Family and Children
Albert was married in 1124 to Sophie of Winzenburg (died 25 March 1160) and they had the following children:
- Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg (1126/1128–7 March 1184)
- Count Hermann I of Orlamünde (died 1176)
- Siegfried (died 24 October 1184), Bishop of Brandenburg from 1173–1180, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, the first ranked prince, from 1180–1184
- Heinrich (died 1185), a canon in Magdeburg
- Count Albert of Ballenstedt (died after 6 December 1172)
- Count Dietrich of Werben (died after 5 September 1183)
- Count Bernhard of Anhalt (1140–9 February 1212), Duke of Saxony from 1180-1212 as Bernard III
- Hedwig (d. 1203), married to Otto II, Margrave of Meissen
- Daughter, married c. 1152 to Vladislav of Bohemia
- Adelheid (died 1162), a nun in Lamspringe
- Gertrude, married in 1155 to Duke Diepold of Moravia
- Sybille (died c. 1170), Abbess of Quedlinburg
- Eilika
Read more about this topic: Albert The Bear
Famous quotes containing the words family and/or children:
“A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.”
—Robert Benchley (18891945)
“You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.”
—Polish Proverb. New York Times Magazine (February 20, 1994)