John II (2 August 1455 – 9 January 1499) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern . After his death he received the cognomen Cicero , after the Roman orator of the same name , but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is debatable.
16-982: John II may refer to: People [ edit ] John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499) John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672) John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302) John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318) John II Komnenos (1087–1143), Byzantine emperor John II of Alençon (1409–1476) John II of Amalfi (died 1069) John II of Aragon and Navarre (1397–1479) John II of Brienne, Count of Eu (died 1302) John II of Castile (1405–1454) John II of Cyprus , King from 1432 until his death in 1458 John II, Count of Dreux (1265–1309) John II of France (1319–1364) John II of Gaeta (died 963) John II, Count of Gorizia (1438–1462) John II of Jerusalem (1259–1285) John II, Count of Ligny (1392–1440) John II, Marquis of Montferrat (1321–1372) John II of Naples (died 919) John II of Portugal (1455–1495), King of Portugal and of
32-553: A co-ruler in the duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig, John the Elder is numbered as John II, continuing counting King John of Denmark as John I, Duke of Holstein and Schleswig. John was the son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his second wife, Sophie of Pomerania . As a possible heir to the throne, he enjoyed a careful education and spent several years at the court of his brother-in-law Albert, Duke of Prussia , in Königsberg . This
48-628: A daughter of Landgrave William III of Thuringia with Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg . Their children were: John succeeded his father as elector in 1486, while the Franconian possessions of the Hohenzollern dynasty passed to his younger brothers Frederick I and Siegmund . He decreed that the Stadtschloss in Berlin , erected at the behest of his uncle Frederick II, should serve as the permanent residence of
64-624: A magnificent Renaissance palace situated east of the city of Haderslev . His territory consisted of the Counties of Haderslev, including Tørning , Tønder , and Løgumkloster , and the islands of Nordstrand and Fehmarn in Schleswig, plus Rendsburg and some smaller communities in Holstein . During his reign, John joined the Reformation and founded several social and educational institutions, notably
80-801: The War of the Succession of Stettin with the Pomeranian dukes, until Frederick resigned in 1470 and was succeeded by John's father, who in 1473 appointed him regent of the Brandenburg lands. After the Pomeranian struggle he also had to deal with the inheritance conflict upon the 1476 death of the Piast duke Henry XI of Głogów , husband of his half-sister Barbara . On 25 August 1476 in Berlin John married Margaret of Wettin ,
96-2005: The Algarves John II of Salerno (died c. 994 ) John II of the Sedre , Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in 631–648 John II of Trebizond (c. 1262–1297) John II of Werle (after 1250–1337) John II Orsini (died 1335), Count of Cephalonia and ruler of Epirus John II Platyn (died 702), Exarch of Ravenna John II Stanley of the Isle of Man (c. 1386–1437) John II (bishop of Jerusalem) ( c. 356–417 ) John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg (c.1309–1357) John II, Count of Blois (died 1381) John II, Count of Holland (1247–1304) John II, Count of Nassau-Beilstein (died 1513) John II of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1423-1472) John II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (died 1443) John II, Count of Nevers (1415–1491) John II, Count of Saarbrücken (before 1325–1381) John II, Count of Ziegenhain (died 1450) John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584–1635) John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341–1397) John II, Duke of Bourbon (1426–1488) John II, Duke of Brabant (1275–1312) John II, Duke of Brittany (1239–1305) John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425–1470) John II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (1370–1416) John II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor (after 1365–1424) John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570–1605) John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev (1521–1580) John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545–1622) John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1382) John IV of Portugal (1603–1656), known as John II, Duke of Braganza before becoming king in 1640 John of Cappadocia (died 520), Patriarch of Constantinople John II, King of Denmark (1455–1513), King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (John II of Sweden) John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1435–1503) John Papa ʻĪʻī , 19th century politician and historian in
112-523: The Brandenburg electors, the beginning of the city's history as a state capital. He also implemented an excise tax on beer in 1488, which sparked several disturbances, mainly in the towns of the Altmark region. In 1490 John was able to purchase the former Lusatian territory around Zossen , acknowledged by the Bohemian king Vladislaus II , and maintained the succession claims of the Hohenzollern dynasty to
128-542: The Duke John Hospital in Haderslev. He introduced many reforms to the legal system and was regarded as a dedicated judge. As one of the first rulers between the seas, he sat down for an active land reclamation and coastal protection program, presumably, he ruled over the most vulnerable stretch of the Schleswig coastline. In 1559, John, his brother Adolf, and King Christian's successor, Frederick II of Denmark , occupied
144-503: The Elder (aka Hans the Elder ) ( German : Johann der Ältere or Hans der Ältere ; Danish : Hans den Ældre ;) (29 June 1521 - 1 October 1580; born and died in Haderslev ) was the only Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev . The predicate the Elder is sometimes used to distinguish him from his nephew, John the Younger , who held Sønderborg from 1564 as a partitioned-off duke . As
160-818: The Kingdom of Hawaii John Sigismund Zápolya or Szapolyai (1540–1571), King of Hungary as John II, and later the first Prince of Transylvania John the Fearless (1371–1419), Duke of Burgundy John, Duke of Randazzo (died 1348) John II Codonatus (ruled in 477), a patriarch of Antioch Pope John II , Pope from 533 until his death in 535 Yohannes II of Ethiopia (died 1769) Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1685–1746) John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1590–1636) John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627–1683) John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (1529–1595) Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1945) Biblical [ edit ] John 2 ,
176-578: The Pomeranian lands held by the House of Griffins . He died in 1499 from pleural effusion at Arneburg Castle and was succeeded by his eldest son Joachim I . John was the first of the Hohenzollern electors to be buried in Brandenburg, first at Lehnin Abbey , later transferred to Berlin Cathedral by order of his grandson Joachim II . John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev John of Denmark or John
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#1732848942873192-415: The independent peasant Republic of Dithmarschen , and divided it among themselves. John died unmarried and childless in 1580. After his death, his territory was divided between his brother Adolf and his nephew Frederick II of Denmark . In contrast to most of the dukes of Schleswig and Holstein, posterity has a very positive view of John the Elder. This holds especially for his capital Haderslev , which
208-435: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_II&oldid=1215490173 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg John Cicero
224-450: The second chapter of the Gospel of John Second Epistle of John or 2 John See also [ edit ] Juan II (disambiguation) Jean II (disambiguation) Johann II (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title John II . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
240-648: Was in Lutheran Ducal Prussia , a Polish fief, modernized into a secular state from the Teutonic State of Prussia since 1525. This successful policy would be seminal for John's understanding of politics and the state, as he also never became a fully sovereign prince. From 1544, John ruled the duchies of Schleswig and of Holstein jointly with his brother, Adolf of Denmark , and his half-brother, King Christian III of Denmark . He ruled from Haderslevhus Castle and later built Hansborg Castle in his hometown,
256-505: Was the eldest son of Elector Albert III Achilles of Brandenburg with his first wife Margaret of Baden . As his father then ruled as Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (from 1457 also as Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach ), he was born at the Hohenzollern residence of Ansbach in Franconia , where he spent his childhood years until in 1466 he received the call to Brandenburg as presumed heir by his uncle Elector Frederick II . He joined him in
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