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16. Johann Sigismund VON BRANDENBURG (+)3 was born on 8 November 1572 in Halle, Sachsen (Saxony) Province, Margraviate of Brandenburg.3 He died on 2 January 1620 at the age of 47 in Berlin, Brandenburg Province, Margraviate of Brandenburg.3 Life Sketch: "Johann Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He also served as a Duke of Prussia. He succeeded his father as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1608. He gave the Reichshof Castrop to his teacher and educator Carl Friedrich von Bordelius. John Sigismund received the territories of Cleves, Mark, and Ravensberg in the Treaty of Xanten in 1614. He succeeded his father-in-law Albert Friedrich as Duke of Prussia in 1618, but died the following year." He was buried in Berlin, Brandenburg Province, Margraviate of Brandenburg.3 in the Berliner Dom. Johann Sigismund VON BRANDENBURG (+) and Anna HOHENZOLLERN Duchess of Prussia and Electress Consort of Bran (+) were married.3 Anna HOHENZOLLERN Duchess of Prussia and Electress Consort of Bran (+)3 was born on 3 July 1576 in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Urban Okrug, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.3 She died on 30 August 1625 at the age of 49 in Berlin, Brandenburg Province, Margraviate of Brandenburg.3 She was buried in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Urban Okrug, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.3 in the Konigsberg Cathedral. Johann Sigismund VON BRANDENBURG (+) and Anna HOHENZOLLERN Duchess of Prussia and Electress Consort of Bran (+) had the following children: |