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Henry Raspe. Father. Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia. Mother. Judith of Hohenstaufen. Hermann I (died 25 April 1217), Landgrave of Thuringia and (as Hermann III) Count Palatine of Saxony, was the second son of Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia ( the Iron ), and Judith of Hohenstaufen, [1] the sister of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa .
Engraving of William III the Bold, Duke of Luxemburg and Landgrave of Thuringia. Bust length with long hair, wreath of flowers, and fur robes. With German inscription on a scrolled banner below and the number 369 inscribed above. Cut down.This print is from a series of 56 portraits of the rulers of Saxony, Meissen, and Thuringia dating from 70 BC to the late seventeenth century, all taken from ...
William III (30 April 1425 – 17 September 1482), called the Brave (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere ), was landgrave of Thuringia (from 1445) and claimant duke of Luxemburg (from 1457). He is actually the second William to rule Thuringia, and in Luxembourg; he was the third Margrave of Meissen named William. He was a younger son of Frederick I ...
The remaining Thuringian landgraviate fell to the Wettin's Henry III, Margrave of Meissen. Henry I of Hesse was raised to the status of prince by King Adolf of Germany in 1292. From 1308 to 1311, and again from 1458, the landgraviate was divided into Upper Hesse and Lower Hesse. Hesse was re-unified under Landgrave William II in 1500.
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia , was born on April 30, 1425 in Meissen . He held citizenship in Germany . He was the child of Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the father of Margaret of Thuringia . William III passed away on September 17, 1482 in Weimar .
Unfortunately, disagreements between Frederick and William lead to the Saxon Fratricidal War between 1446-1451, with no clear winner and a peace treaty to end it. 1482: Duke Ernest of Saxony succeeds his uncle, William III, as landgrave of Thuringia upon the latter's death. The Wettin lands are now united under a single ruler, although that ...
Anne of Bohemia and Austria (12 April 1432 – 13 November 1462) was a Duchess of Luxembourg in her own right and, as a consort, Landgravine of Thuringia and of Saxony . She was the eldest daughter of Albert of Austria . On 2 June 1446 the young Anne was married to William "the Brave" of Saxony (1425–82), Landgrave of Thuringia, a younger son ...
