Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth

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Siegmund, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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

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.

## Ancestors

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Ancestors of Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth

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| 4\. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|

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| 9\. Elisabeth of Meissen

| 2\. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg|

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| 10\. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut

| 5\. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut|

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| 11\. Maddalena Visconti

| 1\. Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth|
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| 12\. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

| 6\. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony|

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| 13\. Catherine of Brunswick

| 3\. Anna of Saxony|

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| 14\. Ernest, Duke of Austria

| 7\. Margarete of Austria-Styria|

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| 15\. Cymburgis of Masovia

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## External links

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

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

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