John Sigismund Hohenzollern

John Sigismund (German: Johann Sigismund) (8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) is a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern.

He also serves as a Duke of Prussia.

John Sigismund was born in Halle an der Saale to Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and his first wife Catherine, Princess of Brandenburg-Küstrin.

He succeeds his father as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1608.

He gives the Reichshof Castrop to his teacher and educator Carl Friedrich von Bordelius.

John Sigismund receives the territories of Cleves, Mark, and Ravensberg in the Treaty of Xanten in 1614.

He succeeds his father-in-law Albert Frederick as Duke of Prussia in 1618, but dies the following year.

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