State · 1618 – 1701

Brandenburg–Prussia

A state of 1618 – 1701 — 83 years in Europe. It followed Duchy of Prussia. It was replaced by Kingdom of Prussia. The atlas records 13 things within it — wars and battles 7 · treaties 4 · people 2. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.

Wikidata's English label: Brandenburg-Prussia.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 83 years; 1618 – 1701
Rulers: 2; the Elector of Brandenburg
Most ground: 124,300 km²; in 1687
Within it: 13; recorded rows
Symbols: 3; on record, with years

Map: Brandenburg–Prussia in 1687, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Brandenburg–Prussia in 1687, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 124,300 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Brandenburg–Prussia in 1619, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Brandenburg–Prussia in 1687, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Duchy of Prussia · follows · 1525 – 1618

After it

Kingdom of Prussia · replaced by · 1701 – 1918

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

died in office

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg	1618 – 1619	1 year	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
George William, Elector of Brandenburg	1619 – 1640	21 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1618 – 1640. Only 22 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

87,000 km² in 1628, 124,300 km² in 1701; at its largest 124,300 km² in 1688. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedPOL Prusy książęce COA · Public domain
flag, undatedFlag of Brandenburg (1657-1701) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Armoiries_électeur_Brandebourg.svg : Odejea derivative work: Amber and Black ( talk )
coat of arms, undatedArms of Brandenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glasshouse

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1600 – 169913 rows · 7 wars and battles

Battle of Fehrbellin · battle · 1675
Hans Joachim von Zieten · commander · 1699 – 1786
Battle of Werben · battle · 1631
Battle of Wittstock · battle · 1636
Hans von Lehwaldt · commander · 1685 – 1768
Treaty of Bärwalde · treaty · 1631
Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder · battle · 1631
Treaty of Königsberg · treaty · 1656

and 5 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood83 years
stood longer than 43% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held124,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 50% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1608 – 1711, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1687, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q157367 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.