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Joachim I Nestor was an Elector of Brandenburg from 1499 to 1535. He was the fifth member of the House of Hohenzollern and had good administration skills. Joachim was interested in the political situations of the Scandinavian kingdoms and hoped to be elected Emperor himself. He received an excellent education and married Elizabeth of Denmark, with whom he had five children. He was known as ...
Jan 8, 2023 · Joachim I. (Nestor), Elector of Brandenburg, was born February 21, 1484 in Cölln an der Spree (today's Berlin). He was the son of Johann von Brandenburg and Margarete von Sachsen. He died on July 11, 1535 in Stendal. In 1502 Joachim married Elisabeth of Denmark, daughter of Hans, King of Denmark, and Christina von Sachsen. They had 5 children:
Signature. 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.
When Joachim II Hector von Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was born on 13 January 1505, in Cölln, Rockenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Joachim I Nestor von Brandenburg , House of Hohenzollern, was 20 and his mother, Elisabeth van Oldenburg, Electress Consort of Brandenburg, Princess of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, was 19.
Joachim II was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535–1571), the sixth member of the House of Hohenzollern. Joachim II was the eldest son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. He received the cognomen Hector after the Trojan prince and warrior for his athel qualities and prowess.
Joachim II was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535–1571), the sixth member of the House of Hohenzollern. Joachim II was the eldest son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. He received the cognomen Hector after the Trojan prince and warrior for his athel qualities and prowess.
Engraving of a medal of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg. Obverse; a portrait of the Elector, bust length in profile, with crown, ermine robes, and sceptre, and with coat of arms on the reverse. A plate from Johann Jakob Spießs Brandenburgische historische Münzbelustigungen in welchen seltene Schaustücke, Dukaten, Thaler (1768).
