List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg

This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Mark, or March, of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1157 as the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Albert the Bear, Margrave of the Northern March. In 1356, by the terms of the Golden Bull of Charles IV, the Margrave of Brandenburg was given the permanent right to participate in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor with the title of Elector (German: Kurfürst).

The early rulers came from several different dynasties, but from 1415 Brandenburg and its successor states were ruled by the House of Hohenzollern for over 500 years. From 1618 onward, Brandenburg was ruled in personal union with the Duchy of Prussia. The Hohenzollerns raised Prussia to a kingdom as the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, and from then on Brandenburg was de facto treated as part of the kingdom even though it was legally still part of the Holy Roman Empire. The titles of Margrave of Brandenburg and Elector of Brandenburg were abolished along with the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and Brandenburg was formally integrated into Prussia. Despite this, the Prussian kings still included the title "Margrave of Brandenburg" in their royal style. From 1871 to 1918 the Hohenzollerns were also German Emperors.

Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg

Ascanian Dynasty
Name	Reign		Comments
Albert I the Bear	1157–1170		Ruler of the Nordmark from 1134. Called "Albert the Bear".
Otto I	1170–1184		Son of Albert I. Ruled together with his father from 1144.
Otto II the Generous	1184–1205		Son of preceding.
Albert II	1205–1220		Brother.
John I Otto III the Pious	1220–1266 1220-1267		Co-rulers, sons of Albert II.
From 1266 to 1319, Brandenburg was held by the two lines of Brandenburg-Stendal and Brandenburg-Salzwedel, all of whom jointly shared the title of Margrave.
Brandenburg-Stendal		Brandenburg-Salzwedel
Co-rulers, sons of John I: 1266-1282: John II, Conrad, Otto IV of the Arrow, Henry I Lackland 1282-1304: Conrad, Otto IV of the Arrow, Henry I Lackland 1304-1308: Otto IV of the Arrow, Henry I Lackland 1308-1317: Henry I Lackland, Valdemar I the Great		Co-rulers, sons of Otto III: 1267-1268: John III of Prague, Otto V the Tall, Otto VI the Short, Albert III 1268-1291: Otto V the Tall, Otto VI the Short, Albert III 1291-1298: Otto V the Tall, Albert III 1298-1300: Albert III, Herman I the Tall 1300-1308: Herman I the Tall 1308-1317: John V the Illustrious
Reunited Brandenburg
1317-1318: Henry I Lackland, Valdemar I the Great 1318-1319: Valdemar I the Great 1319-1320: Henry II the Child
After the extinction of the Ascanian dynasty in 1320, Brandenburg came under the control of the Emperor Louis IV of the House of Wittelsbach, who granted Brandenburg to his eldest son, Louis V of Bavaria.

House of Wittelsbach

Ruler	Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Louis I the Brandenburger	May 1315	1323-1351	18 September 1361	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Margaret of Denmark 1324 no children Margaret, Countess of Tyrol 10 February 1342 Meran four children	In 1351 his brothers Louis and Otto gave up their inheritance in Bavaria, in excnhange of the Electoral dignity in Brandenburg.
Louis II the Roman	7 May 1328	1351-1356	17 May 1365	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Cunigunde of Poland before 1349 no children Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1360 no children	Elevated in 1356 by the as First Elector of Brandenburg.
Louis II the Roman	7 May 1328	1356-1365	17 May 1365	Electorate of Brandenburg	Cunigunde of Poland before 1349 no children Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1360 no children	Elevated in 1356 by the as First Elector of Brandenburg
Otto VII the Lazy	1340/42	1365-1373	15 November 1379	Electorate of Brandenburg	Catherine of Bohemia 19 March 1366 no children	Co-ruler of Brandenburg with his brother from 1351, but as a minor (b. 1346) took no part in administration until his brother's death. Abdicated 1373 but retained Electoral title. Died 1379.

Luxemburg Dynasty

Name	Began	Ended	Comments
Wenceslaus Wenzel	2 October 1373	29 November 1378	Emperor Charles IV forced the last Wittelsbach Elector to abdicate, and then installed his own son, Wenceslaus. As Wenceslaus was still a minor (b. 1361), the Emperor administered the margraviate for him.
Sigismund	29 November 1378	1388	Younger brother of Wenceslaus; took control of Brandenburg on his brother's ascension as King of Germany and Bohemia. Gave up Brandenburg to his cousin Jobst as security for a substantial loan.
Jobst	1388	16 January 1411	Sigismund's first cousin, nephew of Charles IV. Elected as German King in 1410 in opposition to Sigismund, but died very shortly afterwards.
Sigismund	16 January 1411	30 April 1415	Following Jobst's death, Sigismund regained control of Brandenburg and was elected undisputed King of Germany.

House of Hohenzollern

Partitions of Brandenburg under Hohenzollern rule


Electorate of Brandenburg (1415-1440)	Margraviate of Brandenburg (under Luxemburg rule)

	Margraviate of Brandenburg (1426-1440)
Electorate of Brandenburg and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Brandenburg (1440-1618)		Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1440-1791)	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1st creation) (1440-1457)

			Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (2nd creation) (1486-1495)

			Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (3rd creation) (1515-1535)
	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1535-1571)


			Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (changed seat from Kulmbach to Bayreuth) (1603-1769)
Electorate of Brandenburg, Duchy of Prussia and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Brandenburg (1618-1701)
	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1692-1788)
Electorate of Brandenburg and Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1806)



Kingdom of Prussia (1806-1918)

Table of rulers

(Note: Here the numbering of the princes is the same for all principalities, as all were titled Margraves of Brandenburg, despite of the different parts of land and its particular numbering of the rulers. The princes are numbered by the year of their succession.)

Ruler	Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Frederick I Friedrich I	21 September 1371	30 April 1415 - 20 September 1440	20 September 1440	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut 18 September 1401 ten children	Originally Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI. Appointed by King Sigismund in 1415 and enfeoffed in 1417.
Frederick I Friedrich I	21 September 1371	1417-1426	20 September 1440	Margraviate of Brandenburg		In spite of being granted with the Electorate in 1415, the Margraviate was only given to him in 1417, which he abdicate to his son in 1426. In 1420 joined all his ancestors' Nurembergian lands with Brandenburg.
John VI the Alchemist	1406	1426-1440	16 November 1464	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg 1416 four children	Received the Margraviate of Brandenburg from his father. However, after the latter's death, Brandenburg was redivided, and from then on retained Kulmbach. Abdicated 1457.
John VI the Alchemist	1406	1440-1457	16 November 1464	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg 1416 four children
Frederick II Irontooth Friedrich II	19 November 1413	20 September 1440 - 10 February 1471	10 February 1471	Margraviate of Brandenburg and Electorate of Brandenburg	Catherine of Saxony 11 June 1441 Wittenberg three children	Reunited definitely the Margraviate and the Electorate of Brandenburg; however, his father gave to his brothers the lands of Ansbach and Kulmbach.
Albert IV Achilles Albrecht Achilles	9 November 1414	1440-1457	11 March 1486	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Margaret of Baden 1446 four children Anna of Saxony 12 November 1458 Ansbach thirteen children	Received Ansbach after his father's death. In 1457 inherited Kulmbach from his brother John. On the death of his brother Frederick in 1471, became Elector.
		1457-1486		Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
		10 February 1471 - 11 March 1486		Electorate of Brandenburg
John VII Cicero Johann Cicero	2 August 1455	11 March 1486 - 9 January 1499	9 January 1499	Electorate of Brandenburg	Margaret of Thuringia 15 August 1476 Berlin six children	Eldest son of Albert Achilles.
Sigismund	27 September 1468	1486-1495	26 February 1495	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Unmarried	Received Kulmbach after his father's death. Left no descendants, and Kulmbach returned to Ansbach.
Frederick III the Elder	8 May 1460	1486-1495	4 April 1536	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Sophia of Poland 14 February 1479 Frankfurt (Oder) seventeen children	Received Ansbach after his father's death. In 1495 inherited the land of his brother. In 1515 the lands were separated again.
		1495-1515		Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
		1515-1536		Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Joachim I Nestor	21 February 1484	9 January 1499 - 11 July 1535	11 July 1535	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elizabeth of Denmark 10 April 1502 Berlin five children
Casimir I	27 December 1481	1515-1527	21 September 1527	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Susanna of Bavaria 25 August 1518 Augsburg five children	Eldest son of Frederick III, received Kulmbach in his father's lifetime.
George of Brandenburg-Ansbach (regent)	4 March 1484	1527-1541	27 December 1543	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Beatrice de Frangepan 21 January 1509 Gyula no children Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels 9 January 1525 Oleśnica two children Emilie of Saxony 25 August 1533 four children	Heir of Frederick III and brother of Casimir, became regent on behalf of his nephew, in 1527.
Albert V Alcibiades the Warlike	28 March 1522	1541-1557	8 January 1557	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach	Unmarried	Left no descendants, and Kulmbach returned to Ansbach.
Joachim II Hector	13 January 1505	11 July 1535 - 3 January 1571	3 January 1571	Electorate of Brandenburg	Magdalena of Saxony 6 November 1524 Dresden six children Hedwig of Poland 29 August/1 September 1535 Kraków six children	First Protestant Elector of Brandenburg.
