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JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 445 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)  , See also:margrave of See also:Brandenburg-See also:Custrin, was the younger son of See also:Joachim I., elector of Brandenburg, and was See also:born at See also:Tangermunde on the 3rd of See also:August 1513 . In spite of the dispositio Achillea which decreed the indivisibility of the electorate, See also:John inherited the new See also:mark of Brandenburg on his See also:father's See also:death in See also:July 1535 . He had been brought up as a strict See also:Catholic, but soon wavered in his See also:allegiance, and in 1538 ranged himself definitely on the See also:side of the Reformers . About the same See also:time he joined the See also:league of See also:Schmalkalden; but before the See also:war See also:broke out between the league and the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. the promises of the emperor had won him over to the imperial side . After the conclusion of the war, the relations between John and Charles became somewhat strained . The margrave opposed the See also:Interim, issued from See also:Augsburg in May 1548; and he was the See also:leader of the princes who formed a league for the See also:defence of the Lutheran doctrines in See also:February 1550 . The See also:alliance of these princes, however, with See also:Henry II., See also:king of See also:France, does not appear to have commended itself to him and after some See also:differences of See also:opinion with See also:Maurice, elector of See also:Saxony, he returned to the emperor's side . His remaining years were mainly spent in the new mark, which he ruled care-fully and economically . He added to its extent by the See also:purchase of Beeskow and Storkow, and fortified the towns of Custrin and Peitz . He died at Custrin on the 13th of See also:January 1571 . His wife See also:Catherine was a daughter of Henry II., See also:duke of See also:Brunswick, and as he See also:left no sons the new mark passed on his death to his See also:nephew John See also:George, elector of Brandenburg . See See also:Berg, Beitrage zur Geschichte See also:des Markgrafen Johann von Kastrin (Landsberg, 1903) .

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