fwo_390171 - PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM 1/4 Thaler 1625 Königsberg

PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM

(1619-1640)

In 1417, Frederick of Hohenzollern was invested with the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Emperor Sigismund. From this year, the Hohenzollerns will not stop expanding their territory through a game of subtle alliances. The greatest extension of the territory of the Hohenzollerns was the attachment of Prussia to the margraviate of Brandenburg in 1618 with part of the duchies of Cleves and Juliers. The Margraviate of Brandenburg was severely affected by the conflicts of the Thirty Years' War, its population dropping from 360,000 to just 140,000..