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22 de feb. de 2023 · John Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna. He converted to Calvinism and drew up plans for mass conversion of the population, but faced resistance from the majority of his subjects, who remained deeply Lutheran. He died in 1619.
Sigismund claimed these rights for himself and designated Frederick to represent him as elector of Brandenburg in the imperial election of 20 September 1410. While Sigismund won this initial vote, Jobst of Moravia won the support of a majority of electors in an election in October 1410 and himself claimed the imperial throne.
the Beginning of Absolutism in Brandenburg: The Political Thought of John Bergius BODO NISCHAN WHEN Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg converted to Calvinism in 1613 he became the second major German prince, with the elector of the Palatinate, to renounce Lu-theranism in favor of Calvinism. Unlike Frederick ofthe Palatinate and
Hedwig. Father. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg. Mother. Hedwig Jagiellon. Hedwig of Brandenburg (23 February 1540 – 21 October 1602), a member of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1568 to 1589, by her marriage with the Welf duke Julius .
The Margraviate of Brandenburg (German: Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe. Brandenburg developed out of the Northern March founded in the territory of the Slavic Wends. It derived one of its names from this ...
Catherine of Brandenburg (28 May 1602 – 27 August 1644). Married first Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania and secondly Franz Karl of Saxe-Lauenburg. Joachim Sigismund of Brandenburg (25 July 1603 – 22 February 1625). Agnes of Brandenburg (31 August 1606 – 12 March 1607). John Frederick of Brandenburg (18 August 1607 – 1 March 1608).
When Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg converted to Calvinism in 1613 he became the second major German prince, with the elector of the Palatinate, to renounce Lutheranism in favor of Calvinism.
