

14. Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377-1424)

29. Viridis Visconti (1350–1414),

7. Margarete of Austria-Styria

30. Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia (d. 1426)

15. Cymburgis of Masovia (1394-1397)

31. Alexandra of Lithuania (d. 1434)

Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth 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 1486–1495	Succeeded by Frederick I