George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
George of Brandenburg-Ansbach, known as George the Pious, was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern.
Portrait by Hans Krell (1522)
George the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1571)
Coat of arms of George the Pious and his three wives
Beatrice de Frangepan, George's first wife.
Ansbach is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is 40 kilometers southwest of Nuremberg and 140 kilometers north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the river Main. In 2020, its population was 41,681.
Martin Luther Square, Church of St. Gumbertus in the background
Former building Gewerbevereins Ansbach
Ansbach in the 17th century
Caroline of Ansbach, ca.1730