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John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg 1372–1440 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 September 1372

Birth Location: Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren

Death Date: 20 September 1440

Death Location: Landkreis Ansbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Father: Friedrich Nürnberg

Mother: Elisabeth Meissen

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Hohenzollern-Brandenburg

Children(s): Albrecht Brandenburg, Dorothea Oldenburg, Elisabeth Vonbrandenburg, Margaretha Beieren-Ingolstadt, Magdalena Brandenburg, Friedrich Brandenburg-Altmark, Johann Oldenburg, Heinrich\Henry Mecklenburg, Caecilia VanBrandenburg, Adelheid Brandenburg, Johann Hohenzollern-Brandenburg, Sophie Brandenburg, Barbara Brandenburg, Mette Wunsflete, Friedrich Elector, John Hohenzollern

The story of John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg began in 1372 in Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren. John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg married Elisabeth Von Bayern Von Hohenzollern Brandenburg, and had children including Adelheid Of Oldenberg Von Brandenburg, Albrecht Iii Achilles Von Brandenburg, Barbara Von Brandenburg, Barbara Van Brandenburg, Caecilia Vanbrandenburg, Dorothea Von Brandenburg Von Mecklenburg Van Oldenburg, Elisabeth Vonbrandenburg, Friedrich Elector, Friedrich Margrave Brandenburg Altmark, Heinrich Henry Iv The Fat Von Mecklenburg, Johann Christian King Of Norway Amp Denmark Van Oldenburg, Johann Von Hohenzollern Brandenburg, John Hohenzollern, Magdalena Van Brandenburg, Margaretha Vrouwe Van Domitz En Gorlosen Van Brandenburg Van Beieren Ingolstadt, Mette Von Wunsflete, Sophie Brandenburg. John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg passed away in 1440 in Landkreis Ansbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg began in 1372 in Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren.
  • John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg married Elisabeth Von Bayern Von Hohenzollern Brandenburg, and had children including Adelheid Of Oldenberg Von Brandenburg, Albrecht Iii Achilles Von Brandenburg, Barbara Von Brandenburg, Barbara Van Brandenburg, Caecilia Vanbrandenburg, Dorothea Von Brandenburg Von Mecklenburg Van Oldenburg, Elisabeth Vonbrandenburg, Friedrich Elector, Friedrich Margrave Brandenburg Altmark, Heinrich Henry Iv The Fat Von Mecklenburg, Johann Christian King Of Norway Amp Denmark Van Oldenburg, Johann Von Hohenzollern Brandenburg, John Hohenzollern, Magdalena Van Brandenburg, Margaretha Vrouwe Van Domitz En Gorlosen Van Brandenburg Van Beieren Ingolstadt, Mette Von Wunsflete, Sophie Brandenburg.
  • John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg passed away in 1440 in Landkreis Ansbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Friedrich Nürnberg
1333–1398
Birth Location: –
FN
Elisabeth Meissen
1329–1375
Birth Location: –
EM

Spouses(s)

Elisabeth Hohenzollern-Brandenburg
1383–1442
Birth Location: Slot Trausnitz, Landshut, Niederbayern, Beieren
EH

Children(s)

Albrecht Brandenburg
1414–1486
Birth Location: Tangermünde, Deutschland
AB
Dorothea Oldenburg
1420–1491
Birth Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
DO
Elisabeth Vonbrandenburg
1403–1449
Birth Location: , Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
EV
Margaretha Beieren-Ingolstadt
1410–1465
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
MB
Magdalena Brandenburg
1412–1454
Birth Location: –
MB
Friedrich Brandenburg-Altmark
1424–1463
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
FB
Johann Oldenburg
1426–1481
Birth Location: Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
JO
Heinrich\Henry Mecklenburg
1417–1477
Birth Location: Wenden, East Prussia, Germany
HM
Caecilia VanBrandenburg
1407–1449
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
CV
Adelheid Brandenburg
1425–1475
Birth Location: , Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
AB
Johann Hohenzollern-Brandenburg
1372–1464
Birth Location: Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany
JH
Sophie Brandenburg
1416–1417
Birth Location: Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Regierungssitz, Bundeshauptstadt, Germany.
SB
Barbara Brandenburg
1409–1416
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
BB
Mette Wunsflete
1413–1476
Birth Location: –
MW
Friedrich Elector
1413–1471
Birth Location: Tangermunde, Sachsen, Germany
FE
John Hohenzollern
1406–1464
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
JH

John Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
John Brandenburg
1372–1440
Birth Place: Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren
Parents
Friedrich V von Nürnberg
1333–1398
Elisabeth (von) Meissen
1329–1375
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Brandenburg's Descendants

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John (Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van) Brandenburg (21 September 1372–20 September 1440) m. Elisabeth (von Bayern von) Hohenzollern-Brandenburg (1383–13 Nov 1442)
  1. 1. Albrecht (III Achilles von) Brandenburg 1414–1486 m. Anna (Von Sachsen van) Brandenburg 1405–1465 m. Margarete (Zahringen van Baden Baden von) Brandenburg 1431–1457 m. Katherina (\ Catherine of Saxony von Sachsen von) Brandenberg 1421–1476
    1. 1. Frederick (I von) Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach 1460–1536 m. Zofia (Sophia Jagiellon, Princess of Poland and) Lithuania 1464–1512 m. Hedwig (von van) POLEN 1457–1501
      1. 1. Duke Albrecht 1490–1568 m. Anna (Maria Von) Braunschweig-Kalenberg 1532–1568 m. Dorothea Oldenburg 1504–1547
        1. 1. Albrecht (Friedrich of) Prussia 1553–1618 m. Marie (Eleonore von) Jülich-Kleve-Berg 1550–1608
        2. 2. Elisabeth (von) Hohenzollern-Ansbach 1551–1596
        3. 3. Anna (Sophia) Hohenzollern 1527–1591
        4. 4. Katharina (Brandenburg-Ansbach Princess of) Prussia 1528–1528
        5. 5. Friedrich (Albrecht) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1530
        6. 6. Lucia (Dorothea) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1531–1532
        7. 7. Katharine Prussia 1537–1539
        8. 8. Albrecht Hohenzollern 1539–1539
        9. 9. Anna (Sofie Princess of Prussia) Hohenzollern 1527–1591
      2. 2. Sophie (Silesia von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1485–1537
      3. 3. Georg (Pious von Hohenzollern Brandenburg Ansbach) Bayreuth 1484–1543
      4. 4. Johann (Wilhelm von Hohenzollern Brandenburg) Ansbach 1498–1563
      5. 5. Friedrich (Albrech VonBrandenburg Ansbach) Bayreu 1501–1504
      6. 6. Barbe (von Hohenzollern Brandenburg) Ansbach 1495–1552
      7. 7. Kasimir (VON) BRANDENBURG-KULMBACH 1481–1527
      8. 8. Elisabeth (Von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1494–1518
      9. 9. Élisabeth (von Hohenzollern Brandenburg) Ansbach 1480–1480
      10. 10. Friedrich (of Canon of Wurzburg and Salzburg) Hohenzollern 1497–1536
      11. 11. Anna (Duchess of Silesia) Teschen 1487–1538
      12. 12. Barbara (Von) BRrandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach 1488–1490
      13. 13. Jean (Albert) DeHohenzollern –1550
      14. 14. Frederick (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1491–1497
      15. 15. Margarethe (Countess Brandenburg Ansbach von) Hohenzollern 1483–1532
      16. 16. Johan (Albrecht van Hohenzollern Prins-Bisschop van) Halberstadt 1499–1550
      17. 17. Gombert (von Hohenzollern Brandenburg) Ansbach 1503–1528
      18. 18. Willem (van Hohenzollern Archbishop van) Riga 1498–1563
      19. 19. Albrecht (von Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of) Prussia 1490–1568
      20. 20. Barbara (VonBrandenburg Ansbach) Bayreu 1480–1490
      21. 21. Ambrosius Anspach 1495–1600
      22. 22. Erich (I. der Ältere Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg Fürst von Calenberg-Göttingen Prinz von) Welfen 1470–1540
