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Dispositio Achillea

German history
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  • Albert III Achilles, engraving by Peter Rollos, 1628.
    Albert III Achilles

    …24, 1473, he proclaimed the Dispositio Achillea (“Disposition of Achilles”), which was to preserve Brandenburg as a united whole and keep his dynastic inheritance intact. This settlement gave the mark of Brandenburg to his eldest son and the Hohenzollerns’s then more lucrative Franconian possessions to younger sons. While not establishing…

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    …24, 1473, he proclaimed the Dispositio Achillea (“Disposition of Achilles”), which was to preserve Brandenburg as a united whole and keep his dynastic inheritance intact. This settlement gave the mark of Brandenburg to his eldest son and the Hohenzollerns’s then more lucrative Franconian possessions to younger sons. While not establishing…

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