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Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg 1525–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 September 1525

Birth Location: Berlin, Germany

Death Date: 18 January 1598

Death Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Father: Joachim Brandenburg

Mother: Magdalene Sachsen

Spouse(s): Henriette Legnica, Elisabeth Anhalt-Zerbst, Margarete SCHÖNBURG-GLAUCHAU

Children(s): Joachim Brandenburg

Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg was born in 1525 in Berlin, Germany, the child of Joachim Ii Von Brandenburg And Magdalene Von Sachsen. Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg married Elisabeth Von Anhalt Zerbst, Henriette Sophie Sofie Princess Of Silesia Lignitz Breig Wilhelmina Imgrund Of Legnica, Margarete Von Schonburg Glauchau, and had children including Joachim Friedrich Von Brandenburg. Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg passed away in 1598 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Biography

  • Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg was born in 1525 in Berlin, Germany, the child of Joachim Ii Von Brandenburg And Magdalene Von Sachsen.
  • Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg married Elisabeth Von Anhalt Zerbst, Henriette Sophie Sofie Princess Of Silesia Lignitz Breig Wilhelmina Imgrund Of Legnica, Margarete Von Schonburg Glauchau, and had children including Joachim Friedrich Von Brandenburg.
  • Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg passed away in 1598 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Johan Brandenburg's Ancestors

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Johan Brandenburg
1525–1598
Birth Place: Berlin, Germany
Parents
Joachim II von Brandenburg
1505–1571
Brandenburg, Germany
Magdalene (von) Sachsen
1507–1534
Dresden, Direktionsbezirk Dresden, Sachsen, Allemagne
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Johan Brandenburg's Descendants

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Johan (Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van) Brandenburg (11 September 1525–18 January 1598) m. Henriette (Sophie Sofie Princess of Silesia Lignitz Breig Wilhelmina Imgrund of) Legnica (1 January 1525–6 February 1546) m. Elisabeth (von) Anhalt-Zerbst (15 September 1563–8 November 1607) m. Margarete (von) SCHÖNBURG-GLAUCHAU (1554–1606)
  1. 1. Joachim (Friedrich von) Brandenburg 1546–1608 m. Katharina (von) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1549–1602
    1. 1. Johan (Sigismund Von Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1572–1619 m. Anna (Von Brandenburg) Preussen 1576–1649 m. Anna (van) Pruisen 1576–1625
      1. 1. Georg (Wilhelm van) BRANDENBURG 1595–1640 m. Elisabeth (Charlotte Von Der) Pfalz 1597–1660
        1. 1. Friedrich (Wilhelm van) Brandenburg 1620–1688 m. Dorothea (Sophia van) Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1636–1689
        2. 2. Frederick (Wilhelm the great Elector) Hohenzollern 1620–1688 m. Louise (Henriëtte Prinses van) Oranje-Nassau 1627–1667 m. Dorothea (Sophia van) Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1636–1689 m. Luise (Henriette Von) Nassau 1627–1667
        3. 3. Louise (Charlotte Van) Brandenburg 1617–1676 m. Jakob Kettler 1610–1682
        4. 4. Louise (Charlotta von) Brandenburg 1617–1676 m. Jakob Kettler 1610–1682
      2. 2. Maria (Eleonora van) Brandenburg 1599–1655 m. Gustaaf (Adolf II Vasa Koning van Zweden Hertog van) Södermanland 1594–1632
        1. 1. Christine (Auguste Vasa Prinses van) Zweden 1623–1624
        2. 2. Christine (Maria Alexandra Vasa Koningin van Zweden Grootvorstin van Finland Hertogin van Estland Vrouwe van Ingrië en) Karelië 1626–1689

Johan Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1525
11 September 1525
Birth of Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg in Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
1598
18 January 1598
Age 73
Death of Johan Georg van Hohenzollern Keurvorst van Brandenburg in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 September 1525
    Event Place: Berlin, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 January 1598
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

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