    2. 2. Sibylle (von) Brandenburg 1467–1524
    3. 3. Barbara (von) Brandenburg 1464–1515
    4. 4. Magdalene (von) Brandenburg 1476–1480
    5. 5. Sigmund (von) Brandenburg 1468–1495
    6. 6. Amalia (von) Brandenburg 1461–1481
    7. 7. Anastasia (Margravine of Brandenburg) Hohenzollern 1478–1534
    8. 8. Elisabeth (van) Brandenburg 1474–1507
    9. 9. Dorothea (von) Brandenburg 1471–1520
    10. 10. Johann (Cicero " Elector of Brandenberg" von) Brandenberg 1455–1499
    11. 11. Elisabeth (von) Brandenburg 1451–1524
    12. 12. Albrecht (von) Brandenburg 1470–1470
    13. 13. Anna (Hohenzollern van) Brandenburg 1487–1514
    14. 14. Margaretha (Prinses Van) Brandenburg 1449–1501
    15. 15. Johann (Margrave Of) Brandenburg 1452–1454
    16. 16. Georg ("Margrave Of Bradenburg Ansbach" van) Brandenburg 1472–1476
    17. 17. Fredrik\Wolfgang (Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1450–1450
    18. 18. Dorothea (von Hohenzollern von Brandenburg van) Saksen-Lauenburg 1446–1519
    19. 19. Albert (van) Brandenburg 1466–1466
    20. 20. Anna (van) Brandenburg 1462–1462
    21. 21. Johan Cicero 1445–1499
    22. 22. Erasmus (Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1454–1464
    23. 23. Margaretha (Princess of) Brandenburg 1449–1501
    24. 24. Margaretha (Von) Sachsen-Thüringen 1449–1501
    25. 25. Margaretha (Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1453–1509
    26. 26. Barbara (of) Brandenburg 1453–1515
    27. 27. Prince Friedrich 1457–
    28. 28. Barbara (van Brandenburg-Kulmbach) Gonzaga 1423–1481
    29. 29. Elisabeth (Prinses Van) Brandenburg 1425–1465
    30. 30. Rudolf (van) Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1424–1424
  2. 2. Dorothea (Von Brandenburg von Mecklenburg van) Oldenburg 1420–1491
  3. 3. Elisabeth Vonbrandenburg 1403–1449
  4. 4. Margaretha ("Vrouwe van Domitz en Gorlosen" van Brandenburg van) Beieren-Ingolstadt 1410–1465
  5. 5. Magdalena (van) Brandenburg 1412–1454
  6. 6. Friedrich (Margrave) Brandenburg-Altmark 1424–1463
  7. 7. Johann (Christian "King of Norway & Denmark" van) Oldenburg 1426–1481
  8. 8. Heinrich\Henry (IV "The Fat" von) Mecklenburg 1417–1477
  9. 9. Caecilia VanBrandenburg 1407–1449
  10. 10. Adelheid (of Oldenberg von) Brandenburg 1425–1475
  11. 11. Johann (von) Hohenzollern-Brandenburg 1372–1464
  12. 12. Sophie Brandenburg 1416–1417
  13. 13. Barbara (von) Brandenburg 1409–1416
  14. 14. Mette (von) Wunsflete 1413–1476
  15. 15. Friedrich Elector 1413–1471
  16. 16. John Hohenzollern 1406–1464

John Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1372
21 September 1372
Birth of John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg in Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren
Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren
1440
20 September 1440
Age 68
Death of John Frederik "Elector van Brandenburg" van Hohenzoller Van Brandenburg in Kadolzburg Castl, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany
Kadolzburg Castl, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 September 1372
    Event Place: Neurenberg, Mittelfranken, Beieren
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 September 1440
    Event Place: Kadolzburg Castl, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Landkreis Ansbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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