Thereafter Ansbach was held by cadet branches of the House of Hohenzollern, and its rulers were commonly called Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach. On 2 December 1791, the reigning Prince and Margrave of Ansbach, Charles Alexander , who had also succeeded to Bayreuth, sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia .
Herkunft und Bedeutung. Der Name Friedrich setzt sich aus den althochdeutschen Wörtern fridu „Friede, Schutz, Sicherheit“ und rîhhi (Adj.) „mächtig, reich“ bzw.
W roli Jerzego II wystąpił brytyjski aktor Richard Griffiths. Rodzina. 22 sierpnia 1705 w Hanowerze, poślubił Karolinę von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1 marca 1683 – 20 listopada 1737), córkę Jana Fryderyka, margrabiego Brandenburg-Ansbach, oraz Eleonory, córki Jana Jerzego I, księcia saskiego na Eisenach.
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Electress of Hanover as the wife of King George II. Her father, Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach , belonged to a branch of the House of Hohenzollern and was the ruler of a small German state, the Principality of Ansbach .