Brandenburg
Brandenburg was a margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire, centred on Brandenburg. In 1337 the Wittelsbach margrave Louis I faced opposition from local nobles and the papacy.
The Golden Bull of 1356 confirmed Brandenburg's electoral vote. In 1415 Frederick of Hohenzollern received the march and moved the capital to Berlin in 1417. The electors inherited Prussia in 1618 and gained Farther Pomerania in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Frederick William's son became King in Prussia in 1701; after the Empire dissolved in 1806, Brandenburg became a Prussian province in 1815.
Characters
- Agnes of Bavaria
- Albert II of Brandenburg
- Albert III of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
- Henry I of Brandenburg-Stendal
- Henry II of Brandenburg-Stendal
- Herman of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
- John I of Brandenburg
- John II of Brandenburg-Stendal
- John V of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
- Conrad I of Brandenburg-Stendal
- Louis V, Duke of Bavaria
- Margaret of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg
- Otto I of Brandenburg
- Otto II of Brandenburg
- Otto III of Brandenburg
- Otto IV of Brandenburg-Stendal
- Otto V of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
- Waldemar of Brandenburg
- Hasso von Wedel-Schivelbein
- Wedego von Wedel