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Constantia of Austria. Albert II, the Degenerate (de: Albrecht II der Entartete) (1240 – 20 November 1314) was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony. He was a member of the House of Wettin . He was the eldest son of Henry III, Margrave of Meissen by his first wife, Constantia of Austria .
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The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen ( German: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis ( Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally ...
Margaret, also known as Margaret of Schwaben was a sister of Henry Otto, also known as Carlotto. As a dowry the Pleissnerland was pledged to the House of Wettin. Albert and Margaret had five children: Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1288–1307) and Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1307–1324); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany.
History. King Henry the Fowler, on his 928–29 campaign against the Slavic Glomacze tribes, had a fortress erected on a hill at Meissen (Mišno) on the Elbe river. Later named Albrechtsburg, the castle about 965 became the seat of the Meissen margraves, installed by Emperor Otto I when the vast Marca Geronis (Gero's march) was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, the ...
AffiliationNameYearsComments981–982also Margrave of MerseburgEkkeharding985–1002Son of Gunther of MerseburgWeimar-Orlamünde1062–1067Died without male heirsBrunonen1068–1089Revolted against King Henry IV in 1076Oct 31, 2023 · Meissen Parents. Henry III, Margrave of Meissen; Constance of Babenberg; Spouses. Margaret of Sicily (1255/06 - 1270/08/08) Elisabeth of Orlamünde (1290/10/01 - ) Kunigunde of Eisenberg (1274 - 1286/10/31) Children. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen; Agnes of Meissen; Theodoric IV, Landgrave of Lusatia; Died Nov 20, 1314 Erfurt
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Albert II, the Degenerate (de: Albrecht II der Entartete) (1240 – 20 November 1314) was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the eldest son of Henry III, Margrave of Meissen by his first wife, Constantia of Austria.
