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John Sigismund, (born Nov. 8, 1572—died Jan. 2, 1620), 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.

Son of Elector John George. Received Kulmbach. In 1604 moved the capital of the Margraviate to Bayreuth. From 1604 on, Brandenburg-Kulmbach changed its name to Brandenburg-Bayreuth. John Sigismund Johann Sigismund: 8 November 1572: 18 July 1608 – 3 November 1619: 23 December 1619: Electorate of Brandenburg: Anna of Prussia 30 October 1594 ...

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.

Brandenburg, margravate, or mark, then an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northeastern lowlands of Germany; it was the nucleus of the dynastic power on which the kingdom of Prussia was founded. After World War I it was a province of the Land (state) of Prussia in Germany.

Calvinism in 1613 he became the second major German prince, with the Elector elector of the John Palatinate, Sigismund to renounce Lu- of Brandenburg converted to WHEN Calvinism, the Thirty Years' War, and the Beginning of Absolutism in Brandenburg: The Political Thought of John Bergius BODO NISCHAN to WHEN

Sigismund claimed these rights for himself and designated Frederick to represent him as elector of Brandenburg in the imperial election of 20 September 1410. While Sigismund won this initial vote, Jobst of Moravia won the support of a majority of electors in an election in October 1410 and himself claimed the imperial throne.

ly, therefore, John Sigismund early had developed an aversion to or-thodox Lutheranism. His reservations became outright doubts a few years later when he visited the court of the Palatinate Elector Freder-ick IV. At Heidelberg he befriended the elector's family, especially his wife Louise, a daughter of William of Orange, and listened to Freder-

Nov 8, 1572 - Dec 23, 1619 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...