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Johann John Georg I Kurfürst Elector von Brandenburg Prince of Hohenzollern married Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Princess of Anhalt and Electress of Brandenburg and had 5 children. He passed away on 8 Jan 1598 in Berlin-Cölln, Zwing Cölln Stadtschloss, Regierungssitz, Bundeshauptstadt, Germany .
Signature. John Sigismund ( German: Johann Sigismund; 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna, the eldest daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia who died without sons.
A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the son of Joachim II Hector (1505-1571), Elector of Brandenburg, and his first wife Magdalena of Saxony (1507-1534). Faced with large debts accumulated during the reign of his father, John George instituted a grain tax which drove part of the peasantry into dependence on the exempt nobility.
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Joachim Frederick was born in Cölln to John George, Elector of Brandenburg, and Sophie of Legnica. He served as administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg from 1566 to 1598, then succeeded his father as Elector of Brandenburg in 1598. Joachim Frederick was succeeded at his death by his son John Sigismund. Joachim Frederick's first ...
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.
John George succeeded his father as elector when he died, on 12 September 1691. At the beginning of his reign his chief adviser was Hans Adam von Schöning , who counselled a union between Saxony and Brandenburg and a more independent attitude towards the emperor.
