Joachim II Hektor

Joachim II Hektor (born January 13, 1505, Kölln an der Spree, Brandenburg—died January 3, 1571, Jagdschloss Köpenick, Brandenburg) was the elector of Brandenburg who, while supporting the Holy Roman emperor, tolerated the Reformation in his lands and resisted imperial efforts at re-Catholicization. The elder son of Joachim I, Joachim II was given the Old (Altmark) and Middle Marks of Brandenburg on his father’s death in 1535. Although he remained a Catholic, he sympathized with the...