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Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg

1414 - 1486

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Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues. He also ruled in the Franconian principalities of Ansbach from 1440 and Kulmbach from 1464 (as Albrecht I). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg is the 207th most popular nobleman (down from 177th in 2019), the 823rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 757th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Nobleman.

Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and the first Margrave of Brandenburg. He was the son of Albert II Achilles and Margaret of Austria.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 207 out of 1,415. Before him are Bertrada of Laon, Germaine of Foix, Ramesses X, Ramesses IX, Ramesses VIII, and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria. After him are Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Ismihan Sultan, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1414, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 4. Before him are Pope Sixtus IV, Jami, and Munjong of Joseon. After him is Francis I, Duke of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1486, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 2. Before him is Diogo Cão. After him are Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, Tizoc, Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony, Sittişah Hatun, Marco Barbarigo, Margaret of Foix, Aristotele Fioravanti, and Louis I, Count of Montpensier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 823 out of 7,253. Before him are Eduard Dietl (1890), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Arthur Nebe (1894), Friedrich List (1789), and Wilhelm Bittrich (1894). After him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), Johann Tetzel (1460), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), and Wilhelm Hauff (1802).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 25. Before him are Robert the Strong (900), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869). After him are Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), and John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625).

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