Editing Northern March (section)

== List of margraves ==
The Margraves of the Nordmark were closely related to both the [[Counts of Stade]], many holding dual titles, and the [[Counts of Walbeck]]. The early counts and margraves were discussed by [[Thietmar of Merseburg]], a descendant of the original rulers.

=== Counts of Haldensleben ===
*[[Dietrich of Haldensleben|Dietrich]], 965–983, possibly the son of [[Wichmann the Elder|Wichman the Elder]], an early [[Counts of Stade|Count of Stade]]<ref name="Arnold1997">{{cite book|author=Benjamin Arnold|title=Medieval Germany, 500–1300: A Political Interpretation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kxdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA46|date=9 June 1997|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-25677-8|pages=46–}}</ref>
=== Counts of Walbeck === 
*[[Lothair, Margrave of the Nordmark|Lothair I]], 983–1003, the first margrave of the [[Counts of Walbeck|House of Walbeck]], and son of [[Lothar II the Old, Count of Walbeck]]
*[[Werner, Margrave of the Nordmark|Werner]], 1003–1009, son of the previous and cousin of Thietmar of Merseburg
=== Counts of Haldensleben ===
*Bernard I, 1009–1018, son of Dietrich
*[[Bernard, Margrave of the Nordmark|Bernard II]], 1018–1051, son of the previous
*[[William, Margrave of the Nordmark|William]], 1051–1056, son of the previous
*[[Otto, Margrave of the Nordmark|Otto]], 1056–1057, illegitimate son of Bernard 
=== Counts of Stade ===
*[[Lothair Udo I, Margrave of the Nordmark|Lothair Udo I]], 1056–1057, also Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo II), first of the [[House of Udonids]], and son of [[Siegfried II, Count of Stade]]
*[[Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark|Lothair Udo II]], 1057–1082, also Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo III), son of the previous
*[[Henry I the Long, Margrave of the Nordmark|Henry I the Long]], 1082–1087, also Count of Stade (as Henry III the Long), son of the previous
*[[Lothair Udo III, Margrave of the Nordmark|Lothair Udo III]], 1087–1106, also Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo IV), brother of the previous
*[[Rudolf I, Margrave of the Nordmark|Rudolf I]], 1106–1112, also Count of Stade, brother of the previous
=== Counts of Plötzkau ===
*[[Helperich von Plötzkau, Margrave of the Nordmark|Helperich von Plötzkau]], 1112–1114, nondynastic, but part of the [[Counts of Walbeck|House of Walbeck]] as grandson of [[Conrad, Count of Walbeck]]
=== Counts of Stade ===
*[[Henry II, Margrave of the Nordmark|Henry II]], 1114–1128, son of Lothair Udo III
*[[Udo IV, Margrave of the Nordmark|Udo IV]], 1128–1130, son of Rudolf I
=== Counts of Plötzkau ===
*[[Conrad von Plötzkau, Margrave of the Nordmark|Conrad]], 1130–1133, son of Helperich
=== Counts of Stade ===
*[[Rudolf II, Margrave of the Nordmark|Rudolf II]], 1133–1134, son of Rudolf I and the last of the [[House of Udonids]]
=== Counts of Ballenstedt (Ascanians) ===
*[[Albert the Bear]], 1134–1170

Under Albert, the march was expanded with the acquisition of Slavic lands around [[Brandenburg an der Havel|Brandenburg]] in 1157. The expanded march became a hereditary possession of Albert's house, the [[Ascanian]]s, and was called the [[March of Brandenburg]].

For a lists of margravines (margrave's wives), see [[List of consorts of Brandenburg]].