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Brandenburg

Brandenburg emerged initially as the North March (Mark), situated between the Billungers March to the north (on the Baltic coast and extreme south-east Denmark), and the Lusatia March to the south. The duchy of Saxony bordered all the marches to the west, with Christian Poland in the east. The March counties were being founded by German expansion eastwards

Margraves of the North March

Brandenburg began as the North March, formed in AD 936.

936 - 937

Sigfried

937 - 945

Christian

937 - 965

Gero

965 - 985

Dietrich

985 - 1003

Lothar

1003 - 1009

Werner

1009 - 1018

Bernard I

1018 - 1044

Bernard II

1044 - 1056

William

1056 - 1057

Lothar Udo I

1057 - 1082

Udo II

1082 - 1087

Henry I

1087 - 1106

Lothar Udo III

1106 - 1114

Rudolph

1114 - 1128

Henry II

1128 - 1130

Udo IV

1130 - 1133

Conrad Plotzkau

1134 - 1136

Albert I the Bear

First Ascanian. Duke of Saxony (1138-1142).

1136

Brandenburg is created from the March.

Margraves of Brandenburg (Ascanians)

Brandenburg was formed in 1136 from the North March.

1136 - 1170

Albert I the Bear

Albert of Saxony (1138-1142).

1170 - 1184

Otto I

1184 - 1205

Otto II

1205 - 1220

Albert II

Duke of Saxony (1212-1260).

1220 - 1267

Otto III

1220 - 1266

John

1266 - 1308/9

Otto IV

1266 - 1281

John II

1266 - 1304

Conrad

1304 - 1319

Waldemar

1319 - 1323

Title apparently vacant before being gained by the Wittelsbachs.

Margraves of Brandenburg (Wittelsbachs)

1323 - 1355

Louis I

Louis V of Bavaria.

1355

Margrave raised to an electorate.

Electors of Brandenburg (Wittelsbachs)

1355 - 1361

Louis I

1351 - 1355

Louis II

1351 - 1373

Otto V

Electors of Brandenburg (Luxembourg)

1373 - 1378

Charles

Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (1347-1378).

1373 - 1378

Wenceslaus

Holy Roman Emperor (1378-1400). d.1419.

1378 - 1397

Sigismund

1397 - 1411

Jobst of Moravia

HRE rival (1410-1411).

1411 - 1417

Sigismund

Restored. HRE (1410-1437). d.1438.

1415 - 1417

The title is managed by Frederick, Captain & Administrator of Brandenburg, before his Hohenzollern family purchase the title.