Friedrich III of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Friedrich III. Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Son of Georg Friedrich Karl Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688-1735) and his wife Dorothea von Holstein-Beck (1685-1761)

Born: Weferlingen 10. May 1711

Married:

1.      Berlin 20. Nov 1731 Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia (1709-1758)

2.      Brunswick 20. Sep 1759 Sophie Caroline, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1737-1821)

Issue by first wife:

• Elisabeth Friederike Sophie, Princess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1732-1780) m. 1748 Karl Eugen, Duke of Wurttemberg (1728-1793)

Died: Bayreuth 26. Feb 1763

Buried: Court Church, Bayreuth

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Uwe A. Oster: "Wilhelmine von Bayreuth", Piper Verlag, München Zürich 2008