Siegmund of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 September 1468, in
Ansbach
Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...
– 26 February 1495, in Ansbach) was the sixth, but third surviving, son of
Albrecht III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ansbach and Bayreuth. His mother was his father's second wife,
Anna of Saxony
Anna of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) was the heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Agnes, eldest daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. Maurice's only son, Albert, died in infancy. Anna was the second wife of William th ...
. On the death of his father on 11 March 1486, his elder brothers
Johann Cicero and
Friedrich succeeded to
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squ ...
and
Ansbach
Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...
respectively, and Siegmund succeeded to
Bayreuth
Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital o ...
. He never married, and at his death Bayreuth passed to his elder brother
Frederick I of Ansbach.
Ancestors
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Bayreuth, Siegmund Margrave of
Bayreuth, Siegmund Margrave of
Margraves of Bayreuth
Burials at Heilsbronn Abbey
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