Erdmann August, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (b. Bayreuth, 8 October 1615 – d. Hof, 6 February 1651), was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Hereditary Margrave (German: Erbmarkgraf) of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | |
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.jpg.webp) Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | |
| Born | 8 October 1615 Bayreuth |
| Died | 6 February 1651 (aged 35) Hof |
| Noble family | House of Hohenzollern |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
| Issue | Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
| Father | Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
| Mother | Marie of Prussia |
He was the seventh of the nine children of Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by his wife, Marie of Prussia. In fact, he was the third-born son but the only one to survive into adulthood; his two older brothers Georg Frederick (b. and d. 1608) and Christian Ernst (b. 1613 – d. 1614) died long before his own birth.
In Ansbach on 8 December 1641, Erdmann August married the Margravine Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who was also his first cousin (daughter of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, his father's brother). They had only one son:
- Christian Ernst (b. Bayreuth, 6 August 1644 – d. Erlangen, 20 May 1712), who became Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Sophie died on 3 December 1646. Erdmann August himself died four years later, aged thirty-five, in the middle of the preparations of his wedding with Sophie Agnes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Because he predeceased his father, his son Christian Ernst succeeded as Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1655.