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Spouse(s)
  
Anna of Hohnstein

Name
  
Joachim Zollern

Buried
  
Berlin Cathedral


Mother
  
Anna of Baden-Durlach

Died
  
July 7, 1587, Colln

Father
  
Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

Born
  
21 June 1554 Sigmaringen (
1554-06-21
)

Parents
  
Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

Place of burial
  
Berlin Cathedral, Berlin, Germany

Grandparents
  
Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern

Great-grandparents
  
Magdalena of Brandenburg, Countess of Hohenzollern, Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern

People also search for
  
Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

Noble family
  
House of Hohenzollern

Joachim von Hohenzollern (21 June 1554 in Sigmaringen – 7 July 1587 in Cölln) was a titular Count of Hohenzollern.

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Life

Joachim was the 4th surviving son of Count Karl I of Hohenzollern (1516–1576) from his marriage to Anna (1512–1579), the daughter of Ernst, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

As the younger son, he was destined for a career in the clergy, typically as a canon. In order to avoid this, Joachim converted to the Lutheran faith. He was the only member of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern to do so. He broke away from the Catholic relatives and moved the Protestant court of the Elector of Brandenburg in Berlin.

Joachim died on 7 July 1587 and was buried in Berlin Cathedral.

Marriage and issue

On 6 July 1578 in Lohra, he married Anna (d. 1620), the daughter of Count Volkmar Wolf of Hohnstein. They had one son:

  • Johann Georg (1580–1622), Count of Hohenzollern, Lord of Königsberg-Kynau, married:
    1. in 1606 to Baroness Elonore of Promnitz (1576–1611)
    2. in 1613 to baroness Katharina Berka of Duba and Leipa (d. 1633)
  • References

    Joachim of Zollern Wikipedia