Bayreuth (Principality)
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Name (Hebrew)
ביירוית (נסיכות)
Name (Latin)
Bayreuth (Principality)
Other forms of name
nnaa Bayreuth, Ger. (Principality)
Fürstentum Bayreuth
Associated country
Germany
Biographical or Historical Data
independent principality, annexed in 1791 to the kingdom of Prussia
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014(independent principality, annexed in 1791 to the kingdom of Prussia)
- Humboldt, A. Über den Zustand ... 1959.
- Brockhaus Enzykl.(Ansbach-Bayreuth; ehemalige fränk. Fürstentümer)
Wikipedia description:
The Principality of Bayreuth (German: Fürstentum Bayreuth) or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Markgraftum Brandenburg-Bayreuth) was an immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Since Burgrave Frederick VI of Nuremberg was enfeoffed with the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1415/17, the Hohenzollern princes transferred the margravial title to their Franconian possessions, though the principality never had been a march. Until 1604 they used Plassenburg Castle in Kulmbach as their residence, hence their territory was officially called the Principality of Kulmbach or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach until the Empire's dissolution in 1806.
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