Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Frederick I of Ansbach and Bayreuth was born at Ansbach as the eldest son of Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg by his second wife Anna, daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. His elder half-brother was the Elector John Cicero of Brandenburg. Friedrich succeeded his father as Margrave of Ansbach in 1486 and his younger brother Siegmund as Margrave of Bayreuth in 1495.
8 May 1460
Born on the same birth day (8 May): Barbara Howard (athlete) • Carl Stamitz • Charles Wriothesley • Emil Christian Hansen • Heinrich Berté • Lennie Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann • Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla • Nicolaes Witsen • Pat Cummins • Robert Johnson • Thomas Drury (1551–1603)