John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

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John Cicero
Elector of Brandenburg
Reign	11 March 1486 – 8 January 1499
Predecessor	Albert III Achilles
Successor	Joachim I Nestor
Born	(1455-08-02)2 August 1455 Ansbach
Died	9 January 1499(1499-01-09) (aged 43) Arneburg Castle
Spouse	Margaret of Thuringia ​ ​ (m. 1476)​
Issue	Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg and Mainz Anna of Brandenburg Ursula, Duchess of Mecklenburg
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Margaret of Baden

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.^[1]