Sigismund of Brandenburg

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Sigismund von Brandenburg (born December 11, 1538 in Berlin , † September 13, 1566 on the Moritzburg in Halle (Saale) ) was Archbishop of Magdeburg and Bishop of Halberstadt .

Life

Sigismund was a son of the Brandenburg Elector Joachim II (1505–1571) from his second marriage to Hedwig (1513–1572), daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland . In addition to his name, he is said to have a great resemblance to his grandfather.

Sigismund followed his older brother Friedrich in 1552 as Archbishop of Magdeburg and Bishop of Halberstadt. Because he was only 13 years old, he was initially postulated (October 26, 1552) because he could not be elected. Until he actually took office, Count Johann Georg von Mansfeld was appointed governor by the cathedral chapter, who worked until 1557. Already on January 23, 1554 was the meanwhile of Pope Julius III. confirmed young archbishop of the estates in Halle.

On the occasion of the homage, the archbishop had two different commemorative coins minted, which are extremely rare today. They show the archbishop in secular costume, but explicitly designate him as archbishop (archiepiscopus).

As a Protestant, Sigismund was also the administrator of Magdeburg and remained unmarried. In 1567 the remaining cathedral chapter converted to the Protestant faith.

In 1555 Sigismund issued rules of procedure, three years later Emperor Ferdinand I granted the Archbishop the Privilegium de non appellando . In the years 1552/53 Sigismund had the Petershof built as a new residence in Halberstadt .

His death at the age of 28 prevented a serious candidacy for the Polish throne and the introduction of the Reformation in his entire archbishopric. Sigismund was the last Archbishop of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg to be confirmed by the Pope.

literature

  • Friedrich W. Hoffmann: History of the City of Magdeburg , Baensch, 1847, p. 316 ff.
  • Karl Janicke:  Sigmund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, pp. 294-297.
  • Karl Friedrich Pauli: General Prussian State History , CP Francken, 1762, p. 194

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the German courts since the Reformation , Volume 41, Hoffmann and Campe, 1860, p. 94
  2. ↑ Jürgen M. Pietsch, Giselher Quast: Der Magdeburg Cathedral , Edition Akanthus, 2005, p. 21
  3. ^ Andreas Tacke: Continuity and caesura: Ernst von Wettin and Albrecht von Brandenburg , Wallstein Verlag, 2005, p. 168
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich IV./III. of Brandenburg Archbishop of Magdeburg
1552–1566 		Joachim Friedrich of Brandenburg
Friedrich IV./III. of Brandenburg Prince-Bishop of Halberstadt
1552–1566 		Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
personal data
SURNAME Sigismund of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Magdeburg and Bishop of Halberstadt
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1538
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1566
Place of death Moritzburg , Halle (Saale)