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  1. 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.

  2. Meissen is the predecessor to the present German part state of Saxony and it was during the tenth century populated by Slavic tribes who were subdued by the German margrave Gero the Great. The region between the rivers Elbe and Oder were then ruled by Gero as the margraviate of Ostmark 937-965.

  3. Apr 26, 2022 · Conrad the Great (ca. 1097 – 5 February 1157) was the Margrave of Meissen from 1123 until his retirement in 1156. He was the son of Thimo, Count of Brehna, of the House of Wettin, and Ida, daughter of Otto of Nordheim.

    • probably Wettin, Herzogtum Sachsen (Duchy of Saxony)
    • Luitgard Markgräfin Von Meißen
    • Herzogtum Sachsen (Duchy of Saxony)
    • circa 1091
  4. This article lists the margraves of Meissen, a march and territorial state on the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire. History [ edit ] 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.

    Affiliation
    Name
    Years
    Comments
    981–982
    also Margrave of Merseburg
    Ekkeharding
    985–1002
    Son of Gunther of Merseburg
    Weimar-Orlamünde
    1062–1067
    Died without male heirs
    Brunonen
    1068–1089
    Revolted against King Henry IV in 1076
  5. …belonged to the margraves of Meissen, members of the Wettin family, who, after 1826, took the title of dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; their line has supplied Europe with many of its crowned heads. Coburg was of considerable importance in the 15th and 16th centuries, largely because of its strongly fortified Veste,…

  6. Thietmar (II) ( c. 945 – 3 August 979) was Margrave of Meissen from about 976 until his death. Life. Thietmar was the eldest of three brothers, all sons of Margrave Christian, count in the Saxon Eastern March, and his wife Hidda, sister of Margrave Gero the Great. His brothers were Archbishop Gero of Cologne and Margrave Odo of the Saxon Ostmark .

  7. All you need to know about the origins of the Meissen factory in Germany, from the man who claimed he could create gold to the monarch who commissioned a porcelain menagerie, plus advice on what to collect and how to spot a fake. Collecting Guides. Decorative Arts & Design. 2 June 2023.

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