Ascanian dynasty

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The Ascanian dynasty was a prominent medieval German noble house that ruled various territories including Saxony, Brandenburg, and Anhalt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble house
dynasty
noble family
coatOfArms Arms of the House of Ascania
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause abolition of German monarchies in 1918
endTime 20th century
ethnicGroup Germans
hasAncestralSeat Aschersleben NERFINISHED
Ballenstedt Castle
hasBranch Duchy of Anhalt
surface form: House of Anhalt

House of Brandenburg-Ascania NERFINISHED
House of Saxe-Lauenburg
House of Saxe-Wittenberg
hasTitle Duke of Anhalt NERFINISHED
Duke of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
Margrave of Brandenburg
Prince of Anhalt NERFINISHED
language Middle High German
laterLanguage Early New High German
memberOf high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
namedAfter Ascania
notableMember Albert the Bear
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony
Henry I, Prince of Anhalt
John I, Margrave of Brandenburg
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg
Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau NERFINISHED
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg
region Anhalt
Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Northern Germany
Saxony NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ruled County of Weimar-Orlamünde
Duchy of Anhalt NERFINISHED
Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg NERFINISHED
Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg NERFINISHED
Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED
Electorate of Saxony
Margraviate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Principality of Anhalt NERFINISHED
significantEvent acquisition of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157
elevation of Saxe-Wittenberg to an electorate
loss of ducal Saxony after the Saxon ducal war
startTime 11th century
timePeriod Middle Ages

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Duke of Saxony hasHolder Ascanian dynasty