By what nickname was the father of George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach known ?
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach George of Brandenburg-Ansbach (German: "Georg or Jürgen der Fromme" ) (4 March 1484 – 27 December 1543), known as George the Pious, was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern.
Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate ("Prince Palatine Gustavus Adolphus", 14 January 1632 – 9 January 1641), was the last son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (of the House of Wittelsbach), the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the English princess Elizabeth Stuart. Gustavus was born in the Dutch Republic, where his family had sought refuge after the sequestration of the Electorate during the Thirty Years' War. Gustavus's brother Charles Louis was, as part of the Peace of Westphalia, restored to the Palatinate.