John George of Brandenburg was a prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg Court miniaturist Johann Georg, Elector of Brandenburg
John George and his second consort, Sabine of Ansbach
Magdalene of Saxony
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Magdalena of Saxony was Margravine of Brandenburg, as well as Electoral Princess of Brandenburg.
John George, Elector of Brandenburg
…1571–1598). Born as a member of the House of Hohenzollern, John George was the eldest son of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg and Princess Magdalena of Saxony. Faced with large debts of 2.5 million guilder accumulated during the reign of his father, John George instituted a grain tax which drove part of the…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1529