Brandenburg-Prussia

Brandenburg-Prussia was a composite Hohenzollern state, formed from Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia, that became a major power in central Europe.

Margraviate of Brandenburg: A principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on Brandenburg, ruled by the Hohenzollerns from 1415. This imperial territory was the western core of the composite state.
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg: The Hohenzollern elector who ruled Brandenburg-Prussia from 1640 to 1688 and expanded its military and fiscal capacity. His reforms and diplomacy consolidated the territories after the Thirty Years' War.
Kingdom of Prussia: A kingdom founded in 1701 when the Hohenzollern ruler of Brandenburg crowned himself king in Prussia. The royal title marked the next stage of the composite state's rise.
Habsburg monarchy: The dynastic lands ruled by the Habsburgs in central Europe before the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The Habsburgs were Brandenburg-Prussia's principal rivals for influence in the German lands.
Duchy of Prussia: A Baltic duchy established in 1525 from the secularized lands of the Teutonic Order. Its inheritance gave the Hohenzollerns an eastern territory beyond imperial jurisdiction.
Brandenburg-Prussian Army: The standing army maintained by the Hohenzollern rulers of Brandenburg-Prussia. A permanent force made the state's limited resources count in European conflicts.
Frederick I of Prussia: The first King in Prussia, crowned in 1701, who ruled the Hohenzollern lands until 1713. His coronation converted the state's accumulated influence into royal rank.
Electorate of Saxony: A major principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the Wettin dynasty. Saxony offers a neighboring example of a powerful imperial territory without Prussia's royal sovereignty.
House of Hohenzollern: A German dynasty whose branches ruled Brandenburg, Prussia, and later the German Empire. Its dynastic rule linked territories that otherwise had separate institutions.
General War Commissariat: A Brandenburg-Prussian institution that administered military supply and taxation from the seventeenth century. It connected revenue collection with the upkeep of the standing army.

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