John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

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John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, was an early 17th-century German prince of the Hohenzollern dynasty whose inheritance of Prussia and other territories significantly expanded and shaped the future Kingdom of Prussia.

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John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
associatedWith Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
birthDate 1572-11-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Halle (Saale) ⓘ
burialPlace Berlin Cathedral ⓘ
conversionYear 1613 ⓘ
convertedTo Calvinism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1619-12-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Berlin ⓘ
dynasticHouse Hohenzollern ⓘ
era early 17th century ⓘ
father Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
governedTerritory County of Mark ⓘ
County of Ravensberg ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
Electorate of Brandenburg ⓘ
heldTitleInPersonalUnion Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia ⓘ
involvedIn Jülich-Cleves succession dispute ⓘ
laterReligion Calvinism ⓘ
mother Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin ⓘ
motherInLaw Marie Eleonore of Cleves ⓘ
name Johann Sigismund ⓘ
linked to: John Sigismund

John Sigismund ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
notableFor laying foundations for the future Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
uniting Brandenburg and Prussia in personal union ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
predecessor Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
predecessorAsDukeOfPrussia Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
reignEnd 1619-12-23 ⓘ
reignStart 1608-01-18 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
spouse Anna of Prussia ⓘ
startOfReignAsDukeOfPrussia 1618 ⓘ
successor George William, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
territorialExpansion inheritance of Cleves ⓘ
inheritance of Mark ⓘ
inheritance of Ravensberg ⓘ
inheritance of Ravensberg and other Jülich-Cleves-Berg lands ⓘ
inheritance of the Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
title Elector of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Margrave of Brandenburg ⓘ

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War of the Jülich Succession → commander → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Duke of Prussia → heldBy → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Margrave of Brandenburg → officeHolder → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
George William, Elector of Brandenburg → father → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
George William, Elector of Brandenburg → predecessor → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Brandenburg-Prussia → hasLeader → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg → father → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Margraviate of Brandenburg → notableRuler → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg → child → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg → successor → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg → successorAsDukeOfPrussia → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia → successor → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia → hadRegent → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
George William, Elector of Brandenburg → father → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
subject linked to: George William
George William, Elector of Brandenburg → predecessor → John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
subject linked to: George William