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Brandenburg-Ansbach (Margraviate)

LC control no.n 83035955
Geographic headingBrandenburg-Ansbach (Margraviate)
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Geographic subdivision usageGermany--Brandenburg-Ansbach (Margraviate)
Variant(s)Ansbach (Principality)
Fürstentum Ansbach
Markgraftum Brandenburg-Ansbach
Ansbach (Margraviate)
Markgrafschaft Ansbach
Special noteBoth "Fürstentum (= Principality) Ansbach" and "Markgrafschaft (= Margraviate) Brandenburg-Ansbach" appear to be correct for the jurisdiction from ca. 1415 to the end of its independence (ceded to Prussia in 1791); cf. G. Sante, Gesch. d. deut. Länder (1964), p. 65, etc.
Found inIts Sovereign, 1721-1757 (Karl Wilhelm Friedrich). Des durchlauchtigsten Fürsten u. Herrn ... Neue Einricht- und Vertheilung ..., 1730 (does not name the jurisdiction)
LC pre-MARC database (Brandenburg-Ansbach (Margraviate); also, for same 18th-century period: Ansbach (Principality))
http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/ ̃p2gerlw/uz/ansblit.html (06-03-96): (Literatur zur Geschichte des Markgraftums Brandenburg-Ansbach im 18. Jahrhundert)
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