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Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1791).
The Principality of Ansbach (German: Fürstentum Ansbach) or
Brandenburg-Ansbach was a reichsfrei principality in the Holy Roman
Empire centered on the Bavarian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land
were known as margraves,
as the principality was a margraviate (but not a march).
History
The principality was established at the death of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg on 21 January
1398, when his lands were partitioned between his two sons. The
younger son, Frederick VI, received Ansbach and the
elder, John III, received Bayreuth. After John III's
death on 11 June 1420, the two principalities were reunited under
Frederick VI, who had become Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg in
1415.
Upon Frederick I's death on 21 September 1440, his territories
were divided between his sons; John received
Bayreuth (Brandenburg-Kulmbach), Frederick received
Brandenburg, and Albert received Ansbach. Thereafter Ansbach
was held by cadet
branches of the House of Hohenzollern, and its
rulers were commonly called Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
On 2 December 1791, the reigning Prince and Margrave of Ansbach,
Christian Frederick, who had also succeeded
to Bayreuth, sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of
Prussia, and Ansbach was formally
annexed on 28 January 1792.
Princes and Margraves of
Ansbach
See also
Wolf of
Ansbach
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