brandenburg-schwedt was a secundogeniture of the hohenzollern margraves of brandenburg, established by prince philip william who took his residence at schwedt castle in 1689. by appanage, they administered the manors of schwedt and vierraden on the oder river (uckermark and neumark) as well as wildenbruch in pomerania (present-day swobnica, poland). though prosperous, the cadet branch never obtained imperial immediacy.