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Plassenburg

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Plassenburg is a castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria. [1]

51 relations: Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Altes Schloss (Bad Berneck), Amalie of Brandenburg, Barbara of Brandenburg (1464–1515), Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, Bavaria, Bayreuth, Beatrix of Andechs-Merania, Berthold I of Istria, Berthold II, Count of Andechs, Bibra family, Capitulation of Stettin, Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Castle Road, Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Counts of Andechs, Elisabeth of Meissen, Erhard Ernst von Röder, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Georg Wolf of Kotzau, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg, Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen, Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde, Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde, History of Franconia, Hof, Bavaria, House of Guttenberg, House of Hohenzollern, Immilla of Turin, International Castle Research Society, Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Viceroy of Valencia, John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg, John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Kulmbach, Kulmbach (district), List of castles in Bavaria, List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (D), List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (N), Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde, Otto III, Duke of Swabia, Principality of Bayreuth, Roundel (fortification), Second Margrave War, Siege of Hamelin, Siege of Hof, Simultaneum, ..., Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Expand index (1 more) »

Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg

Albert III (Albrecht III.) (9 November 141411 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern.

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Altes Schloss (Bad Berneck)

The Altes Schloss ("Old Castle") near Bad Berneck in south Germany is a ruined castle built in the Gothic style as an Amtsburg towards the end of the High Middle Ages.

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Amalie of Brandenburg

Amalie of Brandenburg (born: 1 October 1461 on the Plassenburg; died: 3 September 1481 in Baden-Baden) was Princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Countess Palatine and Duchess of Zweibrücken and Veldenz.

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Barbara of Brandenburg (1464–1515)

Barbara of Brandenburg (30 May 1464 – 4 September 1515), a member of the German House of Hohenzollern, was by birth Margravine of Brandenburg, and by her two marriages, Duchess of Głogów from 1472 to 1476, and Queen of Bohemia from 1476 to 1490/1500.

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Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (24 September 1495 in Ansbach – 23 September 1552 in Karlovy Vary) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and marriage Landgravine of Leuchtenberg.

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Bavaria

Bavaria (Bavarian and Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner.

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Bayreuth

Bayreuth (Bavarian: Bareid) is a medium-sized town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains.

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Beatrix of Andechs-Merania

Beatrix of Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a princess of Merania by birth, and the Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde by marriage.

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Berthold I of Istria

Berthold III (– 14 December 1188), a member of the Bavarian House of Andechs, was Margrave of Istria (as Berthold I) from 1173 until his death.

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Berthold II, Count of Andechs

Berthold II of Andechs (also known as Berthold IV, Berchtold, or Bertholf; before 1099 – 27 June 1151), a member of the House of Andechs, was a German nobleman.

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Bibra family

The Bibra family was one of the leading Uradel (ancient noble) families in Franconia (northern part of Bavaria) and present day Thuringia from the mid-15th century to about 1600.

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Capitulation of Stettin

In the Capitulation of Stettin on 29–30 October 1806, Lieutenant General Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg surrendered the garrison and fortress to a much smaller French light cavalry brigade led by General of Brigade Antoine Lasalle.

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Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Casimir (or Kasimir) of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 December 1481 – 21 September 1527) was Margrave of Bayreuth or Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1515 to 1527.

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Castle Road

The Castle Road (Burgenstraße) is a theme route in southern Germany (in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) and a small portion in the Czech Republic, between Mannheim and Prague.

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Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (30 January 1581 in Cölln – 30 May 1655 in Bayreuth) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (later renamed Brandenburg-Bayreuth).

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Counts of Andechs

The House of Andechs was a feudal line of German princes in 12th and 13th century.

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Elisabeth of Meissen

Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine of Nuremberg (22 November 1329 – 21 April 1375) was the daughter of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria and a member of the House of Wettin.

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Erhard Ernst von Röder

Erhard Ernst von Röder (26 July 1665 – 26 October 1743) was a Prussian Field Marshal General, Minister of War and Minister of Finance.

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Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Frederick I of Ansbach and Bayreuth (also known as Frederick V; Friedrich II. or Friedrich der Ältere; 8 May 1460 – 4 April 1536) was born at Ansbach as the eldest son of Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg by his second wife Anna, daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.

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Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (Burggraf) of Nuremberg, of the House of Hohenzollern.