John VIII	3 August 1513	1535-1571	13 January 1571	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin	Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 11 November 1537 Wolfenbüttel two children	Son of Elector Joachim I. The Margraviate of Küstrin was created for him. After his death without male descendants, Küstrin was annexed again to the Electorate.
George I the Pious	4 March 1484	1536-1543	27 December 1543	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Beatrice de Frangepan 21 January 1509 Gyula no children Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels 9 January 1525 Oleśnica two children Emilie of Saxony 25 August 1533 four children
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (regent)	13 January 1505	1543-c.1548	3 January 1571	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Magdalena of Saxony 6 November 1524 Dresden six children Hedwig of Poland 29 August/1 September 1535 Kraków six children	Regents on behalf of George I's son.
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (regent)	30 June 1503	1543-1547	3 March 1554	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Sibylle of Cleves 9 February 1527 Torgau four children
Maurice, Elector of Saxony (regent)	13 January 1505	1547-c.1548	3 January 1571	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Agnes of Hesse 9 January 1541 Marburg two children
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (regent)	13 November 1504	1543-c.1548	31 March 1567	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Christine of Saxony 11 December 1523 Kassel ten children Margarethe von der Saale 14 March 1540 Rotenburg (bigamous and morganatic) nine children
George Frederick I the Elder	5 April 1539	c.1548-1557	25 April 1603	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin 26 December 1558 Küstrin no children Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 3 May 1579 Dresden tno children	In 1557 reunited Kulmbach to Ansbach once more. Left no descendants, and the Margraviates passed to sons of the Elector John George.
George Frederick I the Elder	5 April 1539	1557-1603	25 April 1603	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
John George Johann Georg	11 September 1525	3 January 1571 - 8 January 1598	8 January 1598	Electorate of Brandenburg	Sophie of Legnica 15 February 1545 one child Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach 12 February 1548 Ansbach eleven children Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst 6 October 1577 Letzlingen eleven children
Joachim Frederick Joachim Friedrich	27 January 1546	8 January 1598 - 18 July 1608	18 July 1608	Electorate of Brandenburg	Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin 8 January 1570 Küstrin eleven children Eleanor of Prussia 2 November 1603 Berlin one child
Joachim Ernest	22 June 1583	1603-1625	7 March 1625	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Sophie of Solms-Laubach 1612 Ansbach three children	Son of Elector John George. Received Ansbach
Christian	30 January 1581	1603-1655	30 May 1655	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Maria of Prussia 29 April 1604 Kulmbach nine children	Son of Elector John George. Received Kulmbach. In 1604 moved the capital of the Margraviate to Bayreuth. From 1604 on, Brandenburg-Kulmbach changed its name to Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
John Sigismund Johann Sigismund	8 November 1572	18 July 1608 - 3 November 1619	23 December 1619	Electorate of Brandenburg	Anna of Prussia 30 October 1594 Königsberg eight children	Duke of Prussia from 1618.
George William I Georg Wilhelm	13 November 1595	3 November 1619 - 1 December 1640	1 December 1640	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate 24 July 1616 Heidelberg four children	His reign was marked by ineffective governance during the Thirty Years' War. Also Duke of Prussia.
Frederick IV	1 May 1616	1625-1634	6 September 1634	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Unmarried	Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
Albert VI	18 September 1620	1634-1667	22 October 1667	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Henriette Louise of Württemberg-Mömpelgard 31 August 1642 Stuttgart three children Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen 15 October 1651 Oettingen five children Christine of Baden-Durlach 6 August 1665 Durlach no children
Frederick William I the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm	16 February 1620	1 December 1640 - 29 April 1688	29 April 1688	Electorate of Brandenburg	Louise Henriette of Nassau 7 December 1646 The Hague six children Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 13 July 1668 Gröningen seven children	Also Duke of Prussia.
Christian Ernest	6 August 1644	1655-1712	20 May 1712	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxony 29 October 1662 Dresden no children Sofie Louise of Württemberg 8 February 1671 Stuttgart six children Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg 30 March 1703 Potsdam nine children	Son of Erdmann August, son of Christian I.
John Frederick	18 October 1654	1667-1686	22 March 1686	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach 26 January 1673 Durlach five children Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach 4 November 1681 Eisenach three children
Appointed regency (1686-1692)
