Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg

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Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg

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Frederick II of Brandenburg, nicknamed "the Iron" and sometimes "Irontooth", was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. Wikipedia

Born: November 19, 1413, Tangermünde, Germany

Died: February 10, 1471 (age 57 years), Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany

Parents: Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg

Children: Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg and Margaret of Brandenburg

Grandchildren: Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Barnim X Herzog von Pommern-Wolgast, John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg, and more