John III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, nicknamed ''John from Prague'' (1244 in
Prague – 1268) was the eldest son of Margrave
Otto III
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto III was the only son of the Emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu.
Otto III was crowned as King of ...
and his wife,
Beatrice of Bohemia.
After his father died in 1267, he ruled the
Margraviate of Brandenburg jointly with his brother
Otto V
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
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and his cousins
Otto IV and
Henry I.
John died during a tournament in 1268. He was unmarried and childless.
House of Ascania
Margraves of Brandenburg
1244 births
1268 deaths
13th-century German nobility
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