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Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

1505 - 1571

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Joachim II (German: Joachim II Hector or Hektor; 13 January 1505 – 3 January 1571) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535–1571), the sixth member of the House of Hohenzollern. Joachim II was the eldest son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg has received more than 196,791 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg is the 3,274th most popular politician (down from 3,202nd in 2019), the 887th most popular biography from Germany (up from 889th in 2019) and the 256th most popular German Politician.

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg is most famous for being a member of the House of Hohenzollern and for being the first ruler of the Principality of Brandenburg.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 3,274 out of 15,577Before him are Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Mieszko II Lambert, Henry, Count of Portugal, Rudolph II of Burgundy, Canute V of Denmark, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Zhang Gaoli, Absalon, Jean Casimir-Perier, Frederick I of Württemberg, and Wied, Prince of Albania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 4Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Mary of Hungary, and Andrea Amati. After him are Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Michel de l'Hôpital, Christine of Saxony, Mikołaj Rej, Christoph Amberger, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Nikolaus Federmann, and Juan de Valdés. Among people deceased in 1571, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 4Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, John Sigismund Zápolya, and Niccolò dell'Abbate. After him are Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mōri Motonari, Titu Cusi, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Marfa Sobakina, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 887 out of 6,142Before him are Ivan Rebroff (1931), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Marie d'Agoult (1805), and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800). After him are Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frei Otto (1925), and Gottlob Berger (1896).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 256Before him are Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Zwentibold (870), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800). After him are Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Gottlob Berger (1896), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), and Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370).