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Brandenburg-Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brandenburg-Prussia was succeeded by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701 and the state was absorbed by the newly founded German Empire in 1871. Anna, daughter of Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia (reigned 1568-1618), married Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg, who was granted the right of succession to Ducal Prussia (then a Polish fief) on his father-in-law's death in 1618. The Brandenburg-Prussian state was formed in 1618 when the Duchy of Prussia came under the control of the Elector of Brandenburg (part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia   (307 words)

Titles of European hereditary rulers Duke in Prussia, of Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Stettin, Pomerania, the Kashubes, the Wends, In 1415 Sigismund of Luxembourg, ceded Brandenburg to Frederick of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg, < Frederick of Hohenzollern (+1440), Burgrave of Nuremberg 1398; Governor of of Brandenburg 1411-1415; Margrave of Brandenburg 1415 > www.geocities.com /eurprin/brandenburg.html   (6486 words)

Prussia - Simple English Wikipedia In 1618 the new Duke of Prussia was the Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg. Today some people want to put together the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Berlin and call them Prussia. The Duchy of Prussia was important to the Hohenzollern family because it was not in the Holy Roman Empire. simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prussia   (1588 words)

Royal Family of Europe - pafg162 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Erdmuthe Princess Of BRANDENBURG was born on 26 Jun 1561 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia. Johann Georg Elector Of BRANDENBURG was born on 11 Sep 1525 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia. Friederike, Princess Of HOLSTEIN was born on 2 Jun 1713 in Of Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg162.htm   (1935 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Prussia The ruler of Brandenburg and Prussia became the son-in-law of the leader of the Calvinistic party, the Elector Palatinate, and his daughter married Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. For a considerable length of time Napoleon tempted Prussia by holding out the hope of this acquisition, and in 1806 by the plan of a North German Confederation of which Prussia was to be the leader, Frederick William II even sought to gain territory in southern Germany. The ability of Prussia to accomplish the difficult task of defeating the attacks of Austria was probably due to the expert knowledge and clearness of the chief representative of its economic policy, Rudolf von Delbrück, and to the fact that Hanover joined the Zollverein in Sept., 1851. www.newadvent.org /cathen/12519c.htm   (15015 words)

Prussia: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library In 1618 the duchy of Prussia passed through inheritance to the elector of Brandenburg, and in 1660, by the treaty of Oliva, full independence from Polish suzerainty was confirmed to Frederick William, the Great Elector. Prussia was forced to send auxiliary troops for Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia, but late in the year Yorck von Wartenburg concluded a separate truce with Russia, and in 1813 Prussia joined the coalition against France. Prussia was fortunate to possess, at this low ebb in its history, such able and energetic reformers as Karl vom und zum Stein, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Wilhelm von Humboldt. www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/prussia.jsp   (3338 words)

Prussia 1657 the duke (prince-elector and margrave of Brandenburg Brandenburg to which the electorate is attached; the style of Prussia a separate branch or province, administered by the www.vdiest.nl /Europa/prussia.htm   (3345 words)

Prussia in History and Prussian Historic Events in the Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History State of Arkansas Brandenburg's power was declared defunct post-facto in 1947 by the Allied victors of World War II and Prussia was to all intents and purposes "deleted". Historical Baltic Prussia Proper does not include the marches of Brandenburg, Pomerania nor all but eastern parts around Pojezierze -Malbork(Marienburg), Kwidzyn(Marienwerder) and perhaps Torun(Thorn)- of former "West Prussia". Prussia fell victim to popular myths that surrounded her, the prussian story was obscured as she was scapegoated for the war. rageontheriver.8m.com /partagas.html   (1869 words)

German States: Brandenburg and Prussia When in 1660, Prussia became independent of Poland the way was opened to union with Brandenburg and thereby also the foundation of the Prussian state. Shortly thereafter, it was inherited by the Elector of Brandenburg, one the princes entitled to elect the Emperor. In 1701, Prussia became a kingdom and from then till 1871, it was in a continuous stage of expansion until it came to be by far the largest German state, almost as large as all the others together. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-st-1.html   (2758 words)

Prussia --  Encyclopædia Britannica The electors of Brandenburg (who from 1701 were the kings of Prussia) considered a rigidly centralized government a means of ensuring stability and furthering dynastic objectives. Ducal Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia, to 1786. He was given the usual military training of a prince of Prussia and at the age of 18 took part in the final... www.britannica.com /eb/article-9061665?source=RSSOTD   (541 words)

CMH5 Brandenburg had probably been thus preserved from disruption, but with the prospect of becoming, like Silesia, a mere element in the dynastic power of Bohemia, whose furthest advance in political importance, in economic prosperity, and in intellectual activity, is marked by the reign of Charles IV. Brandenburg Bishops were nominated by the Margraves, and merely confirmed by the vote of their Chapters ; and they were in all temporal matters subject to the territorial authority, sitting in the Landtage and not in the Imperial Diet. It should be premised that the Margraves of Brandenburg had from the first stood in a quite peculiar relation to the Church, so that the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Electors in their dominions was not a work of the Reformation. www.uni-mannheim.de /mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh520.html   (7799 words)

Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches Although Brandenburg had been one of the major German states for some time, major enough to rate an Electoral Vote, it is hard to imagine it growing into a Great Power without the additions that began to accrue during the reign of John Sigismund. Soon the subtlety was forgotten; Poland was in no position to enforce any suzerainty; and all the lands of Brandenburg began to be absorded into the identity of a Baltic people who had actually disappeared under the conquest of the Teutonic Knights. It wouldn't have mattered for Schleswig and Holstein either, if Prussia and Austria hadn't been willing to go to war in 1864 to press the German claim. www.friesian.com /germany.htm   (10200 words)

WHKMLA : History of Brandenburg-Prussia, General Observations The history of Brandenburg is dominated by two dynasties, the Askanier Dynasty which created the Margraviate of Brandenburg, and the Zollern Dynasty (rechristened Hohenzollern Dynasty by historians of the nationalistic-romanticist 20th century) which turned Brandenburg- Prussia into a military and later also political great power. Traditional accounts of the History of Prussia emphasize the German-ness of the state and fail to address the history of other ethnic groups within the state, the Slavs of Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia, the Baltic ethnic Prussians of Eastern Prussia. For these, in a complex state such as 19th century Prussia, the territory rather than the frequently changing borders of a state seems to be the appropriate object of observation; after all, the state of Prussia has vanished; the territories (although not without changes) are still there. www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/bragenobs.html   (359 words)

H-Net Review: Robert Beachy on The Great Elector: Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia In addition to creating a standing army and defeating the territorial estates of Brandenburg and Prussia, Frederick William established himself as a sovereign--if petty--European prince by consolidating his rule over a composite state of non-contiguous territories. The Elector also established a formal sovereignty, first with his independence from the Holy Roman Emperor as ruler of Brandenburg (according to the terms of Westphalia), and then by prising his Prussian Duchy from the suzerainty of the Polish King at the end of the War of the North in 1660 (p. Yet this Brandenburg ruler was dubbed the "Great Elector" already during his long reign from 1640 to 1688, and the jurist Pufendorf reinforced the nickname by publishing a biography with the same title. www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=295201057025606   (775 words)

Genealogy: Brandenburg Church records from the former Prussian provinces on the eastern side of the Oder-Neisse-border (East Prussia, West Prussia, eastern Pomerian, Posen, Silesia, and eastern Brandenburg) can be found at the Evangelisches Zentralarchiv in Berlin, Jebensstrasse 3, D-10623 Berlin. - Potsdam Conference, expulsions and ethnic cleansing of eastern Brandenburg and Prussia begin The red eagle on a silver backgournd was first used in 1170 by the Askanien dynasty Markgrafen von Brandenburg. www.genealogienetz.de /reg/BRG/bb.html   (1207 words)

Helga's Genealogy, History of Old Prussi Land, Brandenburg, Prussia By 1920 Prussia was the Free State of Prussia and part of the WEIMAR REPUBLIC. To state that Frederik II the G reat of Prussia received Polish land as you often read, is absurd, because he did not receive any Polish land,but as the King of Prussia he ruled Prussian land. But by the 1550's Brandenburg and the sons of the Electors became Lutheran. www.crystalbay.net /helgasgenealogy/berlin.html   (2228 words)

Ancestry.com - Search Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records A province of the Prussian Empire, Brandenburg stretched from the Elbe River to beyond the Oder River and into modern Poland in the 1800s. The province of Brandenburg included 44 Kreise (counties). This database, newly updated, is a collection of government records regarding persons emigrating from the province in the 19th century. www.ancestry.netscape.com /search/db.aspx?dbid=4121   (257 words)

Pedigree Chart for Otto III von Brandenburg, Born 1217 Brandenburg, Prussia Pedigree Chart for Otto III von Brandenburg, Born 1217 Brandenburg, Prussia home.cfl.rr.com /slekten/Html/a0449a3901.html   (19 words)

The Titles of the European Rulers Elector Joachim II obtained the joint investiture (Mitbelehnung) of the Duchy of Prussia from Sigismundus II Augustus, King of Poland, and was assured of the succession of the Electoral branch of the House of Brandenburg if the Prussian branch became extinct (1569). Duke in Prussia, of Magdeburg, Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Stettin, Pomerania, the Kashubes, the Wends, Duke in Prussia, of Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Stettin, Pomerania, the Kashubes, the Wends, www.geocities.com /eurprin/brandenburg.html   (6640 words)

FEEFHS Map Room: German Empire - East (1882) - Brandenburg (273K) FEEFHS Map Room: German Empire - East (1882) - Brandenburg (273K) feefhs.org /maps/gere/ge-brand.html   (69 words)

