Brief Life History of Friedrich Wilhelm I
When Friedrich Wilhelm I von Brandenburg was born on 16 February 1620, in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, his father, Kurfürst Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, was 22. He married Louise Henriette Prinzessin von Oranien-Nassau on 7 December 1646, in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 29 April 1688, in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia, at the age of 68, and was buried in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Friedrich Wilhelm I von Brandenberg - Published information: birth-name: Friedrich Wilhelm I von Brandenberg
- Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
- Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg, "Find A Grave Index"
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Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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