Biography of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 1620-1688
Paternal Family Tree: Hohenzollern
Maternal Family Tree: Antoinette Polignac 1460
In 1616 [his father] George William Hohenzollern (age 20) and [his mother] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 39).
On 16 Feb 1620 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to George William Hohenzollern (age 24) and Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 22) at Berlin.
On 01 Dec 1640 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 20) was appointed Elector Brandenburg.
On 01 Dec 1640 [his father] George William Hohenzollern (age 45) died.
On 02 May 1641 [his future brother-in-law] William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 14) and Mary Stewart Princess Orange (age 9) were married. She the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 31).
On 07 Dec 1646 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 26) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 19) were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.
On 14 Mar 1647 [his father-in-law] Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 63) died. His son [his brother-in-law] William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 20) succeeded II Prince Orange. Mary Stewart Princess Orange (age 15) by marriage Princess Orange.
In 1648 [his son] William Henry Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 27) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 20).
In 1649 [his son] William Henry Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
On 06 Nov 1650 [his brother-in-law] William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 24) died. His son King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland succeeded III Prince Orange.
In 1654 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 33) was appointed 457th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 23)..
On 16 Feb 1655 [his son] Charles Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 35) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 27) at Berlin.
On 11 Jul 1657 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 37) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 29).
On 26 Apr 1660 [his mother] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 62) died.
In 1664 [his son] Henry Hohenzollern died.
In 1664 [his son] Henry Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 43) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 36).
In 1664 [his son] Amalie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 43) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 36).
In 1665 [his son] Amalie Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
In 1666 [his son] Louis Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 45) and [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 38).
On 23 Sep 1666 Louis Henry Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Maria Orange Nassau (age 24) were married. They had no issue. They were first cousin once removed.
On 18 Jun 1667 [his wife] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 39) died.
On 13 Jun 1668 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 48) and Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 31) were married.
In 1669 [his son] Philip Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 48) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 32).
In 1670 [his daughter] Marie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 49) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 33).
On 31 Jan 1671 [his sister-in-law] Hedwig Oldenburg (age 30) died.
In 1672 [his son] Albert Frederick Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 51) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 35).
In 1673 [his son] Charles Philip Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 52) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 36).
In 1674 [his daughter] Elisabeth Sofie Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 53) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 37).
On 07 Dec 1674 [his son] Charles Hohenzollern (age 19) died of dysentery.
In 1675 [his daughter] Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 54) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 38).
In 1676 [his daughter] Dorothea Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
In 1677 [his son] Christian Ludwig Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 56) and [his wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 40).
Before 1680 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 56). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 59) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were first cousins.
Evelyn's Diary. 24 Mar 1682. At the meeting of the Royal Society were exhibited some pieces of amber sent by the Duke of Brandenburg (age 62), in one of which was a spider, in another a gnat, both very entire. There was a discourse of the tingeing of glass, especially with red, and the difficulty of finding any red color effectual to penetrate glass, among the glass-painters; that the most diaporous, as blue, yellow, etc., did not enter into the substance of what was ordinarily painted, more than very shallow, unless incorporated in the metal itself, other reds and whites not at all beyond the superfices.
Before 1685 [his son] Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 55) and Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 54). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 64) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. 
In 1687 [his son] Louis Hohenzollern (age 21) died.
On 20 Mar 1688 [his former sister-in-law] Maria Orange Nassau (age 45) died.
On 29 Apr 1688 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 68) died.
On 06 Aug 1691 [his former wife] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 54) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 1
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joachim Frederick Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: John Sigismund Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: George William Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William IV Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eric "The Elder" Guelph I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Anna Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Count Palatinate Simmern 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John II Count Palatinate Simmern 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis VI Elector Palatine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Mother: Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
GrandMother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac