Margraviate of Brandenburg

State · 1260–1414 CE · at its largest around 1344 CE

Frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire east of the Elbe, held by the Ascanians and then the Hohenzollerns; its margraves were imperial electors.

On its lands while it lasted

Brandenburg an der Havel (c. 1260 CE): Capital of Margraviate of Brandenburg (1260–1414), Electorate of Brandenburg (1422–1618).
Legnica (1264 CE): Capital of Duchy of Legnica (1279–1313).
Jawor (c. 1279 CE): Capital of Duchy of Jawor (1279–1313).
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316 CE – 1378 CE): Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia who made Prague an imperial capital and issued the Golden Bull of 1356.
Hanseatic League (1356 CE): Confederation of merchant guilds and market towns that dominated Baltic and North Sea trade; its first general diet met in Lübeck in 1356.
Hanseatic trade route (1356–1669 CE): The Hanseatic League of north German merchant towns, led by Lübeck, dominated Baltic and North Sea trade from London and Bruges to Novgorod, exchanging furs, wax, grain, fish and timber for cloth and salt.
Golden Bull of 1356 (1356 CE): Imperial decree that fixed the election of the Holy Roman Emperor by seven prince-electors.
Lutherstadt Wittenberg (c. 1363 CE): Capital of Electorate of Saxony (1363–1547).
Jan Hus (c. 1370 CE – 1415 CE): Czech priest and reformer whose execution at Constance sparked the Hussite movement, a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation.