Frederick IX, Margrave of Brandenburg

Frederick of Brandenburg ( born March 22, 1588 Coelln, † May 19 1611 in Sonnenburg ) was as Frederick IX. Margrave of Brandenburg.

Life

Friedrich, from the house of Hohenzollern, was a son of the Elector of Brandenburg, Johann Georg (1525-1598) from his third wife, Elizabeth (1563-1607), daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt. Frederick was educated in Frankfurt and Tübingen and made ​​an extensive grand tour through Europe.

He was first in 1604 and finally in 1610 coadjutor Lord Master of the Order of St. John in the Brandenburg Bailiwick Sonnenburg. He died at the age of 23 and was buried in the parish church of Kuestrin.

His motto was Justus ut palma floredit ( The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree ).