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Johann Cicero von 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: Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Father: Albrecht Hohenzollern,

Mother: Anna Wettin-Sachsen,

Spouse(s): Margaretha Wettin

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

The story of Johann Cicero von Brandenburg began in 1455 in Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany. Johann Cicero von Brandenburg married Margaretha Wettin, and had children including Joachim I Nestor of Hohenzollern,, Anna von Brandenburg,, Ursula of Brandenburg. Johann Cicero von Brandenburg passed away in 1498 in Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Johann Cicero von Brandenburg began in 1455 in Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.
  • Johann Cicero von Brandenburg married Margaretha Wettin, and had children including Joachim I Nestor of Hohenzollern,, Anna von Brandenburg,, Ursula of Brandenburg.
  • Johann Cicero von Brandenburg passed away in 1498 in Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Albrecht Hohenzollern,
1414 – 1486
Birth Location: Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Anna Wettin-Sachsen,
1437 – 1512
Birth Location: Dresden, Dresden, Saxony
AW

Spouses(s)

Margaretha Wettin
1449 – 1501
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
MW

Children(s)

Joachim Hohenzollern,
1484 – 1535
Birth Location: Berlin, , Brandenburg, Germany
JH
Anna Brandenburg,
1487 – 1514
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
AB
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 (Albert III) "Achilles" von Hohenzollern,
1414 – 1486
Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Anna (von) Wettin-Sachsen,
1437 – 1512
Dresden, Dresden, Saxony
Grandparents
Friedrich (I von) Brandenburg,
1372 – 1440
, Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria
Elisabeth (von) Bayern-Landshut
1383 – 1442
Landshut, Stadt Landshut, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Hohenzollern,
1333 – 1398
Elisabeth Meißen,
1329 – 1375
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Hohenzollern,
1309 – 1357
Elisabeth Henneberg
1318 – 1377
Friedrich Meißen,
1310 – 1349
Mechthild Bavaria
1313 – 1346

