Editing House of Ascania

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Brandenburg Ancient.svg|House of Ascania<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Aschersleben<br>Counts of Ballenstedt<br>Margraves and Electors of Saxony<br>Also referred as ''von Ballenstedt''<br>Ancient arms</span>
Brandenburg.svg|House of Brandenburg-Stendal<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Altmark, Stendal, Havelland and Uckemark<br>Margraves of Brandenburg-Stendal<br>Electors of Brandenburg</span><!-- The main Ascanian (Brandenburg) branch never used the arms with the lines, it was always an eagle. It is evident from the earliest seal testimonials going back as far as Otto I using an eagle on his seal of 1170 and then on seals of his grandsons Johann I and Otto III, etc.  -->
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Siegfried II. von Orlamuende.svg|House of Ballenstedt-Orlamünde<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Weimar and Orlamünde<br>Counts Palatine of the Rhine<br>Issued from Siegfried, 2nd son of Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt<br>Attributed arms</span><!-- I have decided to refer to this short-lived branch as "Ballenstedt-Orlamunde" to avoid confusion with the later branch, plus the progenitor and his descendants were never referred to as "Weimer-Orlamunde" until recently, they were always referred as "von Ballenstedt" or "von Orlamunde" -->
Orlamunde Ancient.svg|[[House of Ascania-Orlamünde]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Lauenstein, Schauenforst, Graefenthal <br>and Lichtenberg<br>Counts of Weimar and Orlamünde<br>Issued from Hermann I, 2nd son of Albrecht I, Margrave of Brandenburg</span><!-- More less the same as the above. This branch was the Askanier branch of Weimar and Orlamunde, however later the counties were split and only the third branch can be legitimately referred to as "Weimar-Orlamunde" as that is the branch which ruled Weimar and also came from the 2nd Ascanian branch of Orlamunde. Perhaps I am wrong but it makes more sense to do it like this than to follow retarded German Wikipedia naming policies -->
Bernhard II Anhalt.svg|[[House of Anhalt]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Bernburg, Plötzkau, Köthen and Zerbst<br>Counts of Aschersleben<br> and Ballensted<br>Princes of Anhalt<br>Issued from Bernhard III,<br> Duke of Saxony</span>
Albrecht III. (Brandenburg).svg|House of Brandenburg-Salzwedel<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Spandau, Salzwedel, Barnim, Lubusz and Stargard<br>Margraves of Brandenburg-Salzwedel<br>Issued from Otto III, 2nd son of Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg</span>
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