Electorate of Brandenburg

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The Electorate of Brandenburg was a significant principality of the Holy Roman Empire that formed the core of what later became the Kingdom of Prussia and a major European power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
prince-electorate
state of the Holy Roman Empire
capital Berlin
Brandenburg an der Havel
Cölln
surface form: Kölln
commonLanguage Low German
Polish
continent Europe
coreOf Brandenburg-Prussia
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
country Holy Roman Empire
currency Reichsthaler
surface form: Brandenburg thaler
electoralRank Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire
endTime 1701
eventEnd coronation of Frederick I of Prussia
followedBy Brandenburg-Prussia
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
governmentForm feudal monarchy
monarchy
hasTerritory County of Mark
surface form: County of Mark (in personal union)

Duchy of Cleves
surface form: Duchy of Cleves (in personal union)

Duchy of Prussia
surface form: Duchy of Prussia (in personal union)

Ravensberg (in personal union)
headOfStateTitle Margrave of Brandenburg
Prince-elector
legalBasis Golden Bull of 1356
locatedInPresentDay Czech Republic
Germany
Poland
mergedInto Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
militaryForce Prussian Army
surface form: Brandenburg-Prussian Army
namedAfter Margraviate of Brandenburg
officialLanguage German
partOf Circle of Upper Saxony
Holy Roman Empire
precededBy Margraviate of Brandenburg
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
ruler Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg
surface form: Frederick III of Brandenburg

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
surface form: Frederick William, the Great Elector

House of Hohenzollern
Joachim II Hector
John Sigismund
significantEvent Second Northern War
surface form: Northern Wars

Peace of Westphalia
Thirty Years' War
surface form: Thirty Years War
startTime 1356
Golden Bull of 1356
successorState Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

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