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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 .
Margaret (b. 1262 - d. young, aft. 17 April 1273). Agnes (b. 1264 - d. September 1332), married before 21 July 1282 to Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. After what was at first a happy rule and marriage, Albert turned away from Margaret and began a passionate love affair with Kunigunde of Eisenberg.
1143 King Fulk of Jerusalem (1131-1143), dies in a hunting accident; 1170 Albert I of Brandenburg; 1314 Albert II, Margrave of Meissen; 1319 Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies; 1345 Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323) 1359 Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, dies
Prince Albert Joseph Maria Franz-Xaver of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen [2] (30 November 1934 [3] – 6 October 2012) [4] was the head of the Royal House of Saxony and a German historian. The fourth child and youngest son of Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen and his wife Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis, he was ...
Oct 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
Albert and Margaret had five children: Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1288–1307) and Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1307–1324); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany. Henry, Lord of Pleissnerland (b. 21 March 1256 - d. 25 January/23 July? 1282), inherited the Pleissnerland in 1274; he married Hedwig, daughter of Henry III the White.
The beautiful town of Meissen in Eastern Germany is not only the home of Meissen Porcelain but more importantly is the birthplace of the European porcelain trade itself. First discovered and developed in late 7th, early 8th century China and Japan, the secrets of hard paste porcelain eluded European understanding for the better part of a millennia.
