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This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire. The Mark, or March , of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Holy Roman Empire .
Brandenburg developed out of the Northern March founded in the territory of the Slavic Wends. It derived one of its names from this inheritance, the March of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg). Its ruling margraves were established as prestigious prince-electors in the Golden Bull of 1356, allowing them to vote in the election of the Holy Roman ...
Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt (17 November 1700 – 4 March 1771) was a German nobleman. In his lifetime, from 1711 to 1771, he held the titles Prince in Prussia and Margrave of Brandenburg, with the style Royal Highness. He was made a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Berlin. Prussia. German Empire. Brandenburg, margravate, or mark, then an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northeastern lowlands of Germany; it was the nucleus of the dynastic power on which the kingdom of Prussia was founded. After World War I it was a province of the Land (state) of Prussia in Germany.
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Its ruling margraves were established as prestigious prince-electors in the Golden Bull of 1356, allowing them to vote in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor. The state thus became additionally known as Electoral Brandenburg or the Electorate of Brandenburg (Kurbrandenburg or Kurfürstentum Brandenburg)."
The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as the principality was a margraviate. The principality was established at the death of Burgrave Frederick V of Nürnberg on 21 January 1398, when his lands were partitioned between his two sons.
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Dec 18, 2023 · First Margrave who founded a dynasty in Brandenburg. Ruler of the Northern March from 1134. 1128: 1170–1184: 8 July 1184: Margraviate of Brandenburg: Judith of Poland 1148 two children Ada of Holland 1175 one child: Ruled together with his father since 1144. c.1150: 1184–1205: 4 July 1205: Margraviate of Brandenburg: Unmarried
