Kurfurst, was he to whom Brandenburg-Culmbach fell home,--nay,
strictly speaking, it was but the sure prospect of it that fell
home, the thing itself did not quite fall in his time, though the
disposal of it did, ["Disposal," 1598; thing itself, 1603, in his
Son's time.]--to be conjoined again with Brandenburg-Proper.
Conjoined for the short potential remainder of his own life;
and then to be disposed of as an apanage again;--which latter
operation, as Johann George had three-and-twenty children, could
be no difficult one.

Johann George, accordingly (Year 1598), split the Territory in
two; Brandenburg-Baireuth was for his second son, Brandenburg-
Anspach for his third: hereby again were two new progenitors of
Culmbach Princes introduced, and a New Line, Second or "Younger
Line" they call it (Line mostly split in two, as heretofore);
which--after complex adventures in its split condition, Baireuth
under one head, Anspach under another--continues active down to
our little Fritz's time and farther. As will become but too
apparent to us in the course of this History!--

From of old these Territories had been frequently divided:
each has its own little capital, Town of Anspach, Town of
Baireuth, [Populations about the same; 16,000 to 17,000 in our
time.] suitable for such arrangement. Frequently divided;
though always under the closest cousinship, and ready for
reuniting, if possible. Generally under the Elder Line too, under
Friedrich's posterity, which was rather numerous and often in need
of apanages, they had been in separate hands. But the understood
practice was not to divide farther; Baireuth by itself, Anspach by
itself (or still luckier if one hand could get hold of both),--and