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The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg) Ansbach (German: Fürstentum Ansbach or Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach) was a free imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach.
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On 3 August 1757, Alexander became the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The Residenz of the principality was at Ansbach, but Alexander preferred his hunting estate and country seat in Triesdorf.
- 24 February 1736, Ansbach
- Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
- 5 January 1806 (aged 69), Benham Park, Speen, Berkshire, England
- Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia
While the Brandenburg electorate became the power base for the rising Hohenzollern dynasty, the Principality of Kulmbach-Bayreuth was held by Frederick's descendants, temporarily in personal union with Ansbach. The rulers were commonly known as the Margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (though Bayreuth is nowhere near Brandenburg).
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Apr 19, 2022 · In 1420, Margrave Friedrich inherited his brother’s principality of Kulmbach, reuniting the Franconian lands. On his death, however, the lands were again divided, with Kulmbach for the eldest son, Johann, Brandenburg for the second, Friedrich, and Ansbach for the third son, Albrecht.
The Principality of Ansbach (German: Fürstentum Ansbach) or Margraviate Brandenburg-Ansbach (German : Markgraftum Brandenburg-Ansbach) was a principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Bavarian city of Ansbach.
Abstract. Threatened by internal dissolution, and weakened by wars with Poland which for years had been waged intermittently over disputed territories, the Teutonic Order made a dramatic recovery in 1525 by becoming a secular, Lutheran principality and making peace with Poland. Albert of Hohenzollern, Grand Master since 1511, had in 1524 ...
Apr 26, 2016 · Ansbach sprang up around a Benedictine monastery founded by St. Gumbert in the eighth century. It was the capital of the principality of Ansbach, which from the close of the Middle Ages was for three centuries ruled by margraves of the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern (of Brandenburg, later of Prussia).
