Johann Georg von Hohenzollern, Kurfürst von Brandenburg
He was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571-1598). 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. Though a staunch Lutheran opposed to the rise of Calvinism, he permitted the admission of Calvinist refugees from the wars in the Spanish Netherlands and France. He was succeeded by his son Joachim Frederick of Brandenburg(1546-1508).
Upon the 1568 death of his kinsman Albert I, Duke of Prussia, the Duchy of Prussia was inherited by the latter's underage son Albert Frederick, whose guardians included the elector.
Johann Georg was married three times:
1) Sofie of Liegnitz (1525–1546)
2) Sabine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529-1575)
3) Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563-1607), also buried in the Berlin Cathedral.
Johann Georg von Hohenzollern, Kurfürst von Brandenburg
He was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571-1598). 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. Though a staunch Lutheran opposed to the rise of Calvinism, he permitted the admission of Calvinist refugees from the wars in the Spanish Netherlands and France. He was succeeded by his son Joachim Frederick of Brandenburg(1546-1508).
Upon the 1568 death of his kinsman Albert I, Duke of Prussia, the Duchy of Prussia was inherited by the latter's underage son Albert Frederick, whose guardians included the elector.
Johann Georg was married three times:
1) Sofie of Liegnitz (1525–1546)
2) Sabine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529-1575)
3) Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563-1607), also buried in the Berlin Cathedral.
Family Members
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Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg
1546–1608
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Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg
1555–1557
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Erdmuthe von Brandenburg
1561–1623
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Anna Maria von Brandenburg
1567–1618
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Sophie von Brandenburg
1568–1622
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Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1581–1655
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Magdalene von Brandenburg
1582–1616
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Joachim Ernst von Brandenburg-Ansbach
1583–1625
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Agnes von Brandenburg
1584–1629
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Friedrich von Brandenburg
1588–1611
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Elisabeth Sophie Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg
1589–1629
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Dorothea Sibylle Von Brandenburg
1590–1625
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Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg
1591–1615
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Johann von Brandenburg
1597–1627
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