1572 - 1619
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, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 1,761 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1848 - 1922
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 1,755
1666 - 1732
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 1,756
1562 - 1630
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 1,757
1081 - 1126
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 1,758
1913 - 1997
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 1,759
361 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 1,760
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 1,761
1612 - 1650
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 1,762
830 - 880
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 1,763
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,764
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,765
159 - 238
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,766
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 1,767
Among people born in 1572, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 2. Before 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 4. Before 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.
1572 - 1625
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 1
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 2
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 3
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 4
1572 - 1613
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 5
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 6
1572 - 1641
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 7
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 8
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 9
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 10
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 11
1572 - 1578
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 12
1550 - 1619
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 1
1557 - 1619
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 2
1570 - 1619
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 3
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 4
1574 - 1619
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 5
1555 - 1619
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 6
1585 - 1619
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 7
1547 - 1619
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 8
1538 - 1619
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 9
1559 - 1619
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 10
1533 - 1619
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
1535 - 1619
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 488 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 482
1792 - 1873
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 483
1252 - 1268
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 484
1732 - 1795
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 485
1515 - 1586
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 486
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 487
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 488
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 489
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 490
1667 - 1740
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 491
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 492
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 493
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 494
Among politicians born in Germany, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ranks 131. Before 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).
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 125
1174 - 1243
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 126
1876 - 1965
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 127
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 128
1892 - 1980
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 129
1252 - 1268
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 130
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 131
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 132
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 133
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 134
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 135
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 136
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 137