Albert of Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This proposal, which was understandably appealing to Albert, had already been discussed by some of his relatives, but it was necessary to proceed cautiously, and he assured Pope Adrian VI that he was anxious to reform the Order and punish the knights who had adopted Lutheran doctrines. The state of turmoil caused by these religious and political disputes was increased by the possibility of Albert's early death and the need, should that happen, to appoint a regent, as his only son, Albert Frederick was still a mere youth. Albert was a voluminous letterwriter, and corresponded with many of the leading personages of the time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_of_Prussia   (1022 words)

Brandenburg - Biocrawler definition:Brandenburg - Biocrawler Brandenburg was one of the German states to switch 1539 to Protestantism in the wake of the Reformation, and generally did quite well in the century following, as the dynasty expanded its lands to include the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 and along the lower Rhine Duchy of Cleves (1614) and elsewhere. Brandenburg was still the most important portion of the kingdom (and the state was often referred to informally as Brandenburg-Prussia) but for the purposes of accuracy, the continuation of this history can be found at Prussia. Brandenburg is bordered by Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the north, Poland in the east, Saxony in the south, Saxony-Anhalt in the west and Lower Saxony in the northwest. www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Brandenburg   (1124 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Brandenburg Ecclesiastically, the former Mark of Brandenburg, with the city of Berlin and the greater part of the province of Pomerania, forms the "Apostolic Delegature for the Mark Brandenburg and Pomerania", which is administered by the Prince-Bishop of Breslau as Apostolic Delegate, indirectly through the Dean of St. Hedwig's in Berlin as delegate of the prince-bishop. Albert entered into friendly relations with the Wendish prince, Pribislav, at that time the ruler of Brandenburg, was chosen by him as his heir, and in 1150 took possession of the land, assuming at the same time the title of Margrave of Brandenburg. The Slavs pressed on as far as the Elbe, conquered Brandenburg and Havelberg, and destroyed the seeds of Christian civilization that had been planted there. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02738c.htm   (1654 words)

Royal Family of Europe - pafg169 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Friedrich Wilhelm Prince Of PRUSSIA was born on 16 Aug 1710 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia. Sofie Electress Of SAXONY [Parents] was born on 6 Jun 1568 in Of, Zechlin, Brandenburg, Prussia. Charlotte Albertine Princess Of PRUSSIA was born on 5 May 1713 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia. www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg169.htm   (2181 words)

Prussia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 In 1618 the duchy of Prussia passed through inheritance to the elector of Brandenburg, and in 1660, by the treaty of Oliva, full independence from Polish suzerainty was confirmed to Frederick William, the Great Elector. Prussia was forced to send auxiliary troops for Napoleon’s 1812 campaign in Russia, but late in the year Yorck von Wartenburg concluded a separate truce with Russia, and in 1813 Prussia joined the coalition against France. Prussia was fortunate to possess, at this low ebb in its history, such able and energetic reformers as Karl vom und zum Stein, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Wilhelm von Humboldt. bartleby.com /65/pr/Prussia.html   (1895 words)

Albert --  Encyclopædia Britannica Albert of Brandenburg, engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 1523 Albert was the younger son of John Cicero, elector of Brandenburg. Albert King created a unique string-bending guitar style that influenced three generations of musicians and earned him the nickname “Godfather of the Blues.” King, who was left-handed, taught himself to play a right-handed guitar upside down by pulling the strings down, coaxing distinctive wailing sounds out of his trademark Gibson Flying... www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005425?tocId=9005425   (771 words)

East Prussia on Encyclopedia.com The duchy was inherited (1618) by the elector of Brandenburg. East Prussia bordered on Poland and Lithuania in the south and east and stretched to Memel and the Baltic Sea in the north and northeast. East Prussia, as the original Prussia came to be called, from 1701 to 1945 shared the history of Prussia. www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/EastP1rus.asp   (1019 words)

Royal Prussia Lands of the Teutonic Order Elblag Chelmno Lutheranism Polish Crown Partitions of Poland Brandenburg-Prussia History of Poland Province of West Prussia Frombork In 1618 the Duchy of Prussia was inherited by Johann Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. The eastern part of Prussia remained under the rule of the Order and its successors, until 1660 under Polish suzerainty as a Polish fief, becoming the Duchy of Prussia in 1525 when the Order's Grand Master Albert of Brandenburg adopted Lutheranism and secularised his land as hereditary ruler. Royal Prussia (Polish: Prusy Kr?skie, German: K?liches Preussen) was a Polish province formed from the western part of the Lands of the Teutonic Order following the Thirteen Years War or "War of the Cities". en.powerwissen.com /1gQYemOMF2jX8aUkvbNR8A%3D%3D_Royal_Prussia.html   (426 words)

Kaliningrad Anna, daughter of Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia (reigned 1568-1618), married Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg, who was granted the right of succession to Ducal Prussia on his father-in-law's death in 1618. From this time Prussia became ruled by the Electors of Brandenburg. Königsberg became one of the biggest cities and ports of Ducal Prussia, which now perhaps was considered by some as one of the members of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with considerable autonomy, a separate parliament, and currency. www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/k/ka/kaliningrad.html   (1115 words)

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