George Frederick II

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George Frederick II
File:Johann Carl Zirl (Zierl) - Markgraf Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg Ansbach - 7166 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg
Portrait by Johann Carl Zierl (de)
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Reign16 October 1692 – 29 March 1703
PredecessorChristian Albert
SuccessorWilliam Frederick
Born(1678-05-03)3 May 1678
Ansbach, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Died29 March 1703(1703-03-29) (aged 24)
Schmidmühlen
HouseHohenzollern
FatherJohn Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
MotherJohanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach

George Frederick II (German: Georg Friedrich II.;3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703), also called George Frederick the Younger (German: der Jüngere), was Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 6 October 1692 until his death in 1703.[1] He was the third son of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by his first wife Joanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach. George Frederick succeeded his elder brother Christian Albert as Margrave in 1692.

In the War of the Palatinian Succession he fought from 1695 to 1697 as a volunteer in the Imperial Army. During the Spanish War of Succession in 1702 he succeeded in taking the fortress Bersello Modena. He was killed at the Battle of Schmidmühlen (de) in 1703, and as he was unmarried, Ansbach passed to his younger half-brother William Frederick.

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