Joachim of Brandenburg

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Title page of the print of Martin Nößler's three funeral sermons for Joachim von Brandenburg; the "Stifftkirche" is the old Berlin Cathedral.

Joachim von Brandenburg (born April 13 . Jul / 23. April  1583 greg. In Halle , † June 10 jul. / 20th June  1600 greg. In Dresden ) was Margrave of Brandenburg . He was the son of Elector Joachim Friedrich and Electress Katharina von Brandenburg-Küstrin and twin brother Ernsts von Brandenburg .

He died at the age of 17 in Dresden when he paid a visit to the court there. On June 22nd, Jul. / July 2,  1600 greg. began the solemn transfer from Dresden to Berlin, where he was on July 1st . / July 11th  1600 greg. was buried in the Hohenzollern crypt in the old Berlin Cathedral . In the course of the construction of the Frederician Cathedral , the sarcophagus was moved there with 50 others in 1749.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Friedrich Pauli : Allgemeine Prussische Staats-Geschichte , 3rd volume, Halle 1762, p. 415
  2. ↑ Title page of Martin Nößler's funeral speeches
  3. ↑ Coffin No. 12 in the crypt of today's cathedral ( worldhistory.de )
personal data
SURNAME Joachim of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margrave of Brandenburg
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1583
PLACE OF BIRTH Hall
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1600
Place of death Dresden