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Joachim II Hector (or
Hektor;
13 January 1505 –
3 January 1571) was a
Prince-elector of the
Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535-1571). A member of the
House of Hohenzollern, Joachim II was the son of
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg. He was nicknamed after
Hector of
Greek mythology.
Biography
Joachim II was born in
Cölln. His first marriage was to
Magdalene of
Saxony.
Joachim Nestor had made his sons sign an inheritance contract in which they promised to remain
Roman Catholic; had Joachim Hector not signed this pact, he'd likely have been passed over in the line of inheritance.
After the death of Magdalena in 1534, Joachim Hector married
Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Poland, daughter of
Sigismund I the Old of
Poland-Lithuania, in 1535. As the
Jagiellon dynasty was Catholic, Joachim II promised Sigismund he wouldn't make Hedwig change her religion.
In 1545 Joachim II held a gala double wedding celebration for his two children,
John George and Barbara. They were married to Sophie and George, both children of the
Silesian
Piasta Duke of
Liegnitz, Frederick II.
Long drawn to the
Lutheran faith and always seeking balance between
Protestant and
Roman Catholic factions, Joachim II didn't officially profess the Lutheran Creed until 1555, after the deaths of Joachim Nestor (1535) and Sigismund I (1548).
Joachim II died in
Köpenick.
Ancestors
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