Christian Albert	18 September 1675	1686-1692	16 October 1692)	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Unmarried	Died as a minor; he was succeeded by his brother.
Frederick V Friedrich I	11 July 1657	29 April 1688 - 25 February 1713	25 February 1713	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel 13 August 1679 Potsdam one child Sophia Charlotte of Hanover 8 October 1684 Herrenhausen two children Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 28 November 1708 Berlin no children	Also Duke of Prussia. In 1701 became the first King in Prussia, as Frederick I.
George Frederick II	3 May 1678	1692-1703	29 March 1703	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Unmarried	Died without descendants; he was succeeded by his brother.
Philip William	19 May 1669	1692-1711	19 December 1711	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt	Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau 25 January 1699 Oranienbaum six children	Son of Elector Frederick William I. The Margraviate of Schwedt was created for him.
William Frederick	8 January 1686	1703-1723	7 January 1723	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental 28 August 1709 Stuttgart three children
Frederick William II	17 November 1700	1711-1771	4 March 1771	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt	Sophia Dorothea of Prussia 10 November 1734 Potsdam five children	Left no male descendants. The title passed to his brother, Frederick Henry.
George William II	26 November 1678	1712-1726	18 December 1726	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels 16 October 1699 Leipzig five children
Frederick William III the Soldier-King Friedrich Wilhelm I	14 August 1688	25 February 1713 - 31 May 1740	31 May 1740	Electorate of Brandenburg	Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 28 November 1706 Berlin fourteen children	Also King of Prussia as Frederick William I.
Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental (regent)	20 August 1694	1723-1729	25 December 1729	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	William Frederick 28 August 1709 Stuttgart three children
Charles William Frederick the Wild Margrave	12 May 1712	1729-1757	3 August 1757	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Friederike Luise of Prussia 30 May 1729 Berlin two children
George Frederick Charles	30 June 1688	1726-1735	17 May 1735	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 17 April 1709 Reinfeld five children
Frederick VI	10 May 1711	1735-1763	26 February 1763	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Wilhelmine of Prussia 17 April 1709 Berlin one child Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 20 September 1759 Brunswick no children	Left no male descendants; the title passe to Frederick Christian, from a collateral Bayreuth line.
Frederick VII the Great Friedrich II	24 January 1712	31 May 1740 - 17 August 1786	17 August 1786	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 12 June 1733 Wolfenbüttel no children	Also King of Prussia as Frederick II. King in Prussia to 1772; after annexations of Polish Prussian territory, "King of Prussia". Left no descendants. The title passed to his nephew, Frederick William II of Prussia.
Charles Alexander	24 February 1736	1757-1769	5 January 1806	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach	Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 22 November 1754 Coburg no children Elizabeth Craven 13/30 October 1791 Lisbon morganatic no children	In 1769 reunited both Margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth.
Frederick Christian	17 July 1708	1763-1769	20 January 1769	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym 26 April 1732 Schaumburg two children	Great-grandson of Christian I and cousin of his predecessors. Left no male descendants; Bayreuth was reunited to Ansbach.
Charles Alexander	24 February 1736	1769-1791	5 January 1806	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth	Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 22 November 1754 Coburg no children Elizabeth Craven 13/30 October 1791 Lisbon morganatic no children	In 1791 sold both Margraviates to the Kingdom of Prussia.
Frederick Henry	21 August 1709	1771-1788	12 December 1788	Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt	Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau 13 February 1739 two children	Left no male descendants. Schwedt went back to the Electorate.
Frederick William IV Friedrich Wilhelm II	25 September 1744	17 August 1786 - 16 November 1797	16 November 1797	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 July 1765 Salzdahlum (annulled 18 April 1769) one child Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 July 1769 Berlin eight children Julie von Voss 7 April 1787 Berlin (morganatic and bigamous) no children Sophie von Dönhoff 11 April 1790 Berlin (morganatic and bigamous) two children	Nephew of Frederick the Great, as son of Augustus William, his brother. Also King of Prussia as Frederick William II.
Frederick William V Friedrich Wilhelm III	3 August 1770	16 November 1797 - 6 August 1806	7 June 1840	Electorate of Brandenburg	Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 24 December 1793 Berlin ten children Auguste von Harrach 9 November 1824 Berlin (morganatic) no children	King of Prussia (as Frederick William III) and last Elector of Brandenburg. The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806, after which Frederick William ruled as independent King of Prussia (including Brandenburg) to his death in 1840.

