William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
{{Short description|Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|Wilhelm Friedrich (Brandenburg-Ansbach)|date=December 2010}}
{{infobox royalty
| name = William Frederick
| title = Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
| image = WilliamFrederickBrandenburgAnsbach.jpg
| caption =
| house = Hohenzollern
| father = John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
| mother = Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
| spouse = Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental
| issue = Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Margravine Eleonore
Margrave Frederick Charles
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1686|1|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ansbach
| death_date = {{death date and age|1723|1|7|1686|1|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = Unterreichenbach
}}
William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (8 January 1686{{cite book |last1=Seidel |first1=Paul |title=Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch: Forschungen und Abbildungen zur Geschichte der Hohenzollern in Brandenburg-Preussen |date=1914 |publisher=Giesecke and Devrient. |page=88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9YxAQAAMAAJ&dq=Wilhelm+Friedrich+%E2%80%9E8.+Januar+1686%E2%80%9C&pg=PA86 |access-date=29 February 2024 |language=de}} – 7 January 1723), was Margrave of the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1703 until his death in 1723. He was the younger brother of Caroline of Ansbach and thus brother-in-law of George II of Great Britain.
Early life
William Frederick was born in Ansbach in 1686 to John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and his father's second wife; Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach. His two surviving half-brothers, Margraves Christian Albert and George Frederick II, both died unmarried and without legitimate issue.
Personal life
He married his first cousin, Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental in 1709.{{cite book |last1=Von Lindheim |first1=Alfred |title=Saluti senectutis |date=1909 |publisher=Franz Deuticke |location=Leipzig |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8E0AQAAMAAJ&dq=Wilhelm+Friedrich+%E2%80%9E+1709%22++Christiane+Charlotte&pg=PA172 |access-date=29 February 2024 |language=de}}{{cite web |title=Marriage pact of Princess Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental and Margrave Wilhelm Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach |url=https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/PZCAAV2JRS24LYLXLE6N2ZZ22LTLZ5J7 |website=www.archivportal-d.de |access-date=29 February 2024}} He died in Unterreichenbach and was succeeded by his son Charles William Frederick, called "The Wild Margrave".{{cite web |title=Karl Wilhelm Friedrich |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz39890.html#ndbcontent_sfz38816 |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=29 February 2024 |language=de}}
Ancestry
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|1= 1. William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|2= 2. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|3= 3. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
|4= 4. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|5= 5. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
|6= 6. John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
|7= 7. Johannetta, Countess of Sayn-Altenkirchen
|8= 8. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|9= 9. Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach
|10= 10. Joachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen
|11= 11. Countess Anna Sibylle of Solms-Sonnenwald
|12= 12. William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
|13= 13. Princess Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau
|14= 14. Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
|15= 15. Countess Louise Juliane of Erbach
|16= 16. John George, Elector of Brandenburg
|17= 17. Princess Elizabeth of Anhalt
|18= 18. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach
|19= 19. Countess Margaret of Schönburg-Glauchau
|20= 20. Ludwig Eberhard, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen
|21= 21. Countess Margaret of Erbach
|22= 22. Henry William I, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde
|23= 23. Countess Sophia Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein
|24= 24. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
|25= 25. Princess Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
|26= 26. John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
|27= 27. Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern
|28= 28. William III, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein
|29= 29. Countess Anna Elizabeth of Sayn-Sayn
|30= 30. George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg
|31= 31. Countess Maria of Barby-Mühlingen
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