Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1157 – 1806

Margraviate of Brandenburg

A state of 1157 – 1806 — 649 years in Europe. It was replaced by Province of Brandenburg. The atlas records 11 things within it — treaties 1 · people 10. Its line of rulers holds 7 people, 3 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved.

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

Stood
649 years
1157 – 1806
Rulers
7
the Prince-Elector
Most ground
80,200 km²
in 1344
Within it
11
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1344, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1344, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 80,200 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.
Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1260, first mapped

1260 · first mapped · 30,100 km²

Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1344, at its largest

1344 · at its largest · 80,200 km²

Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1572, last mapped

1572 · last mapped · 44,100 km²

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

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Province of Brandenburg: 1815 – 1947Margraviate of Brandenburg: 1157 – 1806

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.

After it

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved, 1806. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The Margraviate of Brandenburg ended with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of Prince-Elector.

Sophia of Denmark · 1236 – 1247 · died in office, manner not recordedSigismund · 1378 – 1388 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathSigismund · 1411 – 1415 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathFrederick William, the Great Elector · 1640 – 1688 · died a natural death1200140016001800
died in officeleft alive by a regular road
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Sophia of Denmark1236 – 124711 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sigismund1378 – 138810 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Sigismund1411 – 14154 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Frederick William, the Great Elector1640 – 168848 yearsdied a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

7 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1236 – 1688. Median reign 10.5 years. 0 of 3 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.

1300140015001600

41,200 km² in 1282, 44,100 km² in 1607; at its largest 77,600 km² in 1332. 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.

  • Arms of Brandenburg
    coat of arms, undatedArms of Brandenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glasshouse
  • Flag of Brandenburg (1657-1701)
    flag, undatedFlag of Brandenburg (1657-1701) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Armoiries_électeur_Brandebourg.svg : Odejea derivative work: Amber and Black ( talk )

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.

1100 – 1199: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11001200 – 1299: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other12001300 – 1399: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other13001400 – 1499: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14001500 – 1599: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other15001600 – 1699: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16001700 – 1799: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other17001800 – 1899: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800

1300 – 13993 rows

1400 – 14992 rows

1500 – 15995 rows

1600 – 16991 row

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 stood649 years

    stood longer than 92% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held80,200 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 41% 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.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median11 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 38% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record7

    has more rulers on record than 73% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 9 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.

Second Crusade · Linked · 1147 – 1149Second CrusadeMargraviate of Brandenburg · 1157 – 1806Margraviate of BrandenburgProvince of Brandenburg · Linked · 1815 – 1947Province of Brandenburg1200140016001800
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

Wikidata Q148499 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.