John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

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John Cicero (German: Johann Cicero; 2 August 1455 – 9 January 1499) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1486-1499). After his death he received the cognomen Cicero, after the Roman orator Cicero, but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is doubtful.[1]

John Cicero was the son of Albert Achilles and Margaret of Baden, and was of the House of Hohenzollern. He was born in Ansbach in Franconia and died at Castle Arneburg.

[edit] Family and children

On 25 August 1476 in Berlin he married Margaret of Thuringia, daughter of William III and Anne of Luxembourg. John Cicero's children were:

  1. Wolfgang, born and died 1482.
  2. Joachim Nestor (21 February 1484–11 July 1535), Elector of Brandenburg.
  3. Elisabeth, born and died 1486.
  4. Albert (1490, Berlin–24 September 1545, Mainz), Cardinal since 1518, Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513-14, Archbishop of Mainz in 1514-45.
  5. Anna (27 August 1487, Berlin–3 May 1514, Kiel), married 10 April 1502 to King Frederick I of Denmark.
  6. Ursula (17 October 1488–18 September 1510, Güstrow), married 16 February 1507 to Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Herbert Eulenberg. The Hohenzollerns. Translated by M.M. Bozman. The Century Co. New York, 1929.
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
Born: 2 August 1455 Died: 9 January 1499
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Albert III Achilles		 Elector of Brandenburg
1486 – 1499		 Succeeded by
Joachim I Nestor