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Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg 1455–1498 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Aug 1455

Birth Location: Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Death Date: 9 Jan 1498

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

Father: Albrecht Brandenburg

Mother: Princess Saxony

Spouse(s): Margaretha Saxony

Children(s): Joachim Brandenburg, Anna Markgräfin, Ursula Brandenburg

In 1455, Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany, born to Albrecht Iii Albert Achilles Elector Of Brandenburg And Princess Anne Of Saxony. Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg married Margaretha Wettin Of Saxony, and had children including Anna Von Brandenburg Markgrafin, Joachim I Nestor Of Hohenzollern Elector Of Brandenburg, Ursula Of Brandenburg. Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1498 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1455, Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg entered the world in Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany, born to Albrecht Iii Albert Achilles Elector Of Brandenburg And Princess Anne Of Saxony.
  • Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg married Margaretha Wettin Of Saxony, and had children including Anna Von Brandenburg Markgrafin, Joachim I Nestor Of Hohenzollern Elector Of Brandenburg, Ursula Of Brandenburg.
  • Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg passed away in 1498 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Albrecht Brandenburg
1414–1486
Birth Location: Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Princess Saxony
1437–1512
Birth Location: Dresden, Dresden, Saxony
PS

Spouses(s)

Margaretha Saxony
1449–1501
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
MS

Children(s)

Joachim Brandenburg
1484–1535
Birth Location: Berlin, , Brandenburg, Germany
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Anna Markgräfin
1487–1514
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
AM
Ursula Brandenburg
1488–1510
Birth Location: Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
UB

Johann Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Johann Brandenburg
1455–1498
Birth Place: Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Parents
Albrecht III (Albert) Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg
1414–1486
Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Princess (Anne of) Saxony
1437–1512
Dresden, Dresden, Saxony
Grandparents
Friedrich (of Nuremberg, Elector of Brandenburg) I
1372–1440
, Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria
Elisabeth (von) Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Landshut, Stadt Landshut, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Nurnberg
1333–1398
Elisabeth Nuremberg
1329–1375
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Nürnberg
1309–1357
Elisabeth Henneberg
1318–1377
Friedrich of
1310–1349
Mechthild Bavaria
1313–1346

