The Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg have sought to…
1614 CE
The Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg have sought to expand their power base from their relatively meager possessions, although this brought them into conflict with neighboring states.
After John William, Duke of Julich-Cleves-Berg, died childless in 1609. his eldest niece, Anna, Duchess of Prussia, the wife of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, had promptly claimed the inheritance; Brandenburg had sent troops to take hold of some of John William's holdings in the Rhineland.
Unfortunately for John Sigismund, this effort will become tied up with the Thirty Years' War and the disputed succession of Julich.
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