European Dynasties and Geography

What was the capital of Burgundy?

Dijon

To which house did Saxony primarily belong?

Wettin

To which house did Brandenburg primarily belong post-14th century?

Hohenzollern

To which dynasty did Bavaria primarily belong?

Wittelsbach

To which dynasty did the Electoral Palatinate/Rhineland primarily belong?

Wittelsbach

To which dynasty did Austria primarily belong?

Habsburg

To which dynasty did Hanover / Brunswick-Lüneburg primarily belong?

Welf

What was the main city of Württemberg?

Stuttgart

To which dynasty did Pomerania primarily belong?

House of Griffin

To which dynasty did Mecklenburg primarily belong?

House of Mecklenburg

Which dynasty AND territory were associated with Dresden and Leipzig?

Wettin and Saxony

What was Nuremberg's political status within the HRE?

Free Imperial City

What was Frankfurt's political status and imperial role?

Site of imperial/royal elections

Three ecclesiastical electors and their modern-day states?

Mainz, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate; Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia; Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate

Silesia in the 15th century?

Crown of Bohemia

Bohemia after George of Poděbrady, who did George back?

Jagiellon dynasty

Schleswig-Holstein around 1460?

Oldenburg

Swabia where?

Southwestern Germany

Major Swabian territorial power around Stuttgart?

Württemberg

What were three major city anchors for the historical Duchy of Brabant?

Brussels, Antwerp, Leuven

Which brothers split their lands at the 1485 Partition of Leipzig into what areas? Whose sons were they?

Ernest and Albert, sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony; Ernestine Wettins got the electoral title + Wittenberg; Albertine Wettins got Dresden

What were the four secular electors and what houses?

King of Bohemia, changes Luxembourg, Habsburg, Poděbrady, Jagiellon; Elector Palatine, Wittelsbach; Elector Saxony, Wettin; Elector Brandenburg, Hohenzollern

What 1329 treaty split the Wittelsbach holdings?

Treaty of Pavia

In 1329, how did the Wittelsbachs divide their land?

Louis IV the Bavarian got Bavaria; brother Rudolf’s descendents got Palatinate/Rhineland (Golden Bull of 1356 gave electoral vote to Rudolph’s line)

What are the two major Habsburg branches created by the Treaty of Neuberg (1379)?

Albertinian and Leopoldian lines

What did the Habsburg Albertinian line primarily rule?

Austria proper, centred on Vienna

What did the Leopoldian line primarily rule?

Styria, Carinola, Carinthia, Tyrol, and western lands

What is Inner Austria?

Carniola (modern-day Slovenia), Styria, Carinthia; centre is Graz

Who was the last Albertinian Habsburg?

Ladislaus the Posthumous

When did the Albertinian Habsburg line die out?

1457, with Ladislaus's death

What Habsburg branch controlled Tyrol and Further Austria in Frederick III’s time?

Tyrolean branch of the Leopoldian Habsburgs

Who was the last major ruler of the Tyrolean Habsburg branch?

Sigismund of Austria

What were the main Hanseatic cities?

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein; Hamburg; Bremen; Cologne, North-Rhine Westphalia

To what did Lombardy refer?

Duchy of Milan

What was the leader of Venetian Republic called?

Doge

What family largely ruled Florence?

De’ Medici