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Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

1736–1806 · 18th century

Charles Alexander was the last Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, from 1757, who also inherited Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1769. Like his predecessors he hired out soldiers to Britain during the American war. In 1791 he gave up both principalities to his Prussian cousins in return for a pension and retired to England.

Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Image: Friedrich Gotthard Naumann · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Principality of Brandenburg-AnsbachPrincipality of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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