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at his court over a mere ten-year period. Because of these and other extravagances, although Joachim I had left the country's finances in satisfactory order, by 1540 Joachim II was over 600,000 thalers in debt, which he attempted to pay off by confiscating church property and raising taxes.
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Joachim not only loved hunting in person, he also spent great sums on live lions, bears, wolves, and other beasts which he made to fight each other. He also maintained no fewer than eleven
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Joachim Nestor, who had co-financed this accumulation of offices, agreed to let Albert recover these costs by the sale of
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With the deaths of his father Joachim Nestor (1535) and father-in-law Sigismund (1548), Joachim turned gradually to the
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that was Lutheran in doctrine, but retained many traditional religious institutions and observances, such as the
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His father, Joachim I Nestor, made Joachim Hector sign an inheritance contract in which he promised to remain
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was Catholic, Joachim II promised Sigismund that he would not make Hedwig change her religious affiliation.
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As a part of the alliance, in 1545 Joachim held a gala double wedding celebration for his two children,
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revealed to the gathered princes (among them Joachim) that the anti-Jewish
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under both kinds, the Bread and the Cup, in St. Nicholas' Church in
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Elisabeth Magdalena (6 November 1537 – 1 September 1595), married
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Albrecht (15 February 1532 – 16 February 1532) died in infancy.
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until 1555, to avoid open confrontation with his ally, Emperor
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in case of the extinction of the Prussian Hohenzollern line.
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Georg (115 February 532 – 15 February 1532) died in infancy.
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People of the Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary (1526–1568)
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Joachim (14 January 1543 – 23 March 1544) died in infancy.
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Paul (4 January 1534 – 4 January 1534) died in infancy.
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Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, painted by
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Magdalena of Saxony, first wife of Joachim II Hector
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of Poland. In 1569, he paid Sigismund for a deed of
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Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg

Lucas Cranach the Younger
Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim I Nestor
John George
Cölln
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Holy Roman Empire
Köpenick Palace
Magdalena of Saxony
Hedwig of Poland
Issue
Detail
John George, Elector of Brandenburg
Barbara, Duchess of Brieg
Friedrich, Archbishop of Magdeburg
Sigismund, Bishop of Magdeburg
Hedwig, Duchess of Brunswick-LĂŒneburg
House
Hohenzollern
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Lutheran
Roman Catholic
Joachim II Hector's signature
German
Prince-elector
Margraviate of Brandenburg
House of Hohenzollern

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