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Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1498 – 1563) was the Archbishop of Riga from 1539 to 1561.
A member of the House of Hohenzollern , William was the son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach , the brother of Albert, Duke of Prussia , and the grandson of Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg and Casimir IV Jagiellon .
After William's administration as Prince-bishop ended during the Livonian War , Riga became an Imperial Free City (1561-1581).
Ancestry
16. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1333-1398) 8. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371-1440) 17. Elisabeth of Meissen (1329-1375) 4. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg (1414-1486) 18. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (1339-1393) 9. Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1383-1442) 19. Maddalena Visconti (1366-1404) 2. Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460-1536) 20. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370-1428) 10. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412-1464) 21. Catherine of Brunswick ( -1442) 5. Anna of Saxony (1437-1512) 22. Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377-1424) 11. Margarete of Austria-Styria 23. Cymburgis of Masovia (1394-1397) 1. Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1498-1563) 24. Algirdas (1296-1377) 12. Jogaila (1362-1434) 25. Uliana of Tver (1325-1392) 6. Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427-1492) 26. Andrew of Halshany (1365-1410) 13. Sophia of Halshany (1405-1461) 27. Alexandra Drucka (1380-1426) 3. Sophia of Poland (1464-1512) 28. Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377-1404) 14. Albert II of Germany (1397-1439) 29. Johanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373-1410) 7. Elisabeth of Austria (1435-1505) 30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437) 15. Elisabeth of Bohemia (1409-1442) 31. Barbara of Celje (1390-1451)