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John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
1455Aug, 2

John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
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.

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    Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.