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House of Anhalt,
which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt. The
Ascanians are
named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle,
known as
Schloss Askanien...
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eastern policy of the
Ascanians. From 1123 to 1125
Albert developed contacts with Pribislav, who
served as the
godfather for the
Ascanian's first son, Otto...
- bishoprics, as well as the
newly formed Duchy of Westphalia. In the east, the
Ascanians, the Welf's old rivals,
finally gained a
severely belittled Duchy of Saxony...
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expanded march became a
hereditary possession of Albert's house, the
Ascanians, and was
called the
March of Brandenburg. For a
lists of
margravines (margrave's...
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succession of
Saxon dukes until 1296) The male line of the Saxe-Lauenburgish
Ascanians was
extinguished in 1689,
after Julius Francis' death. In
spite of having...
- century, the
Ascanians began acquiring territory east of the Oder,
later known as the
Neumark (see also Altmark). In 1320, the
Brandenburg Ascanian line came...
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Margraviate of Brandenburg. He died in 1170. The
third chance for the
Ascanians came, when in 1180
ambitious Henry the Lion was
deposed as
Saxon Duke...
- its claim. In 1422, when the
Saxon electoral line of the
Ascanians became extinct, the
Ascanian Eric V of Saxe-Lauenburg
tried to
reunite the
Saxon duchies...
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centuries because of its
central location. When the
local branch of the
Ascanians died out in 1422,
control of Saxe-Wittenberg p****ed to the
House of Wettin...
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Northern March of Brandenburg. His
reign started,
probably supported by the
Ascanians,
after the
prior Hevelli prince Meinfried had been
murdered in 1127. Having...
