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John Sigismund (German: Johann Sigismund; 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna , the eldest daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia who died without sons.
John Sigismund (born Nov. 8, 1572—died Jan. 2, 1620) was the elector of Brandenburg from 1608, who united his domain with that of Prussia. His marriage in 1594 to Anna, the daughter of Albert Frederick of Prussia, made him heir to the title of that duchy, and he became duke of Prussia in 1618.
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Following Jobst's death, Sigismund regained control of Brandenburg and was elected undisputed King of Germany. House of Hohenzollern [ edit ] Partitions of Brandenburg under Hohenzollern rule [ edit ]
"John Sigismund (German: Johann Sigismund; 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna, the eldest daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia who died without sons.
John Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna, the eldest daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia who died without sons.
His eldest niece, Anna, Duchess of Prussia, was the wife of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, who promptly claimed the inheritance and sent troops to take hold of some of John William's holdings in the Rhineland.
More than a century ago Johann Gustav Droysen described John Sigismund's conversion as an epoch-making event that infused a new, more ambitious spirit into Brandenburg-Prussian politics. John Sigis? mund turned Reformed to further his dynastic interests in the Rhineland. where he needed the support ofthe Dutch. By converting to Calvinism.
