Biography of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia 1490-1568
Paternal Family Tree: Hohenzollern
Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia was created I Duke Prussia. Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia by marriage Duchess Prussia.
In 1486 [his father] Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 25) succeeded I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach.
On 17 May 1490 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia was born to Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 30).
In 1526 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 35) and Dorothea Oldenburg (age 21) were married. She the daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and Anna of Brandenburg. He the son of Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 65). They were first cousin once removed.
On 11 Jun 1527 [his daughter] Anna Sophia Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 22). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
1528. Lucas Cranach "The Elder" (age 56). Portrait of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37).
On 24 Feb 1528 [his daughter] Katharina Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 23). She died the same day. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
On 05 Dec 1529 [his son] Frederick Albert Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 39) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
On 01 Jan 1530 [his son] Frederick Albert Hohenzollern died.
On 08 Apr 1531 [his daughter] Lucia Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 40) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
On 01 Feb 1532 [his daughter] Lucia Dorothea Hohenzollern died.
On 04 Jun 1535 [his sister-in-law] Anna Oldenburg (age 8) died.
On 04 Apr 1536 [his father] Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 75) died.
On 03 Feb 1537 [his daughter] Lucia Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 46) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
In Mar 1539 [his son] Albert Hohenzollern died.
In Mar 1539 [his son] Albert Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 48) and [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
In May 1539 [his daughter] Lucia Hohenzollern (age 2) died.
In 1544 [his brother-in-law] Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp (age 17) was created 1st Duke of Holstein Gotorp.
On 11 Apr 1547 [his wife] Dorothea Oldenburg (age 42) died.
In 1550 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 59) and Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of Eric "The Elder" Guelph I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg. He the son of Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach.
On 20 May 1551 [his daughter] Elisabeth Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 61) and [his wife] Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 19).
On 07 May 1553 [his son] Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 62) and [his wife] Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 21).
On 24 Feb 1555 [his son-in-law] Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 29) and [his daughter] Anna Sophia Hohenzollern (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 64) and Dorothea Oldenburg. They were second cousins.
On 14 Feb 1556 Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 28) and [his former sister-in-law] Elizabeth Oldenburg (age 31) were married. She the daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 58). They were half third cousin once removed.
On 27 Oct 1556 [his former brother-in-law] Frederick Oldenburg (age 24) died.
On 10 May 1559 [his sister-in-law] Katharina Guelph (age 25) died.
On 17 Dec 1564 [his former brother-in-law] Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp (age 38) and Christine Hesse (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (age 60) and Christine of Saxony. He the son of King Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 66).
On 19 Aug 1566 [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Guelph (age 40) died.
On 20 Mar 1568 [his wife] Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia (age 35) died.
On 20 Mar 1568 Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 77) died.
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg x 1
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 1
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 1
Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia x 1
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 1
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England x 1
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 1
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 3
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 1
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover x 1
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 2
Frederick VII King Denmark x 3
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 5
King Christian IX of Denmark x 3
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 2
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 4
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 6
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 6
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England x 6
Frederick Charles I King Finland x 5
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 3
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 6
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 6
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 6
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 6
Carl XVI King Sweden x 15
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hohenzollern II Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
GrandFather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Father: Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach