Brandenburg-Prussia

Brandenburg was one of the most important principalities in the Holy Roman Empire and its margraves held the dignity of elector from 1356, which meant that they had the right to participate in the elections of the German kings. The Hohenzollern dynasty who ruled Brandenburg after 1415 inherited the duchy of Prussia 1618. That land was elevated to the rank of kingdom and Prussia replaced Brandenburg as the name of the Hohenzollern Dynasty’s domains. Maps and texts over Prussia's history are available on this page.

Margraviate of Nordmark

965-985 985-1003 1003-1009 1009-1018 1018-1044 1044-1056 1056-1057 1057-1082 1082-1087 1087-1106 1106-1114 1114-1128 1128-1130 1130-1133	Dietrich von Haldensleben Lothar Werner Bernhard I Bernhard II Wilhelm Lothar Udo I Udo II Heinrich I Lothar Udo III Rudolf Heinrich II Udo IV Konrad von Plötzkau
Margraviate of Brandenburg House of Askanien
1134-1170 1170-1184 1184-1205 1205-1220 1220-1266 1220-1266	Albrecht I der Bär (the Bear) Otto I Otto II Albrecht II Johann I Otto III (B-Salzwedel -1267)	*

Divided into two parts 1266-1317

House of Wittelsbach

1320-1323 1324-1351 1348-1350 1351-1365 1365-1373	Interregnum Ludwig Der Falsche Waldemar Ludwig der Römer (the Roman) Otto der Faule **	**
House of Luxemburg
1373-1378 1378-1388 1388-1411 1411-1415	Wenzel *** Sigismund Jobst von Mähren Sigismund (restored)
House of Hohenzollern
1415-1440 1440-1470 1470-1486 1486-1499 1499-1535 1535-1571 1571-1598 1598-1608 1608-1619 1619-1640 1640-1688 1688-1701	Friedrich I (also burgrave of Nuremberg) Friedrich II (also Bayreuth from 1464) Albrecht Achilles (also Ansbach-Bayreuth) Johann Cicero Joachim I Nestor Joachim II Hektor Johann Georg Joachim Friedrich Johann Sigismund Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm der Grosste Kurfürst (the Great Elector) Friedrich III
Kingdom of Prussia
1701-1713 1713-1740 1740-1786 1786-1797 1797-1840 1840-1861 1861-1888 1888 1888-1918 1918-1947	Friedrich I (same as above) Friedrich Wilhelm I Friedrich II der Grosse (the Great) Friedrich Wilhelm II Friedrich Wilhelm III Friedrich Wilhelm IV
	Wilhelm I Friedrich III Wilhelm II Republic

Prussia is dissolved into smaller German part states by the allied control council 1947.