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Biography of Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 1484-1535

Paternal Family Tree: Hohenzollern

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396

Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was appointed Elector Brandenburg.

On 25th August 1476 [his father] John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 21) and [his mother] Margaret of Thuringia (age 27) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 61). They were second cousin twice removed.

On 21st February 1484 Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 28) and Margaret of Thuringia (age 35).

On 9th January 1499 [his father] John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 43) died.

On 13th July 1501 [his mother] Margaret of Thuringia (age 52) died.

On 13th January 1505 [his son] Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg was born to Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 20).

On 1st January 1507 [his daughter] Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg was born to Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 22).

On 17th January 1524 [his son-in-law] Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg (age 37) and [his daughter] Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 39).

On 11th July 1535 Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 51) died.

Royal Ancestors of Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 1484-1535

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 1484-1535

Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Frederick I King Sweden

Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England

Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

William Elector of Hesse

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 1484-1535

Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

GrandFather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Magnus "Pious" Welf II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bogislaw V Duke of Pomerania

Great x 3 Grandfather: Wartislaw Griffins VI Duke Pomerania

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins

Mother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria

Great x 4 Grandmother: Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia

GrandMother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia

Great x 2 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bogislaw V Duke of Pomerania

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hermann II Count of Celje

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry VII Count of Schaunberg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Schaunberg