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In which year did the Holy Roman Empire dissolve, ending the personal union between Brandenburg and Prussia?

  • 1806

  • 1815

  • 1789

  • 1763

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The Holy Roman Empire dissolved in 1806, ending the personal union between Brandenburg and Prussia. However, by this time, the emperor's overlordship over the empire had become a legal fiction, and Brandenburg was already treated as part of the Prussian kingdom.
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