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Personal data Joachim Friedrich von BRANDENBURG 


Household of Joachim Friedrich von BRANDENBURG

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Eleanor von PREUSSEN) is 37 years younger.

(1) He is married to Eleanor von PREUSSEN.

They got married on November 2, 1603 at Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, he was 57 years old.


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  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • (2) He is married to Catherine von BRANDENBURG-KUSTRIN.

    They got married on January 8, 1570 at Küstrin, Lubusz Voivodeship, Gorzów, Poland, he was 23 years old.


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    • The couple has common ancestors.

      • Notes about Joachim Friedrich von BRANDENBURG

      Joachim Frederick (German: Joachim Friedrich) (27 January 1546 - 18 July 1608), of the House of Hohenzollern, was Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1598 until his death.

      Joachim Frederick was born in Cölln to John George, Elector of Brandenburg, and Sophie of Legnica. He served as administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg from 1566 to 1598, then succeeded his father as Elector of Brandenburg in 1598.

      Joachim Frederick was succeeded at his death by his son John Sigismund. Joachim Frederick's first marriage on 7 March 1570 was to Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, daughter of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Joachim Frederick's second marriage, on 23 October 1603, was to Eleanor of Prussia, born 12 August 1583, daughter of Albert Frederick and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. He became regent of the Duchy of Prussia in 1605. His titles also included "duke (Dux) of Stettin, Pomerania, Cassubia, Vandalorum and Crossen", according to the terms of the Treaty of Grimnitz, although the Pomeranian titles were only nominal.

      Joachim Frederick and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin had these children:
      John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (8 November 1572 - 23 December 1619)
      Anne Catherine (26 June 1575 - 29 March 1612), married King Christian IV of Denmark
      Girl [1576]
      John George, Duke of Jägerndorf (16 December 1577 - 2 March 1624) married Eva Christina of Württemberg (1590 - 1657), daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg and Sibylla of Anhalt. Elected Bishop of Strasbourg 1592; resigned 1604. Herrenmeister (Grand Master) of the Order of Saint John from 1616 until his death.
      August Frederick (16 February 1580 - 23 April 1601)
      Albert Frederick (29 April 1582 - 3 December 1600)
      Joachim (13 April 1583 - 10 June 1600)
      Ernest (13 April 1583 - 18 September 1613)
      Barbara Sophie (16 November 1584 - 13 February 1636), married John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg
      Girl [1585/6]
      Christian William (28 August 1587 - 1 January 1665)

      Joachim Frederick and Eleanor of Prussia had only one child:
      Marie Eleonore (22 March 1607 - 18 February 1675), married Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern
      SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Frederick,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

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Birthday January 27, 1546

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1546: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Day of marriage January 8, 1570

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1570: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
    • May 20 » Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
    • September 10 » Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
    • November 1 » The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.

Day of death July 18, 1608

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1608: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
    • January 17 » Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
    • April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
    • May 14 » The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
    • August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
    • September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.


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