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Johann Georg von Brandenburg

Brief Life History of Johann Georg

When Johann Georg von Brandenburg was born on 11 September 1525, in Spree, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony, Germany, his father, Joachim II Hector von Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, was 20 and his mother, Maria Magdalena Wettin Dutchess von Sachsen, was 18. He married Sofie von Liegnitz on 15 February 1545, in Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 18 January 1598, in his hometown, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Johann Georg von Brandenburg
1525–1598
Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst
1563–1607
Marriage: 1577
Markgraf Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth a.d.H. Hohenzollern
1581–1655
Prinzessin Magdelena von Brandenburg
1582–1616
Joachim Ernst von Hohenzollern Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach
1583–1625
Agnes von Hohenzollern
1584–1629
Friedrich von Hohenzollern
1588–1611
Elisabeth Sofie von Hohenzollern Prinzessin von Hohenzollern
1589–1629
Dorothea Sibylle von Hohenzollern
1590–1625
Georg Albrecht von Hohenzollern Prinz von Hohenzollern
1591–1615
Prinz Seigmund von Hohenzollern
1592–1640
Prinz Johann von Hohenzollern
1598–1637
Maria Eleonora von Hohenzollern
1607–1675

Sources (9)

  • Johann Georg von Brandenburg, "Find A Grave Index"
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  • Johann Georg von Brandenburg, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .

Chinese: variant of Wong .

Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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