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Brandenburg.] GERMANY, 41 j
former obtaining the principality of ß^zyr^/^/Z',
and the latter that of Ansbach,
yllbrccht^ fon and fucceflbr to the former, dying in the year 1557, George
Frederick, the fecond fon and fuccelibr, alfo obtained the principality of
Bayreuth; but after his death, which happened in 1603, both thefe principalities
fell to the electoral Brandenburg line ; on which Chriß'tan, fecond
fon to the Elcd:or "John George, obtained the principality of Bayreuth, and
yoacbim Erne/l, his third fon, that of Ansbach ; the lines founded by both
of whom are ftill in being. Erdmann Aiigujhis, fon to the Marggrave Chrifiian,
propagated the Bayreuth reigning line. On the contrary, his brother,
Geotge Albrecht, founded the collateral line of G^/ot/^./^Z', which, in the year
1726, on the extindllon of the former, became the reigning line, and ftiU
continues to be fo. Frederick and Albrecht, fons to the Marggrave Joachim
Erneß, arrived fuccefiively to the regency of the principality of Ansbach,
and in like mariner alfo three grandlbns of the latter ; of whom only the
youngeft, named the Marggrave William Frederick, had fucceflion.
§.3. The Marggraves of both lines bear the following title J 'vi-z. Marggraves
of Brandenburg in Prufiia, of Silefia, Magdeburg, Cleves, Juliers,
the Berg, Stettin and Pomerania, oj the Cafiubi and Wendi, of Mecklenburg
and CrofTen Dukes, Burggraves of Nürnberg, Princes of Halberftadt,
Minden, Camin, Wenden, Schwerin, Ratzeburg ß;;J Mors, Counts oitlohenzoUern,
the Is/l-ixk, Raveniberg ^W Schwerin, and Lords of Ravenflein
and the countries of Koüock, Stargard, &c. Their arms, on account of the
Ma.rg2,ravatc of Brandenburg, are an eagle _§-«/i?j having weapons Or, together
with trefuil-ffalks of the fame in the wings, all placed in a field argent.
On account ot Magdeburg, a fliield quartered gules and argent. On account
of Cleve, eight feurs de lys Or, ranged in form of an united St. Andrews
crofs, and bordered in the middle by a fhield argent in a field gules. On
account of "Juliers they bear a lion fable in a field Or. On account of the
Berg, a lion crowned gtiles and azure in a field argent. On account of
Stettin, a griffin gules, crowned Or and weaponed, in a field azure. On
account of Pomerania, a grifiin, gules, weaponed Or in a field argent.
On account ol Caffuben, a 2^nfi\\\ fable turned to the finifter fide, weaponed
Or, in a field of the fame. On account of Wenden, a grirfin tranfverfely
ftriped, gides^xiA verte, m a field argent. On account of Mecklenburg, a
buffalo's head, fable, having horns argent and crowned gides, with a ring
argent running through his nofe, which is to be feen in the vizor or fight.
On account oiCrofjen, an ta-^t fable with wings, tail and weapons expanded
in a field Or, on whofe hreaif is a crefcent argent, and over it a finall crofs
of the fame. On account of Jagerndojf, an eagle fable with a filver
hunting-horn on his breafi in a fitid argent. On account of the Burggravate
of ISurnberg, a lion fable prepared for combat, with open gneulle and
a red tongue exerted, weaponed and crowned in a field Or placed on another
fliield.