{"slug": "frederick-ii-of-brandenburg", "label": "Frederick II of Brandenburg", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Brandenburg", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701736", "qid": "Q701736", "description": "Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1413, 1471], "span_label": ["1413 CE", "1471 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg"], "related": [{"slug": "margraviate-of-brandenburg", "label": "Margraviate of Brandenburg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thuringia", "label": "Thuringia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-ii-elector-of-saxony", "label": "Frederick II, Elector of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wadysaw-ii-jagieo", "label": "Władysław II Jagiełło", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-i-of-brandenburg", "label": "Frederick I of Brandenburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wadysaw-iii-of-poland", "label": "Władysław III of Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "grand-master-of-the-teutonic-order", "label": "Grand Master of the Teutonic Order", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "principality-of-rugen", "label": "Principality of Rügen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elector-of-brandenburg", "label": "Elector of Brandenburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "albrecht-iii-achilles", "label": "Albrecht III Achilles", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1413, "year_label": "1413 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1471)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357114633#Births", "title": "1413", "revid": 1357114633, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1421, "year_label": "1421 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Hedwig Jagiellon, the 13-year-old daughter of and heiress presumptive to Wladyslaw II, King of Poland, is betrothed in a marriage contract to Prince Frederick, the 7-year-old son of Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg as part of an alliance between Poland and Brandenburg during the Brandenburg–Pomeranian conflict. The marriage is scheduled to take place after November 19, 1427, when Prince Frederick is to be 14 years old, at which time he will live in Poland and become eligible to serve with Hedwig as ruler of Poland and Lithuania. The marriage will never take place, and the contract is annulled in 1424 when a male heir to the Polish throne, Wladyslaw, is born.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656442#April–June", "title": "1421", "revid": 1365656442, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1435, "year_label": "1435 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – In Germany, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg becomes the direct administrator of the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin upon the death of Casmir V, and acts as regent for Casimir's 8-year-old son, Joachim of Griffin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372061#April–June", "title": "1435", "revid": 1370372061, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1440, "year_label": "1440 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – The Burgraviate of Nuremberg, a member nation-state of the Holy Roman Empire, comes to an end after more than three centuries when the two sons of the last Burgrave, Frederick V, divide the territory into two separate principalities. Frederick VI (who is also Elector of Brandenburg) becomes the ruler of the Principality of Ansbach, while John III becomes the ruler of the Principality of Bayreuth", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343605568#July–September", "title": "1440", "revid": 1343605568, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – At a monastery in Neuwerk in Halle, with the mediation of the Landgrave Louis II of Hesse, the Archbishop Frederick III of Magdeburg, and the Margrave Frederick II of Brandenburg, William III, Duke of Luxembourg and his brother Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, the two surviving sons of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, make a final attempt to agree on the division of lands in Thuringia which they had inherited from their father's cousin, Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. Despite the mediation, Frederick of Saxony and William of Luxembourg are not able to agree and the Saxon Fratricidal War begins a few months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#October–December", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1455, "year_label": "1455 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Ludwig von Erlichshausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, signs the Treaty of Mewe, selling the Order's territory of the Neumark back to the Electorate of Brandenburg after having owned it for 34 years. Grand Master Ludwig had earlier \"pawned\" the territory to Brandenburg on February 22, 1454, in return for a loan approved by the Elector Frederick II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371446040#July–September", "title": "1455", "revid": 1371446040, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1466, "year_label": "1466 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – The War of the Succession of Stettin is halted as the Treaty of Soldin is signed by Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, and two of the dukes of Pomerania, the brothers Erich II, Duke of Wolgast, and Wartislaw X, Duke of Rügen. The signing takes place at the town of Soldin in the Electorate of Brandenburg, now the city of Myślibórz in Poland. The brothers recognize Frederick II as their liege lord, and Brandenburg recognizes their rights to their fiefdoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340205441#January–March", "title": "1466", "revid": 1340205441, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Albrecht III Achilles becomes the new Elector of Brandenburg upon the abdication of his older brother, Friedrich II, who had guided the electorate since 1440.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#January–March", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1413)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#Deaths", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Deaths"}}]}