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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Ascanian dynasty canonical 4

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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
Ballenstedt Castle
hasBranch Duchy of Anhalt
surface form: House of Anhalt

House of Brandenburg-Ascania
House of Saxe-Lauenburg
House of Saxe-Wittenberg
hasTitle Duke of Anhalt
Duke of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
Margrave of Brandenburg
Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
surface form: Prince of Anhalt
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
Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg
region Anhalt
Brandenburg
Northern Germany
Saxony
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ruled County of Weimar-Orlamünde
Duchy of Anhalt
Duchy of Lauenburg
surface form: Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg

Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg
Duchy of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Duchy of Anhalt
surface form: Principality of Anhalt
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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