Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg
Electress consort of Brandenburg as the wife of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, and the mother of Frederick William of Brandenburg, the "Great Elector".
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George William, Elector of Brandenburg
Margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death.
In 1616, he married Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.
Frederick V of the Palatinate
The Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620.
Two of Frederick V's sisters were married to leading Protestant princes: his sister Luise Juliane to his one-time guardian John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and his sister Elizabeth Charlotte to George William, Elector of Brandenburg.
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (Kurfürst Friedrich IV.
Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (Neumarkt, 19 November 1597 - Crossen an der Oder, 26 April 1660); married in 1616 to Elector George William of Brandenburg.
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688.
Elector Frederick William was born in Berlin to George William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.
Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau
Countess consort of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and took part in the regency government of her son between 1610 and 1614.
Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (Neumarkt, 19 November 1597 - Crossen an der Oder, 26 April 1660); married in 1616 to Elector George William of Brandenburg.
Princess Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg
Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Duke Jacob Kettler of Courland.
She was born to George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.
Princess Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg
Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and regent from 1663 until 1677 during the minority of her sons, William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
She was the daughter of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.
1597
January 24 – Battle of Turnhout: Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas, in the Netherlands.
November 19 – Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, wife of George William (d. 1660)