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1765, Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick I. Nice Silver 20 Kreuzer Coin. F+

Mint Year: 1765 Reference: KM-250. Engravers: Eberhard & Schmiedhammer (E-S)  Condition: Greenish deposits in obverse, otherwise F+ Diameter: 29mm Weight: 6.36gm  Material: Silver

Obverse: Armored bust of the Margrave within wreath right. Legend: FRID . CHRIST . M . B . DVX BORVS . ET SIL . Reverse: Crowned  heraldic eagle with shield at chest, on base which contains value (20).  Olive and palm branches at sides. Legend: SECHZIG EINE FEINE MARK 1765 / BAYEREUTH / ES

In 1655 Bayreuth was partitioned into Brandenburg-Bayreuth and  Brandenburg-Kulmbach, but the lands were reunited in 1726. The last  line of Brandenburg-Bayreuth died out on 20 January 1769 with the death of Margrave Frederick Christian, and Bayreuth passed to Christian Frederick. On 2 December 1791, Christian Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia, and from 28 January 1792 Bayreuth was ruled by Prussian-appointed governors.

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Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Weferlingen, May 10, 1711 – Bayreuth, February 26, 1763), was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

He was the eldest son of Georg Frederick Karl, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach, by his wife Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

Born a minor member of the house of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick's   fate changed in 1726, when his father inherited the principality of   Bayreuth after a long dispute with the kingdom of Prussia over his   rights of succession. The sixteen-year-old Frederick became the   Hereditary Margrave of Bayreuth. In 1735, on his father's death,   Frederick became the new Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

Frederick has the reputation of being an enlightened monarch. In   Bayreuth, Frederick is referred to as "the Beloved." In his residence of   Bayreuth, he promoted the sciences and arts and owned numerous   buildings. Frederick received a good education and studied eight years   at the Calvinistic Genovese University. Frederick was totally unprepared   for his tasks as a sovereign, however, because his father and his   ministers had completely excluded him from all the government affairs.

His wife, Wilhelmine, with her strong personality, tried to influence   the weak and unstable Frederick in favour of Prussia, her homeland, but   she was not able to overcome the influence of his ministers. His wife   finally did succeed in gaining influence, however, and a young   secretary, Philipp Elrodt, was appointed to handle financial matters.   His position soon became more equivalent to "prime minister." In this   role, Philipp attacked government corruption and cronyism, uncovered   irregularities in the finances of the margraviate, retired old debts,   and identified new sources of income. As a result of this fiscal reform,   Frederick was able to increase Wilhelmine's allowance, and she   purchased a summer residence called the Eremitage.

The cultured margrave showed his appreciation of art and science by   establishing the margraviate's Regional University in Bayreuth in 1742,   which was moved one year later, in 1743, to Erlangen. In addition, he created the Bayreuth Academy of Arts (German: Bayreuther Kunstakademie) in 1756 and from 1744 to 1748 allowed it to establish the Margravial Opera House (German: Markgräfliches Opernhaus)   as a richly-appointed baroque theater in Bayreuth. Numerous other   construction projects were also completed, including the transformation   and extension of the existing Eremitage Museum into the New Eremitage Museum Castle with the Temple of the Sun   (1749–1753) and the building of the new Margravial Castle (1754) after   the old castle had burned. The new castle was finished after the death   of his first wife; in her honour, the castle was renamed after her.

Frederick was appointed Generalfeldmarschall of the Franconian Circle, but kept his country out of disputes between Austria and Prussia, even during the Seven Years' War.

His name has been added to the official name of the University of Erlangen, which he founded: the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (English: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg).

In Berlin on November 20, 1731, Frederick married Wilhelmine of Prussia. He had been betrothed to Wilhelmine's younger sister, Sophie, but King Frederick Wilhelm I decided to have his oldest surviving daughter, Wilhelmine, marry him at   the last moment. The groom was not consulted in this decision.

From the beginning, the marriage went well. The young couple liked   each other, and Wilhelmine ignored his lisp. Although Wilhelmine was not   beautiful, she had a cheerful and pleasant personality. She described   Frederick as good-hearted and charitable, but also a little frivolous.   The union produced only one child, a daughter:

In Brunswick on September 20, 1759, Frederick married Duchess Sophie Caroline Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Their marriage was childless. Without any male issue, he was succeeded on his death by his uncle, Frederick Christian.

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