Johann Sigismund von Brandenburg
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| born on | 8 November 1572 Jul.Cal. (18 Nov 1572 greg.) at 19:00 (= 7:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Halle/Saale, Germany, 51n29, 11e58 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m11e58 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   26°33'   03°04 Asc. 13°29'
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Biography
German royalty, a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern who also served as a Duke of Prussia.
John Sigismund was born to Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and his first wife Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin. He succeeded his father as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1608. In 1611, John Sigismund traveled from Köningsberg to Warsaw, where on 16 November 1611 he gave feudal homage to Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland (the Duchy of Prussia was a Polish fief at the time). He officially became Duke of Prussia in 1618, although he had served as regent on behalf of the mentally-disturbed Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, for several years prior. Albert Frederick died in the following year.
John Sigismund gave the Reichshof Castrop to his teacher and educator Carl Friedrich von Bordelius, whereas he received the territories of Cleves, Mark, and Ravensberg in the Treaty of Xanten in 1614.
John Sigismund's most significant action was his conversion from Lutheranism to Calvinism, after he had earlier equalized the rights of Catholics and Protestants in the Duchy of Prussia under pressure from the King of Poland. He allowed his subjects to be either Lutheran or Calvinist according to the dictates of their own consciences. Henceforward, Brandenburg-Prussia would be a bi-confessional state.
On 30 October 1594, John Sigismund married Anna of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553–1618). They were parents to eight children: George William (13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640), his successor; Anne Sophia of Brandenburg (15 March 1598 – 19 December 1659); Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (11 November 1599 – 28 March 1655); Catherine of Brandenburg (28 May 1602 – 27 August 1644); 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); and Albrecht Christian of Brandenburg (7–14 March 1609).
John Sigismund of Brandenburg died on 23 December 1619.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Anna Sophia von Brandenburg (born 17 March 1598 Jul.Cal. (27 Mar 1598 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg (born 3 November 1595 Jul.Cal. (13 Nov 1595 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Joachim Sigismund von Brandenburg (born 25 July 1603 Jul.Cal. (4 Aug 1603 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Katharina von Brandenburg (born 28 May 1602 Jul.Cal. (7 June 1602 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Maria Eleonora von Brandenburg (born 11 November 1599 Jul.Cal. (21 Nov 1599 greg.))
- child->parent relationship with Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg (born 27 January 1546 Jul.Cal. (6 Feb 1546 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Anna Katharina von Brandenburg (born 26 June 1575 Jul.Cal. (6 July 1575 greg.))
- sibling relationship with August von Brandenburg (born 16 February 1580 Jul.Cal. (26 Feb 1580 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Christian Wilhelm von Brandenburg (born 28 August 1587 Jul.Cal. (7 Sep 1587 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Johann Georg von Brandenburg-Jägerndorf (born 16 December 1577 Jul.Cal. (26 Dec 1577 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Marie Eleonore von Brandenburg (born 22 March 1607 Jul.Cal. (1 Apr 1607 greg.)). Notes: half-sibling
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes the chronicle of events in "Allgemeine preussische staats-geschichte, samt aller dazu gehörigen königreichs, churfürstenthums, herzogthümer, fürstenthümer, graf- und herrschaften, aus bewährten schriftstellern und urkunden bis auf gegenwärtige regierung," Volumes 3-4, by Karl Friedrich Pauli (C. P. Francken, 1762), p. 413: "Johann Sigismund, geboren zu Halle den 8ten Nov. 1572 um 7 Uhr Nachmittags." [Translation: John Sigismund was born in Halle on the 8th of Nov. 1572 at 7 o'clock after noon.]
Categories
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