Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Who was Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth?

Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Hereditary Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

He was the seventh of the nine children of Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by his wife, Mary of Prussia. In fact, he was the third-born son but the only one to survive into adulthood; his two older brothers Georg Frederick and Christian Ernst died long before his own birth.

In Ansbach on 8 December 1641, Erdmann August married Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who was also his first cousin. They had only one son:

⁕Christian Ernst, who became Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

Sophie died on 3 December 1646, but he never remarried. Erdmann August himself died four years later, aged thirty-five. Because he predeceased his father, his son Christian Ernst succeeded as Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1655.