Principality of Ansbach

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Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach/Principality of Ansbach Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach/Fürstentum Ansbach (German)
1398–1791
Coat of arms
The Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach as of 1791, superimposed over modern borders.
Status	Principality
Capital	Ansbach
Common languages	East Franconian
Government	Principality
Historical era	Early modern period
• Nuremberg became imperial city	1219
• Partition of burgraviate	21 January 1398
• Personal union with Brandenburg	1415–40
• Reunion with Bayreuth	11 June 1420
• Repartition	21 September 1440
• Restoration of personal union	1470–86
• Margraviate sold to Prussia	2 December 1791
• Formal annexation	28 January 1792
Preceded by Succeeded by Burgraviate of Nuremberg Kingdom of Prussia
Today part of	Germany

The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg) Ansbach (German: Fürstentum Ansbach or Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach) was a free imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as their ancestors were margraves (so the principality was a margraviate but not a march).