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Henry III, called Henry the Illustrious (Heinrich der Erlauchte) (c. 1215 – 15 February 1288) from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia (as Henry IV) from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrave of Thuringia.
history of Thuringia. …over the long-disputed succession (1256–63), Henry III (the Illustrious), margrave of Meissen, of the house of Wettin, made good his claim and invested his son Albert with Thuringia in 1265. Thuringia thereafter remained a possession of the Wettins, and in the 15th century it was divided between Ernestine Saxony ...
In 1264, during the War of the Thuringian Succession, Margrave Henry III asserted himself in the Landgraviate of Thuringia, where his uncle Henry Raspe had died childless. Between 1243 and 1255, Henry III had also acquired the intermediate Pleisseland around Altenburg in pawn.
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Henry III, called Henry the Illustrious ( Heinrich der Erlauchte) (c. 1215 – 15 February 1288) from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia (as Henry IV) from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrave of Thuringia.
Henry III: 1221–1288: Wettin: Albert II: 1288: Son of Henry III the Illustrious Wettin: Frederick I: 1291–1323: Nassau: Adolf: 1293–1298: Habsburg: Albert III: 1298–1307: Wettin: Frederick II: 1323–1349: Son of Frederick I the Peaceful Wettin: Frederick III: 1349–1381: Son of Frederick II the Serious Wettin: Balthasar: 1349–1382 ...
AffiliationNameYearsComments981–982also Margrave of MerseburgEkkeharding985–1002Son of Gunther of MerseburgWeimar-Orlamünde1062–1067Died without male heirsBrunonen1068–1089Revolted against King Henry IV in 1076Henry III. Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia from 1221 to 1288. Upload media. Wikipedia. Name in native language. Heinrich III. der Erlauchte. Date of birth. c. 1215 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Meissen.
Henry III, called Henry the Illustrious (Heinrich der Erlauchte) (c. 1215 – 15 February 1288) from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia (as Henry IV) from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrave of Thuringia.
