Ansbach and Bayreuth

The predecessor to the margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth was the burgraviate of Nuremburg, which was first mentioned 1105. It became through marriage a possession of the house of Hohenzollern about 1192. The branch of this dynasty that ruled Nuremburg enlarged its territory during the 14th century and was elevated to princely status 1363. The German king Sigismund pledged the margraviate of Brandenburg to burgrave Friedrich VI 1415. Because the pledge could not be retrieved was Friedrich VI enfiefed with Brandenburg 1417. When he died 1440 was the burgraviate of Nuremberg divided into two margraviates, which from then on was granted to collateral branches of the house of Hohenzollern in Brandenburg. Its last margrave ceded 1791 his territories to Prussia, which in its turn ceded Ansbach and Bayreuth to Bavaria 1805 and 1807.

Burgraviate of Nuremberg

House of Raabs

1105-1147 ? -1143 1147-1160 1143-1192	Gottfried II Konrad I Gottfried III Konrad II
House of Hohenzollern (also counts of Hohenzollern to 1227)
1192-1200 1200-1227 1200-1261 1261-1297 1261-1314 1297-1300 1300-1332 1332-1334 1332-1357 1332-1361 1357-1397 1397 1397-1420 1397-1440 1440	Friedrich I Friedrich II Konrad II (III) Friedrich III Konrad III Johann I Friedrich IV Konrad IV Johann II Albrecht Friedrich V Partitioned in Ansbach and Bayreuth Johann III (Bayreuth)
	Friedrich VI (Ansbach 1397-1420)
	Partitioned in B-Bayreuth and B-Ansbach
Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1440-1464	Johann IV Alchimista
1464-1470	Friedrich VII
1467-1486	Albrecht Achilles (Ansbach 1440-86)
1486-1495 1495-1515 1515-1527 1527-1553 1553-1603 1603-1655 1655 1655-1712 1712-1726 1726-1735 1735-1763 1763-1769 1769	Sigismund Friedrich VIII (Ansbach 1486-1515) Kasimir Albrecht II Alcibiades Georg Friedrich I (Ansbach 1543-1603) Christian Partitioned in B-Bayreuth and B-Kulmbach Christian Ernst Georg Wilhelm Georg Christian Karl (Kulmbach 1708-26) Friedrich IX Friedrich Christian United with Brandenburg-Ansbach
Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1655-1666 1666-1708 1708- (1735) 1726	Georg Albrecht Christian Heinrich Georg Friedrich Karl United with Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Brandenburg-Ansbach
1440-1486 1486-1515 1515-1543 1543-1603 1603-1625 1625-1634 1634-1667 1667-1686 1686-1692 1692-1703 1703-1723 1723-1757 1757-1791 1791-1806 1807-	Albrecht Achilles (Bayreuth 1467-86)
	Friedrich VIII (Bayreuth 1495-1515) Georg der Fromme Georg Friedrich I (Bayreuth 1553-1603) Joachim Ernst Friedrich II Albrecht Johann Friedrich Christian Albrecht Georg Friedrich II Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander Part of Prussia Part of Bavaria

= Brandenburg