Johann Brandenburg's Descendants

1.
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Johann (Cicero von) Brandenburg (2 Aug 1455 – 9 Jan 1498) m. Margaretha Wettin (1 January 1449 – 13 Jul 1501)
  1. 1. Joachim (I Nestor of) Hohenzollern, (21 Feb 1484 – 11 Jul 1535) m. Princess (Elisabeth of) Denmark, (24 Jun 1485 – 10 Jun 1555)
    1. 1. Joachim (II Hector) Hohenzollern, (9 Jan 1505 – 3 Jan 1571) m. Magdalena (Wettin of) Saxony, (7 Mar 1507 – 28 Jan 1534) m. Hedwig Jagiellon, (15 Mar 1513 – 7 Feb 1573)
      1. 1. Johann ((John) George,) Hohenzollern, (11 Sep 1525 – 18 Aug 1598) m. Sofie (Piast of) Liegnitz (1 Jan 1526 – 6 Feb 1546) m. Sabine (Markgrafin von) Brandenburg-Ansbach (12 May 1529 – 2 NOV 1575) m. Elisabeth (von) Anhalt-Zerbst (25 SEP 1563 – 8 OCT 1607)
        1. 1. Joachim (III Friedrich, House of) Hohenzollern, (27 Jan 1546 – 18 Jul 1608) m. Catherine (of) Brandenburg-Küstrin (10 August 1549 – 30 September 1602) m. Eleanor (of Prussia) (Preußen) (21 August 1583 – 9 April 1607)
        2. 2. Anna (Marie Prinzessin von) Brandenburg (3 February 1567 – 4 November 1618)
        3. 3. Magdalena (Von) Brandenburg (7 January 1582 – 14 May 1616)
        4. 4. Erdmuthe, (Princess of) Brandenburg (26 JUN 1561 – 13 NOV 1623)
        5. 5. Anna (Maria, Princess of) Brandenburg (3 February 1567 – 14 November 1618)
        6. 6. Sophie (Hohenzollern of) Brandenburg, (6 June 1568 – 7 December 1622) m. Barnim (X) Griffins, (15 Feb 1549 – 01 Sep 1603) m. Christian (I of) Saxony, (29 October 1560 – 25 September 1591)
        7. 7. Christian (Brandenburg-Bayreuth (de) Hohenzollern) (30 JAN 1581 – 30 MAY 1655) m. Marie (de) Hohenzollern, (23 Jan 1579 – 11 Feb 1649)
        8. 8. Magdalen (von) Hohenzollern, (7 JAN 1582 – 4 MAY 1616) m. Ludwig (V von) Hessen-Darmstadt (24 Sep 1577 – 17 Jul 1626)
        9. 9. Joachim (Ernst Markgraf von) Brandenburg-Ansbach (22 JUN 1583 – 7 MAR 1625)
      2. 2. Barbara (Hohenzollern of) Brandenburg, (10 Aug 1527 – 2 Jan 1595) m. Georg (II "the Pious") Schlesien-Piast, (18 Jul 1523 – 7 May 1586)
        1. 1. Barbara (of) Brieg (24 Sep 1548 – 29 Sep 1565)
        2. 2. Joachim (Frederick of) Brieg, (29 Sep 1550 – 25 Mar 1602)
        3. 3. John (George of) Brieg, (17 Jun 1552 – 6 Jul 1592) m. Anna Wurttemberg, (12 Jun 1561 – 7 Jul 1616)
        4. 4. Sophie (of) Brieg (19 Nov 1556 – 24 Aug 1594)
        5. 5. Elisabeth (Magdalena of) Brieg, (17 Jan 1562 – 1 Feb 1630)
      3. 3. Friedrich (of) Brandenburg, (12 Dec 1530 – 2 Oct 1552)
      4. 4. Christoph (Heinrich) Brandenburg
      5. 5. Elisabeth (Magdalena) Brandenburg, (6 Sep 1537 – 22 Aug 1595)
      6. 6. Sigismund (of Brandenburg) (Hohenzollern), (2 Dec 1538 – 14 Sep 1566)
      7. 7. Hedwig (of Brandenburg) (Hohenzollern), (2 Mar 1540 – 21 Oct 1602) m. Julius (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (29 Jun 1528 – 3 May 1589)
    2. 2. Anna Hohenzollern, (1 Jan 1507 – 19 Jun 1567) m. Albrecht (VII "the Handsome" von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin (28 Jul 1488 – 7 Jan 1547)
      1. 1. Johann (Albert I Duke of) Mecklenburg-GÜstrow, (23 Dec 1525 – 10 Feb 1576) m. Anna (Sofie) Hohenzollern, (11 Jun 1527 – 6 Feb 1591)
        1. 1. Johann (VII von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin (7 March 1558 – 22 March 1592) m. Sophie (von) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, (1 Jun 1569 – 14 Nov 1634)
      2. 2. Ulrich (III) Hohenzollern (5 March 1527 – 14 March 1603)
      3. 3. Ulrich (III Mecklenburg Schwerin) Güstrow (5 March 1527 – 14 March 1603)
      4. 4. Georg Hohenzollern (22 Feb 1529 – 20 Jul 1552)
      5. 5. Louis (von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin (22 Feb 1529 – 20 Jul 1587)
      6. 6. Christopher Hohenzollern (30 June 1537 – 4 March 1592) m. Dorothea Oldenburg (11 June 1527 – 6 Feb 1591) m. Elizabeth (Vasa of) Mecklenburg (5 April 1549 – 12 Nov 1597)
        1. 1. Albert (Duke of) Mecklenburg (19 Dec 1556 – 2 Mar 1561)
        2. 2. Sophie (von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (4 Sep 1557 – 4 Oct 1631) m. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway (1 Jul 1534 – 4 Apr 1588)
        3. 3. Margaretha (Elisabeth van) Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (11 July 1584 – 16 November 1616) m. John (Albert II Mecklenburg) Schwerin (5 May 1590 – 23 April 1636)
      7. 7. Sofie (zu) Mecklenburg-Schwerin (10 Apr 1538 – 1538)
      8. 8. Karl ((Charles) von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (28 Sep 1540 – 22 Jul 1610)
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Hohenzollern of) Brandenburg, (24 August 1510 – 25 May 1558)
    4. 4. Johann, (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Kustrin (3 Aug 1513 – 13 Jan 1571) m. Katharina (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1518 – 16 May 1574)
      1. 1. Elisabeth (von) Brandenburg-Küstrin (29 Aug 1540 – 8 Mar 1579)
    5. 5. Johann (Fürst von Brandenburg-Küstrin) Hohenzollern (3. August 1513 – 13. Januar 1571)
  2. 2. Anna (von) Brandenburg, (27 Aug 1487 – 3 May 1514)
  3. 3. Ursula (of) Brandenburg (17 Oct 1488 – 18 Sep 1510)

Johann Brandenburg's Timeline

4 Records

1455
2 August 1455
Birth of Johann Cicero von Brandenburg in Ansbach Castle, Bayern, Germany
Ansbach Castle, Bayern, Germany
1455
2 Aug 1455
Birth of Johann Cicero von Brandenburg in Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Ansbach, Ansbacher Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
1498
9 Jan 1498
Age 43
Death of Johann Cicero von Brandenburg in Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Stendaler Landkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
1499
9 January 1499
Age 44
Death of Johann Cicero von 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] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    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] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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