Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin

Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin, known as Wise the , also called Hans de Brandebourg-Küstrin , (in German Johann Ier von Brandenburg-Küstrin) also called ( Hans von Brandenburg-Küstrin ), born the August 3rd 1513, deceased the January 13rd 1571.

It was margrave of Brandebourg-Küstrin of 1535 with 1571.

Family

Wire of Joachim Ier Nestor de Brandebourg and of Elisabeth of Denmark.

Marriage and descent

In 1537, Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin married Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel († 1574), (girl of the duke Henri II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel).

Two children were born from this union:

Biography

Before his death, his/her father had written a will in which it expressed his will to distribute the principality of Brandebourg between his sons. Joachim II Hector de Brandebourg accepted the margraviat of Brandebourg, Jean Ier accepted, as for him, the principality of Brandebourg-Küstrin. In 1535, Jean Ier establishes his residence with Custrin, in 1536, it reigned on a principality of a surface of 12.500 km ². Jean Ier developed the town of Küstrin and began the construction of the fortress on banks of the Oder.

With the difference of his older brother, Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin was a very pious man. Equipped with a great energy, it had a great intelligence in the fields of economics and politics. He managed to stabilize his State economically and militarily.

Of Protestant confession, in 1538 it adhered to the Ligue of Smalkade. Because of conflicts of interests, it took part in the war of the League of Smalkade (1546 - 1547). However, Charles Quint granted the religious liberty in its State to him. Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin hoped to acquire the duchy of Poméranie. During the meeting of the Reichstag in Augsburg in 1548, Charles Quint tried to impose the reintegration of the Protestants in the Catholic church, Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin rejected this compromise and refused to take part in the procession of the Corpus Christi.

Of return in its principality of Brandebourg-Küstrin it tried to create an alliance against the Habsbourg, but without success.

In 1556, it renonça with the margraviat of Brandebourg-Kulmbach.

Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin died ten days after his older brother, the January 13rd 1571, it was buried in the crypt under the furnace bridge of the church of Custrin.

Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin left a fortune of more than one half million of guilders, while his/her brother left a debt of 2,5 million guilders.

Genealogy

Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin belongs to the first branch of the Maison of Hohenzollern. This line gave voters to Brandebourg, kings, emperors with the Prussia and the Germany. Jean Ier de Brandebourg-Küstrin has as an ancestor Bouchard Ier, count de Zollern.

Internal bonds

External bonds and sources

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