Albert the Bear

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Albert the Bear
Effigy on Albert's seal
Margrave of Brandenburg
Reign	1157–1170
Successor	Otto I
Born	c. 1100
Died	(1170-11-18)18 November 1170 (aged 70) possibly Stendal
Burial	Ballenstedt
Spouse	Sophie of Winzenburg
Issue more...	Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg Hermann I, Count of Orlamünde Siegfried, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen Bernhard, Count of Anhalt Hedwig, Margravine of Meissen
House	House of Ascania
Father	Otto, Count of Ballenstedt
Mother	Eilika of Saxony

Albert the Bear (German: Albrecht der Bär; c. 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.