John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach explained

John Frederick
Succession:	Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Reign:	22 October 1667 – 22 March 1686
Predecessor:	Albert II
Successor:	Christian Albert
House:	Hohenzollern
Father:	Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother:	Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
Spouse:
Issue:	Margrave Leopold Frederick Christian Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Dorothea Friederike, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Margravine Charlotte Sophie Caroline, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Margrave Frederick Augustus William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Birth Date:	18 October 1654
Birth Place:	Ansbach, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Death Place:	Ansbach, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Burial Place:	St. Gumbertus

John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 October 1654 – 22 March 1686) succeeded his father Albert II as margrave of Ansbach in 1667. He married his second wife Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach on 4 November 1681. Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Caroline of Ansbach) married George II of Great Britain before he became king.

Issue

By Margravine Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach, daughter of Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and his wife Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken:

1. Margrave Leopold Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (29 May 1674 – 21 August 1676) died in infancy.
2. Margrave Christian Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 September 1675 – 16 October 1692) died unmarried.
3. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (12 August 1676 – 13 March 1731) married Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg and had issue, including Charlotte of Hanau, wife of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
4. Margrave George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703) died unmarried.
5. Margravine Charlotte Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach (29 June 1679 – 24 January 1680) died in infancy.

By Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach:

1. Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) married George II of Great Britain and had issue.
2. Margrave Frederick Augustus of Brandenburg-Ansbach (3 January 1685 – 30 January 1685) died in infancy.
3. Margrave William Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (8 January 1686 – 7 January 1723) married Duchess Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg, daughter of Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental and had issue.