Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick II
Posthumous engraving of Frederick II, 16th century
Elector of Brandenburg
Reign20 September 1440 – 10 February 1471
PredecessorFrederick I
SuccessorAlbert III Achilles
Born(1413-11-19)19 November 1413
Tangermünde castle, Margraviate of Brandenburg
Died10 February 1471(1471-02-10) (aged 57)
Neustadt an der Aisch, Bavaria
Spouse
(m. 1441)
IssueDorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg
Margaret of Brandenburg
Johan of Brandenburg
HouseHohenzollern
FatherFrederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
MotherElisabeth of Bavaria

Frederick II of Brandenburg (German: Friedrich II.) (19 November 1413 – 10 February 1471), nicknamed "the Iron" (der Eiserne) and sometimes "Irontooth" (Eisenzahn), was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.

Statue by Alexander Calandrelli, 1898, former Siegesallee, Berlin