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margrave of Brandenburg
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Born:
Aug. 3, 1513, Tangermünde, Brandenburg
Died:
Jan. 13, 1571, Küstrin, Neumark, Brandenburg (aged 57)
House / Dynasty:
Hohenzollern dynasty
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John (born Aug. 3, 1513, Tangermünde, Brandenburg—died Jan. 13, 1571, Küstrin, Neumark, Brandenburg) was the margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin and a German Protestant ruler who remained loyal to the Catholic Habsburg emperors; he fought against his fellow Protestant princes and was conspicuously successful in the government of his territories. John was the younger son of Joachim I, elector of Brandenburg, who divided his territory between his two sons. John inherited the eastern lands, the so-called Neumark, while his brother, Joachim II, received the larger, older territories (1535). Although brought up as a strict Roman Catholic, John became a strict Protestant and ...(100 of 223 words)

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