Joachim of Zollern

Titular Count of Hohenzollern
The basics

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IntroTitular Count of Hohenzollern
wasCount
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth21 June 1554, Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg
Death7 July 1587 (aged 33 years)
Star signCancer
Family
Father:Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern
Siblings:Christopher Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch Eitel Frederick IV Count of Hohenzollern Charles II Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
The details

Biography

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

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)
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