Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1571)

Joachim II Hector

Elector of Brandenburg from 1535 to 1571

Joachim II was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535–1571), the sixth member of the House of Hohenzollern. Joachim II was the eldest son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. He received the cognomen…