John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 1525-1598

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On 11th September 1525 John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg was born to Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 20].

On 15th February 1545 John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 19] and Princess Sophie of Legnica [aged 20] were married.

On 27th January 1546 [his son] Joachim Frederick Hohenzollern was born to John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 20] and [his wife] Princess Sophie of Legnica [aged 21].

On 6th February 1546 [his wife] Princess Sophie of Legnica [aged 21] died.

On 12th February 1548 John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 22] and Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach [aged 18] were married. They were second cousin once removed.

1564. Lucas Cranach "The Elder". Portrait of John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 38].

On 6th June 1568 [his daughter] Sophie of Brandenburg was born to John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 42] and [his wife] Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach [aged 39]. She married 25th April 1582 her third cousin Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony, son of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony and Anna Oldenburg, and had issue.

On 3rd January 1571 [his father] Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 65] died.

On 2nd November 1575 [his wife] Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach [aged 46] died.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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On 6th October 1577 John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 52] and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst [aged 14] were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

On 25th April 1582 [his son-in-law] Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony [aged 21] and [his daughter] Sophie of Brandenburg [aged 13] were married. He the son of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 55] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 49]. They were third cousins.

On 22nd June 1583 [his son] Joachim Ernst Hohenzollern was born to John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 57] and [his wife] Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst [aged 19].

On 8th January 1598 John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg [aged 72] died.

On 8th November 1607 [his former wife] Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst [aged 44] died.

Royal Ancestors of John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 1525-1598

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Royal Descendants of John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 1525-1598
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

John George Elector Saxony [1]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Frederick I King Sweden [2]

Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England [1]

William Elector of Hesse [2]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [2]

King Christian IX of Denmark [2]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [3]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [2]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [4]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [2]

Constantine I King Greece [1]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [1]

Carl XVI King Sweden [2]

Ancestors of John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 1525-1598

Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 7 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 2 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria 15 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 8 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress

father: Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 8 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France