Polity Electorate of Brandenburg (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Brandenburg that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

  • May 1609: When Johann Wilhelm died, both Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg began to take control of individual places in the Principality.

Chronology

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1. War of the Jülich Succession

Was a war of succession in the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg between Brandenburg and the Palatinate.

  • May 1609: When Johann Wilhelm died, both Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg began to take control of individual places in the Principality.

2. Union of Brandenburg and Prussia

The Elector of Brandenburg inherited the Duchy of Prussia upon Duke Albert Frederick's death in 1618.

  • January 1619: Union of Brandenburg and Prussia.

Disestablishment

  • January 1619: Union of Brandenburg and Prussia.