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Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (3rd creation) (1515–1557) Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1535–1571) Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (changed seat from Kulmbach to Bayreuth) (1603–1769) Electorate of Brandenburg, Duchy of Prussia and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Brandenburg (1618–1701) Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt ...
The Margraviate of Brandenburg (German: Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe. Brandenburg developed out of the Northern March founded in the territory of the Slavic Wends. It derived one of its names from this ...
Otto III, nicknamed the pious (1215 – 9 October 1267 in Brandenburg an der Havel) was Margrave of Brandenburg jointly with his elder brother John I until John died in 1266. Otto III then ruled alone, until his death, the following year. The reign of these two Ascanian margraves was characterized by an expansion of the margraviate, which ...
After John III's death on 11 June 1420, the two principalities were reunited under Frederick VI, who had become Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg in 1415. Upon Frederick I's death on 21 September 1440, his territories were divided between his sons; John received Bayreuth (Brandenburg-Kulmbach), Frederick received Brandenburg, and Albert ...
John George (born Sept. 11, 1525, Kölln an der Spree, Brandenburg—died Jan. 18, 1598, new style, Kölln an der Spree) was the elector of Brandenburg who in 1571 succeeded his father, Joachim II. Under his rule the divided electorate was reunited. His economies earned him the surname Oekonom (Steward) and made him popular with the nobility ...
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The House of Hohenzollern is a dynasty of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania. The family arose in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century and took their name from the Hohenzollern Castle. The first ancestor of the Hohenzollerns was mentioned in 1061, but the family split into two ...
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The margraviate of Brandenburg was one of the most significant principalities of the German Reich that existed until 1806. It arose in 1157 and from the late thirteenth century onwards was one of the seven electoral principalities whose lords had the right to elect the king. Otto founded bishoprics for the Christianisation of the heathen Slavs ...
