biography
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Albert I (of Germany),
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known as the Bear
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1100–70)
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| biography:
| The first margrave of Brandenburg (1150) and founder of the House of Ascania which ruled in Brandenburg for 200 years. In 1134, in return for service in Italy, he was invested by Emperor Lothar III with extensive lands between the Elbe and the Oder. |
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