Titular Margraves of Brandenburg after 1806

This includes Kings of Prussia with the title of Margrave of Brandenburg (1806–1918) and pretenders to the throne of Prussia (1918–present)

Margrave	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end
Frederick William III Friedrich Wilhelm III	3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840	6 August 1806	7 June 1840
Frederick William IV Friedrich Wilhelm IV	15 October 1795 – 2 January 1861	7 June 1840	2 January 1861
William I Wilhelm I	22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888	2 January 1861	9 March 1888
Frederick III Friedrich III	18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888	9 March 1888	15 June 1888
William II Wilhelm II	27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941	15 June 1888	Prussian monarchy abolished on 28 November 1918 4 June 1941
William III Wilhelm III	6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951	4 June 1941	20 July 1951
Louis Ferdinand I Ludwig Ferdinand I	9 November 1907 – 26 September 1994	20 July 1951	26 September 1994
George Frederick I Georg Friedrich I	10 June 1976 – present	26 September 1994	Incumbent

Upper Presidents of Brandenburg

In 1815 Brandenburg was constituted as the Prussian Province of Brandenburg without a sovereign ruler, but with Upper Presidents appointed by the central Prussian government. The upper president carried out central prerogatives on the provincial level and supervised the implementation of central policy on the lower levels of administration.

1815–1824: Georg Friedrich Christian von Heydebreck (1765–1828)
1825–1840: Friedrich Magnus von Bassewitz (1773–1858)
1840–1842: vacancy
1842–1848: August Werner von Meding (1792–1871)
1848–1849: Robert von Patow (1804–1890), per pro
1849–1850: vacancy
1849–1850: August Hermann Klemens Freiherr Wolff von Metternich (1803–1872), per pro
1850–1858: Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell (1786–1865)
1859–1862: Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell (1786–1865)
1862: Werner Ludolph Erdmann von Selchow (1806–1884)
1862–1879: Gustav Wilhelm von Jagow (1813–1879)
1879–1899: Heinrich von Achenbach (1829–1899)
1899–1905: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856–1921)
1905–1909: August von Trott zu Solz (1855–1938)
1909–1910: Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell (1855–1931)
1910–1914: Alfred von Conrad (1852–1914)
1914–1917: Rudolf von der Schulenburg (1860–1930)
1917–1919: Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell (1855–1931)
1919–1933: Adolf Maier (1871–1963)
1933–1936: Wilhelm Kube (1887–1943)
1937–1945: Emil Stürtz (1892–1945), since 1936 per pro

Land Directors of Brandenburg

Since 1875, with the strengthening of self-rule within the provinces, the urban and rural counties elected representatives for the provincial diets (Provinziallandtage). These parliaments legislated within the competences transferred to the provinces. The provincial diet of Brandenburg elected a provincial executive body (government), the provincial committee (Provinzialausschuss), and a head of province, the land director (Landesdirektor).^[1] Self-rule was abolished under the Nazi dictatorship.

1876–1896: Albert Erdmann Karl Gerhard von Levetzow (1827–1903), German Conservative Party
1896–1912: Otto Karl Gottlob von Manteuffel (1844–1913), German Conservative Party
1912–1930: Joachim von Winterfeldt-Menkin (1865–1945)
1930–1933: Hugo Swart (1885–1952)

Post-monarchy

After the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War, Brandenburg, which had previously been merely a province of Prussia, re-emerged as a German Land.

Prime Minister of Brandenburg, 1945–1952

Karl Steinhoff (SPD/SED), 1945–1949.
Rudolf Jahn (SED), 1949–1952.

After being abolished in a reorganization of the territories administered by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the Land Brandenburg was restored in the prelude to German unification in 1990.

Ministers President of Brandenburg, 1990 to date

Manfred Stolpe (SPD), 1990–2002.
Matthias Platzeck (SPD), 2002–2013
Dietmar Woidke (SPD), since 2013.

Notes

^ In other Prussian provinces the same office used to be called Landeshauptmann (about in English: land captain). Cf. article: "Landesdirektor", in: Der Große Brockhaus: Handbuch des Wissens in zwanzig Bänden: 21 vols.; Leipzig: Brockhaus, ¹⁵1928–1935; Bd. 11 (1932), p. 71.

History of Brandenburg and Prussia

Northern March (965 – 983) Lutician federation (983 – 12th century) Old Prussians (pre – 13th century) Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1618) Teutonic Order (1224 – 1525) Elector of Brandenburg (1356 – 1806) Duchy of Prussia (1525 – 1618) Malbork Voivodeship and Prince-Bishopric of Warmia within Royal (Polish) Prussia (Poland 1454/1466 – 1772) Brandenburg-Prussia (1618 – 1701) Kingdom of Prussia (1701 – 1918) Free State of Prussia (1918 – 1947)
Present
Działdowo area (from 1918) Klaipėda Region (1920–1939, from 1945) Warmia, Masuria within Recovered Territories (from 1945) Kaliningrad Oblast (from 1945) Berlin and Brandenburg (1947–1952, from 1990)