Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Christian Frederick Charles Alexander (; 24 February 1736 – 5 January 1806) was the last Margrave of the two Franconian principalities, Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth, which he sold to the King of Prussia, a fellow member of the House of Hohenzollern. His parents were Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Friederike Luise of Prussia, daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia, sister of Frederick II of Prussia, a granddaughter of the British King George I and niece of the reigning British King George II (who would die aged 77 and leave his grandson, Charles's
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach he attended. He is one of the figures on the "Prussian Homage" painting by Jan Matejko. George went on to marry three times: First to Beatrice de Frangepan (1480 – c.1510); the marriage produced no children. George's second wife was Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531), daughter of Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels; their marriage produced two daughters: His third wife was Emilie of Saxony (July 27, 1516 – March 9, 1591), daughter of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony and Catherine of Mecklenburg on August 25, 1533: George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach George of Brandenburg-Ansbach () (4 March 1484 – 27 December 1543), known