Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg
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Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues. He also ruled in the Franconian principalities of Ansbach from 1440 and Kulmbach from 1464 (as Albrecht I).
Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 to 1486
Albrecht III Achilles | |
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| Elector of Brandenburg | |
 Portrait of Albrecht Achilles, St. Gumbertus, Ansbach (1484) | |
| Born | (1414-11-09)9 November 1414 Tangermünde, Brandenburg |
| Died | 11 March 1486(1486-03-11) (aged 71) Imperial City of Frankfurt |
| Buried | Heilsbronn Abbey |
| Noble family | Hohenzollern |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Issue Detail | |
| Father | Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut |
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