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
Principality of Ansbach and childless, and Frederick William was his kinsman as the head of the House of Hohenzollern. The Margrave moved to England with his English second wife. Ansbach was formally annexed on 28 January 1792. Principality of Ansbach The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg-)Ansbach ( or ) was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as the principality was a margraviate (but not a march). The principality was established at the death of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, on 21 January 1398, when