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	Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg Neuhardenberg 1348 to 2002
		It was only his son, Margrave Carl Albrecht, who in the years 1746-51 completed a solidly built official residence, a one-storey half-timbered building.
		After the death of Margrave Carl Albrecht in 1762, the Prussian king revoked the feudal tenure from that family, only to award it, a few years later, to a deserving soldier, lieutenant colonel Joachim Bernard von Prittwitz, in gratitude and recognition for his meritorious deeds.
		According to an anecdote that Theodor Fontane relates in his travel book »Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg«, the king is supposed to have visited the construction site during a tour of inspection and commented on the building of a second storey with the words: »He sets his sights high; he's building a castle«.
	www.schlossneuhardenberg.com /history/neuhardenberg.html (1628 words)

	Brandenburg - LoveToKnow 1911
		Jobst paid very little attention to Brandenburg, and the period was used by many of the noble families to enrich themselves at the expense of the poorer and weaker towns, to plunder traders, and to carry on feuds with neighbouring princes.
		Brandenburg was ravaged impartially by both parties, and in 1627 George William attacked his brother-in-law, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who was using Prussia as a base of operations for his war against Poland.
		The Brandenburg troops then assisted the Swedes until after the death of Gustavus in 16 3 2, and the Swedish defeat at NOrdlingen in 1634, when the elector assented to the treaty of Prague, which was made in May 1635 between the emperor Ferdinand II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Brandenburg (8150 words)

	Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick (German: Friedrich; September 21, 1371 – September 20, 1440) was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I.
		As a representative of Brandenburg he took part on 20 September 1410 in the election of Sigismund as Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt.
		Constant feuding with the nobility of Brandenburg led Frederick to withdraw to his castle at Cadolzburg in 1425 and transferred the regency of the margravate to his son John in 1426 (Frederick, however, remained elector).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_I,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg (504 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg70 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Charlotte Sofie Princess Of BRANDENBURG was born on 29 Jun 1679 in Of Schloss Ansbach, Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Bavaria.
		Friedrich Margrave Of BRANDENBURG was born on 22 Mar 1588 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia.
		Johann Margrave Of BRANDENBURG was born on 13 Jul 1597 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg70.htm (2327 words)

	Brandenburg
		Elector Joachim I (1499-1535), whose younger brother, Albert, was made Archbishop of Magdeburg and Bishop of Halberstadt in 1513, and in 1514 Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Archchancellor of the German Empire, was extremely hostile towards the religious innovations, and endeavoured to have the edict formally condemning Luther passed by the Reichstag, at Worms.
		The Diocese of Brandenburg, founded 1 October, 948, by Otto the Great, was bounded on the east by the Oder, on the west and south by the Elbe and the Black Elster, and on the north by the Uckermark.
		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.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/brandenburg.html (1639 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Margrave
		Caroline of Ansbach CAROLINE OF ANSBACH [Caroline of Ansbach], 1683-1737, queen consort of George II of England, daughter of the margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
		From the death (1278) of his father until 1283 the regency was exercised by Otto, margrave of Brandenburg, appointed by the German king Rudolf I of Hapsburg.
		Known in 1035, Kulmbach became (1340) the residence of the margraves of Kulmbach (later known as the margraves of Bayreuth) of the house of Hohenzollern.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Margrave (661 words)

	Nättidningen RÖTTER - för dig som släktforskar! (Erik XIV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		788 Johann I, Margrave of Brandenburg = 778
		1646 Johann I, Margrave of Brandenburg = 778
		3152 Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg = 3112
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	Royal Family of Europe - pafg69 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Luise Sofie Princess Of BRANDENBURG was born on 9 Dec 1652 in Schloss Ansbach, Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Bavaria.
		Eleonore Juliane Princess Of BRANDENBURG was born on 13 Oct 1663 in, Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Bavaria.
		Albrecht Ernst Prince Of BRANDENBURG was born on 20 Oct 1659 in Schloss Ansbach, Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Bavaria.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg69.htm (1487 words)

	Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		; 19 November 1413 - 10 February 1470) nicknamed "the Iron" (der Eiserne) and sometimes "Irontooth" (Eisenzahn) was margrave of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.
		He was born in Tangermünde to Frederick I, Brandenburg's first Hohenzollern ruler, and his wife Elizabeth of Bavaria-Landshut.
		Frederick II brothers included John the Alchemist, and Albert Achilles, both of whom also ruled Brandenburg as margraves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_II,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg (213 words)

	brandenburg.de \| History
		In 937 the area of the later Mark Brandenburg is mentioned for the first time in the deed of ownership of a monastery.
		Berlin and Brandenburg were together the political centre of Prussia and Germany in the 19th century.
		Brandenburg became part of the Soviet occupation zone and was later, in the GDR, divided into the districts Potsdam, Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder).
	www.brandenburg.de /cms/detail.php?gsid=lbm1.c.237673.de&_siteid=75 (575 words)

	Brandenburg-Prussia
		Its first margrave was Albrecht the Bear who belonged to the house of Askanien, he and his descendants expanded Brandenburg through marriage, purchase and war so it became one of the most important principalities in the Holy Roman Empire.
		century the margrave of Brandenburg was also elevated to the rank of elector, which meant that he was one of seven princes that had the right to participate in the election of the German kings.
		Brandenburg held a wavering position during the Thirty Years’ War 1618-1648 and its territory was therefore ravaged by both Swedish and Imperial armies.
	www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/prussia1.htm (807 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		In 1618, John-Sigismund, Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg, inherited the Duchy of Prussia.
		< George-William (+1640), Elector-Margrave of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia 1619 >
		< Frederick-William (+1688), Elector-Margrave of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia 1640 >
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/brandenburg.html (7289 words)

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		Although Bach dedicated these concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, they were not composed anew for him.
		Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 was perhaps the last of the six to be composed and more closely resembles a concerto grosso than a solo concerto.
		The solo instruments in Brandenburg concerto No. 5 -- harpsichord, violin and flute -- operate more independently of the remainder of the ensemble; the second movement is scored for the solo instruments alone.
	www.telarc.com /gscripts/title.asp?gsku=0354 (404 words)

	The Brandenburg Concertos
		Brandenburg Concerto III: The Nine Muses and the Harmony of the Spheres
		Bach might well have incorporated this newly-constructed "astrological" concerto into the Brandenburg set as both a compliment and a subtle warning to the Margrave to remember that, for all his greatness, he was only a man, dwarfed by the grand design of the cosmos and subject to the caprices of Fortune like any other.
		The Mietkes, the Margrave and Bach Sheridan Germann.
	www.recorderhomepage.net /brandenburgs.html (7581 words)

	Fachhochschule Brandenburg: Brandenburg - town and state
		Once the seat of the margrave of Brandenburg, a Prince Elector, history, culture and nature are closely entwined in the town which historically has three independent city centres.
		An industrial museum commemorating Brandenburg's role as a city of steel and roller mills is the latest addition to Brandenburg's collection of museums; its most important exhibit is a Siemens-Martin oven, the only one of its kind left in Europe.
		Brandenburg is characterised by the nature of the River Havel region called Havelland.
	www.fh-brandenburg.de /brandenburg.4.html?&no_cache=1 (673 words)

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		For the next thirteen years, the concertos lay unused in the Margrave's library until his death, whereupon at the inventory-taking of His Royal Highness' music, these works were not even included among the compositions important enough to be listed by their composers' names.
		Among the Brandenburgs, this concerto can be said to be the lightest and wittiest, bringing to one's mind the urbane, wordly court of the Parisian salon.
	inkpot.com /classical/bachbrandenburg.html (2283 words)

	Search Results for "Margrave"
		...Leopold III, margrave of Austria, or Saint Leopold, c.1073-1136, margrave of Austria (1095-1136).
		Margrave of Bechelar en, a wealthy Hun, liegeman of King Etzel.
		He was a loyal vassal of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him...
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	Albert 1st Margrave of Brandenburg - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		1100-1170), founder of the Ascanian dynasty of margraves that ruled Brandenburg in eastern Germany until...
		The Hohenzollerns took their name from their ancestral castle, Zollern (later Hohenzollern), located near Hechingen, Swabia (now in the state of...
		In 1147 the Wends were vanquished by Conrad III, Duke Henry the Lion, and Count Albert the Bear; the latter became Margrave of Brandenburg.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Albert_1st_Margrave_of_Brandenburg.html (121 words)

	Milestones of the Millennium: Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos
		The Brandenburg Concertos are a highlight of one of the happiest and most productive periods in Bach's life.
		Since the Margrave of Brandenburg seems to have ignored Bach's gift of concertos, it's likely that Bach himself presided over the first performances at home in Coethen.
		The Margrave had his own small court orchestra in Berlin, but it was a group of mostly mediocre players.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/milestones/991214.motm.brandenburg.html (784 words)

