House of Ascania

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The House of Ascania was a prominent German noble dynasty that ruled various principalities and duchies, including Anhalt and Brandenburg, from the Middle Ages into the modern era.

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Label Occurrences
House of Ascania canonical 102
House of Ascania rulers of Anhalt 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
noble family
coatOfArms Bear of Anhalt
Saxon shield with crancelin
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
countryOfOrigin Germany
dissolutionReason abolition of German monarchies in 1918
endTime 20th century
ethnicGroup German
hasBranch Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Köthen
linked to: Anhalt-Cöthen

Anhalt-Zerbst
Saxe-Lauenburg
Saxe-Wittenberg
hasMainTerritory Anhalt
Ballendstedt
linked to: Ballenstedt

Bernburg
Brandenburg
Dessau
Köthen
Lauenburg
Saxe-Lauenburg
Saxe-Wittenberg
Saxony
Wittenberg
Zerbst
namedAfter Ascania
Aschersleben
notableMember Albert the Bear
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony
Catherine the Great’s father Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst
Henry I, Count of Anhalt
John II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
originatesFrom Ballenstedt
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ruled Duchy of Anhalt
Duchy of Saxony
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Principality of Anhalt
linked to: Duchy of Anhalt
significantEvent acquisition of Brandenburg by Albert the Bear in 1157
elevation of Saxe-Wittenberg to an electorate in the 14th century
partition of Anhalt into multiple principalities
reunification of Anhalt in the 19th century
startTime 11th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cöthen court governedBy House of Ascania
Anhalt-Zerbst dynasty House of Ascania
Anhalt-Zerbst ruledBy House of Ascania
Margrave of Brandenburg hasTitleHolder House of Ascania
Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst dynasty House of Ascania
Anhalt-Cöthen hasDynasty House of Ascania
Anhalt-Cöthen ruledBy House of Ascania
Anhalt namedAfter House of Ascania
Anhalt ruledBy House of Ascania
Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen memberOf House of Ascania
Duchy of Anhalt rulingDynasty House of Ascania
Duchy of Lauenburg wasRuledBy House of Ascania
Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst partOf House of Ascania
Coat of arms of Anhalt-Zerbst usedBy House of Ascania
Anhalt-Bernburg rulingHouse House of Ascania
Anhalt-Bernburg dynasty House of Ascania
John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst part of House of Ascania rulers of Anhalt
linked to: House of Ascania
John I, Margrave of Brandenburg memberOf House of Ascania
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg nobleFamily House of Ascania
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg house House of Ascania
Ascania gaveNameTo House of Ascania
Ascania associatedDynasty House of Ascania
Ballenstedt Castle associatedWithDynasty House of Ascania
County of Weimar-Orlamünde rulingDynasty House of Ascania
Albert the Bear nobleFamily House of Ascania
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony nobleFamily House of Ascania
Arms of the House of Ascania represents House of Ascania
Arms of the House of Ascania usedBy House of Ascania
Henry I, Prince of Anhalt noble family House of Ascania
House of Saxe-Wittenberg predecessor House of Ascania
House of Saxe-Wittenberg dynasticBranchOf House of Ascania
House of Saxe-Lauenburg dynasticBranchOf House of Ascania
House of Saxe-Lauenburg notableBranchOf House of Ascania
House of Brandenburg-Ascania partOf House of Ascania