Johann Brandenburg's Descendants

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Johann (Cicero, Elector of) Brandenburg (2 Aug 1455–9 Jan 1498) m. Margaretha (Wettin of) Saxony (1 January 1449–13 Jul 1501)
  1. 1. Joachim (I Nestor of Hohenzollern, Elector of) Brandenburg 1484–1535 m. Princess (Elisabeth of Denmark, Electress of) Brandenburg 1485–1555
    1. 1. Anna (Hohenzollern, Prinzessin von Brandenburg &) Mecklenburg 1507–1567 m. Albrecht (VII "the Handsome" von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1488–1547
      1. 1. Christoph (van) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1537–1592 m. Dorothea Oldenburg 1527–1591 m. Elizabeth (Vasa of Mecklenburg of) Sweden 1549–1597
        1. 1. Sophie (von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631 m. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588
        2. 2. Albert (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1556–1561
        3. 3. Margaretha (Elisabeth van Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess) of 1584–1616 m. John (Albert II Mecklenburg) Schwerin 1590–1636
      2. 2. Johann (Albert I Duke of Mecklenburg-GÜstrow,) Protestant 1525–1576 m. Anna (Sofie Hohenzollern, Princess of) Prussia 1527–1591
        1. 1. Johann (VII von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1558–1592 m. Sophie (von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf,) Princess 1569–1634
      3. 3. Georg (Hohenzollern von) Mecklenburg-SCHWERIN 1529–1552
      4. 4. Karl ((Charles) von Mecklenburg-Schwerin,) Regent 1540–1610
      5. 5. Sofie (zu) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1538–1538
      6. 6. Louis (von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1529–1587
      7. 7. Ulrich (III Hohenzollern of) Mecklenburg 1527–1603
      8. 8. Ulrich (III Mecklenburg Schwerin) Güstrow 1527–1603
    2. 2. Joachim (II Hector Hohenzollern, Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571 m. Hedwig (Jagiellon, Princess of Poland, Electress consort of) Brandenburg 1513–1573 m. Magdalena (Wettin of Saxony, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg, Margravine of) Brandenburg 1507–1534
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Magdalena Brandenburg, Princess) of 1537–1595
      2. 2. Sigismund (of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern), Archbishop of Magdeburg & Bishop of) Halberstadt 1538–1566
      3. 3. Hedwig (of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern), Duchess of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1540–1602 m. Julius (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1528–1589
      4. 4. Johann ((John) George, Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, a staunch Lutheran opposed to the rise of) Calvinism 1525–1598 m. Sofie (Piast of) Liegnitz 1526–1546 m. Sabine (Markgrafin von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1575 m. Elisabeth (von) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607
        1. 1. Joachim (III Friedrich, House of Hohenzollern, Kurfurst von Brandenburg,) Lutheran 1546–1608 m. Eleanor (of Prussia (Preußen) von) Brandenburg 1583–1607 m. Catherine (of) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1549–1602
        2. 2. Joachim (Ernst Markgraf von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1583–1625
        3. 3. Magdalen (von Hohenzollern, von) Brandenburg 1582–1616 m. Ludwig (V von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1577–1626
        4. 4. Anna (Marie Prinzessin von) Brandenburg 1567–1618
        5. 5. Magdalena (Von) Brandenburg 1582–1616
        6. 6. Sophie (Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Electress of) Saxony 1568–1622 m. Christian (I of Saxony, Elector of) Saxony 1560–1591 m. Barnim (X Griffins, Duke of Pomerania, no) issue 1549–1603
        7. 7. Christian (Markgraf von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1581–1655 m. Marie (de Hohenzollern, Duchess of Prussia, Magravine von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1579–1649
        8. 8. Anna (Maria, Princess of) Brandenburg 1567–1618
        9. 9. Erdmuthe, (Princess of) Brandenburg 1561–1623
      5. 5. Friedrich (of Brandenburg, Archbishop of) Magdeburg 1530–1552
      6. 6. Princess (Barbara Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Brieg 1527–1595 m. Georg (II "the Pious" Schlesien-Piast, Duke of) Brieg 1523–1586
        1. 1. Joachim (Frederick of Brieg, Duke of Olawa–Wołów, Brieg and) Legnica 1550–1602
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Magdalena of Brieg, Duchess of) Munsterberg-Oels 1562–1630
        3. 3. Barbara (of) Brieg 1548–1565
        4. 4. John (George of Brieg, Duke of Ohlau & Wohlau) Wolow 1552–1592 m. Anna (Wurttemberg, Princess) of 1561–1616
        5. 5. Sophie (of) Brieg 1556–1594
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen 1510–1558
    4. 4. Johann (Fürst von Brandenburg-Küstrin) Hohenzollern 1513–1571
    5. 5. Johann, (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Kustrin 1513–1571 m. Katharina (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1518–1574
      1. 1. Elisabeth (von) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1540–1579
  2. 2. Anna (von Brandenburg,) Markgräfin 1487–1514
  3. 3. Ursula (of) Brandenburg 1488–1510

Johann Brandenburg's Timeline

4 Records

1455
2 August 1455
Birth of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg in Ansbach Castle, Bayern, Germany
Ansbach Castle, Bayern, Germany
1455
2 Aug 1455
Birth of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg in Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
1498
9 Jan 1498
Age 43
Death of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg in Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
1499
9 January 1499
Age 44
Death of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg in Arneburg, Brandenburg, Germany
Arneburg, Brandenburg, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 August 1455
    Event Place: Ansbach Castle, Bayern, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Aug 1455
    Event Place: Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 January 1499
    Event Place: Arneburg, Brandenburg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jan 1498
    Event Place: Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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