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Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach/Principality of Ansbach Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach/Fürstentum Ansbach (German) | |||||||||
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| 1398–1791 | |||||||||
 The Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach as of 1791, superimposed over modern borders. | |||||||||
| Status | Principality | ||||||||
| Capital | Ansbach | ||||||||
| Common languages | East Franconian | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
1219 | |||||||||
• Partition of burgraviate | 21 January 1398 | ||||||||
1415–40 | |||||||||
• Reunion with Bayreuth | 11 June 1420 | ||||||||
• Repartition | 21 September 1440 | ||||||||
• Restoration of personal union | 1470–86 | ||||||||
• Margraviate sold to Prussia | 2 December 1791 | ||||||||
• Formal annexation | 28 January 1792 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg) Ansbach (German: Fürstentum Ansbach or Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach) was a free imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as their ancestors were margraves (so the principality was a margraviate but not a march).