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John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

1572 - 1619

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg has received more than 234,530 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg is the 1,761st most popular politician (up from 2,041st in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from Germany (up from 577th in 2019) and the 131st most popular German Politician.

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, is most famous for being the first ruler to accept the Protestant Reformation. He was also the ruler of Prussia from 1618-1619.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 1,761 out of 15,577Before him are Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Urraca of León, Bảo Đại, and Agathocles of Syracuse. After him are Dorgon, Carloman of Bavaria, Otto Strasser, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Gordian I, and Louis the Child.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 2Before him is Johann Bayer. After him are John Donne, Cornelis Drebbel, Sigismund Báthory, Ben Jonson, Jane Frances de Chantal, Cyril Lucaris, Izumo no Okuni, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Marie Elisabeth of France. Among people deceased in 1619, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 4Before him are Safiye Sultan, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, and Hans Lippershey. After him are Anne of Denmark, Ludovico Carracci, Lucilio Vanini, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Diane de France, Lawrence of Brindisi, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Shimazu Yoshihiro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 488 out of 6,142Before him are Adam Opel (1837), Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), Conradin (1252), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), and Dieter Bohlen (1954). After him are Otto Strasser (1897), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), Louis the Child (893), Caroline Herschel (1750), and Fanny Mendelssohn (1805).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 131Before him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), and Conradin (1252). After him are Otto Strasser (1897), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Louis the Child (893), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), and Werner von Fritsch (1880).