	700000 people connected with European Royalty
		Margrave Of Brandenburg Albrecht and Princess Of Baden Durlach Christine
		Born: Abt 1557 - Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
		Born: 28 Jun 1490 - Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
	www.e-familytree.net /f534.htm (773 words)

	Bach Choir of Bethlehem
		In 1719, Bach visited Berlin on an errand, where he met Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg.
		Because the collection was dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg, these works are generally referred to as the "Brandenburg Concertos." They otherwise have little in common.
		Often, the melodic material comprising the episodes is based on motives from the ritornello, but after a short time, the theme is developed in a new direction.
	www.bach.org /bach101/instrumental/brandenberg_intro.html (354 words)

	Albert the Bear - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		ALBERT THE BEAR [Albert the Bear] c.1100-1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70).
		Calling himself margrave of Brandenburg as early as 1136 or 1142, he used the North March as a base for campaigns against the Wends, a pagan Slavic people.
		As a result he inherited (1150) Brandenburg from its last Wendish prince.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-albertb1e.html (425 words)

	margrave.html
		Sayn, ruler of the Markgraftum Brandenburg-Kulmbach, respectively, Brandenburg- Bayreuth.
		The Margrave died at age 69 of a "pulmonary complaint" on January 5, 1806 and was buried at nearby Speen
		After the Margrave's death, Elizabeth travelled again, buying a villa in Naples in 1817.
	www.exulanten.com /margrave.html (854 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Lehnin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Founded in 1180 by Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, for Cistercian monks.
		Situated about eight miles to the south-east of Brandenburg, its church was a fine example of Romanesque architecture.
		It is not of great importance in history save for the famous "Vaticinium Lehninense", supposed to have been written in the thirteenth or fourteenth century by a monk named Hermann.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09134a.htm (233 words)

	Albert the Bear
		Albert the Bear, c.1100–1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150–70).
		Brandenburg, city, Germany - Brandenburg, city (1994 pop.
		89,200), Brandenburg, E Germany, a port on the Havel River.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0803089.html (247 words)

	Bach Brandenburg Concertos
		Composed by Bach in 1721 during a period of contented productivity at Coethen, the dedicatee for these lively chamber concertos, the Margrave of Brandenburg never seems to have acknowledged the composer's gift.
		A strange oversight for what must be amongst the most frequently played and exuberantly joyful of Bach's prodigious output.
		Pinnock's interpretation of the Brandenburgs is, frankly, one of those little miracles that make you yearn for the era of the Baroque.
	www.musica.co.uk /recordingsuk/bachbrandenburg.htm (86 words)

	Brandenburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Brandenburg to which the electorate is attached; the style of
		while the territory of Brandenburg is later known as
		21 Jul 1947 Former Prussian province of Brandenburg becomes a state.
	www.vdiest.nl /Europa/Germany/brandenburg.htm (253 words)

	franconia.html
		Margrave Karl Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach sold his Margravate to the ruling Prussian Hohenzollerns,
		In 1806, Napoleon had given the Prussian holdings of one Frankonian Margravate,
		Bayreuth, for himself and place it under French jurisdiction until 1810 when it was also given to Bavaria.
	www.exulanten.com /franconia.html (1366 words)

	margrave - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Margrave : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		MARGRAVE : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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	Margraf Albrect II von Brandenburg-Ansbach (Hymn-Writer) - Short Biography
		The first "Duke of Prussia" was born as Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a later born son of Markgrafen Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach.
		His skillful policy and the assumption of the administrative structure introduced by the German medal justified the Hohenzollernherrschaft in Prussia and the Brandenburg Prussian great power.
		He died of the plague in Tapiau (East Prussia) in 1568.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Lib/Brandenburg.htm (264 words)

	Prussian Archives open to the public » Genealogy Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The archive traces its origins to the chancellery of the Margrave of Brandenburg in the thirteenth century.
		The main sections comprise records pertaining to: the Brandenburg authorities prior to 1808; the Prussian army; the Kingdom of Westphalia; charters; maps and plans; seals, heraldry, and genealogy; Pomerania; Posen; Silesia; and freemasons.
		The commencement of the Secret Central Archives (Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preu?ischer Kulturbesitz, GStA PK) trace back to the chancellery of the margrave of Brandenburg, which can be proved by a charter issued in Stendal 1282.
	www.genealogyblog.com /index.php?p=1808 (462 words)

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