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Georg Wolf of Kotzau

Georg Wolf of Kotzau, nicknamed the rich (d. 1560) was an Imperial Knight and Amtmann and Governor.

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George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Georg Friedrich der Ältere; 5 April 1539 in Ansbach – 25 April 1603) was Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth, as well as Regent of Prussia.

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George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg

George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (13 December 1502 – 21 May 1555) was Landgrave of Leuchtenberg from 1531 to 1555.

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Henry IV, Burgrave of Plauen

Henry IV of Plauen (1510, probably on 24 August, Hartenštejn Castle – 19 May 1554, Stadtsteinach, during the siege of the Plassenburg), was Colonel Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Burgrave of Meissen, Lord of Plauen, Gera, Greiz, Schleiz and Bad Lobenstein, Lord of Toužim, Hartenštejn Castle, Andělská Hora Castle and Žlutice.

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Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde

Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde (– 27 December 1247) was a member of the House of Ascania.

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Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde

Herman III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde (– 1283) was a member of the Weimar-Orlamünde branch of the House of Ascania.

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History of Franconia

Franconia (Franken) is a region that is not precisely defined, but which lies in the north of the Free State of Bavaria, parts of Baden-Württemberg and South Thuringia and Hesse in Germany.

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Hof, Bavaria

Hof is a town located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconian region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge and Frankenwald upland regions.

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House of Guttenberg

Guttenberg is a prominent Franconian noble family.

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House of Hohenzollern

The House of Hohenzollern is a dynasty of former princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.

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Immilla of Turin

Immilla (also Emilia, Immula, Ermengard or Irmgard) (born c.1020, died January 1078) was a duchess consort of Swabia by marriage to Otto III, Duke of Swabia, and a margravine of Meissen by marriage to Ekbert I of Meissen.

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International Castle Research Society

The International Castle Research Society (ICRS) was established in Aachen in 1986 as a not-for-profit organization following earlier initiatives by Bernhard Siepen, architect, who has been its president since 2000.

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Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Viceroy of Valencia

Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach (January 9, 1493 in Plassenburg – July 5, 1525 in Valencia) was the second husband of Germaine de Foix and viceroy of Valencia from 1523 until his death in 1525.

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John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg

John II of Nuremberg (1309 – 1357) was a Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern.

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John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg

John III of Nuremberg (c. 1369 – 11 June 1420 in Plassenburg), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from the House of Hohenzollern.

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John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

John, nicknamed the Alchemist (Johann der Alchimist; 1406 – 16 November 1464) was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and served as the peace-loving Margrave of Brandenburg after the abdication of his father, Frederick I, the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule Brandenburg.

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Kulmbach

Kulmbach is the capital of the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.

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Kulmbach (district)

Kulmbach is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany.

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List of castles in Bavaria

Numerous castles are found in the German state of Bavaria.

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List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (D)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter D.

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List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (N)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter N.

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Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Marie of Prussia (23 January 1579 – 21 February 1649) was a Prussian duchess by birth and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage.

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Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde

Otto III.

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Otto III, Duke of Swabia

Otto III (died 28 September 1057), called the White and known as Otto of Schweinfurt, was the margrave of the Nordgau (1024–1031) and duke of Swabia (1048–1057).

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Principality of Bayreuth

The Principality of Bayreuth (Fürstentum Bayreuth) or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Markgraftum Brandenburg-Bayreuth) was an immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

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Roundel (fortification)

The roundel is a strong artillery fortification with a rounded or circular plan of a similar height to the adjacent defensive walls.

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Second Margrave War

The Second Margrave War was a conflict in the Holy Roman Empire between 1552 and 1555.

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Siege of Hamelin

In the Siege of Hamelin or Siege of Hameln (7 November 1806–22 November 1806), First French Empire forces captured the fortress of Hamelin from its garrison composed of troops from the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Siege of Hof

Emergency money printed by the city in 1920 with the woodcut by Hans Glaser Henry IV of Plauen The Siege of Hof was an event of the Second Margrave War.

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Simultaneum

A shared church, or Simultankirche, simultaneum or, more fully, simultaneum mixtum, a term first coined in 16th-century Germany, is a church in which public worship is conducted by adherents of two or more religious groups.

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Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 August 1684, Weissenfels - 6 May 1752, near Hotzenplotz in Roßwald) was a German aristocrat and culture patron, Countess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage to George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plassenburg

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