Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth [SEP] noble family
Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (30 January 1581 in Cölln – 30 May 1655 in Bayreuth) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (later renamed "Brandenburg-Bayreuth").
He was the eldest of eleven children born to John George, Elector of Brandenburg by his third wife Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Life.
The death of the childless George Frederick the Elder in 1603 marked the extinction of the original
née Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1609–1680), Princess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1615–1651), Prince of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1619–1666), founder of the Kulmbach subline
- Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1644–1712), Margrave of the Frankish Principality of Bayreuth
- Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach, (1661–1708), nobleman
- Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671–1727