John of Hohenzollern (German: Johann von Brandenburg, "der Alchimist") (1406 – 16 November 1464 , Baiersdorf) was an Elector of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. Events Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Events February - Christian I of Denmark and Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. ... The Margrave of Brandenburg was one of the seven Electors of the Holy Roman Empire created by the Golden Bull of 1356. ... Aerial view of the castle, Hohenzollern, Germany. ...

He was the elder son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut. Frederick (German: Friedrich) I (1371–1440), Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I from House of Hohenzollern. ...

Family and children

He married in 1415 with Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg (1405-1465), daughter of Duke Rudolf III of Saxe-Wittenberg and had the followin children: Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ...

1. Barbara (1423 – 7 November 1481), married on 12 November 1433 to Ludovico II of Gonzaga.
2. Rudolf, born and died in 1424
3. Elisabeth (1425 – after 13 January 1465), married:
   1. on 27 August 1440 to Duke Joachim of Pomerania;
   2. on 5 March 1454 to Duke Wratislaw X of Pomerania.
4. Dorothea (1431 – 10 November 1495), married:
   1. on 12 September 1445 King Christopher III of Denmark;
   2. on 28 October 1449 to King Christian I of Denmark.

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