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The March or Margraviate of Lusatia ( German: Mark (grafschaft) Lausitz) was an eastern border march of the Holy Roman Empire in the lands settled by Polabian Slavs. It arose in 965 in the course of the partition of the vast Marca Geronis. Ruled by several Saxon margravial dynasties, among them the House of Wettin, the lordship was contested by ...
From 1029, Emperor Conrad II again waged war against Poland. Bolesław's son and successor Mieszko II lost Lusatia and finally had to renounce his claims in the 1033 Treaty of Merseburg. According to the Annalista Saxo chronicles, Dietrich played a key role in the emperor's campaign and in turn could succeed the Lusatian margrave Odo II in 1032.
Conrad's younger son Margrave Theodoric I of Lusatia had Landsberg Castle erected until 1174 and began to style himself a "Margrave of Landsberg". However, an Imperial State in its own right was not established until in 1261, when Margrave Henry the Illustrious (against legal provisions) split off the western Landsberg territory from the March ...
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Dietrich married Mathilda, daughter of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen. They had seven children: Dedi (ca. 1004–1075) the eldest son, who eventually became his successor as Margrave of Lusatia; Frederick (ca. 1020–1084), elected Bishop of Münster in 1063; Thimo (ca. 1034– ca. 1101), count of Wettin
From 1029, Emperor Conrad II again waged war against Poland. Bolesław's son and successor Mieszko II lost Lusatia and finally had to renounce his claims in the 1033 Treaty of Merseburg. According to the Annalista Saxo chronicles, Dietrich played a key role in the emperor's campaign and in turn could succeed the Lusatian margrave Odo II in 1032.
Dedi III (German: Dedo), nicknamed the Fat (c. 1130 – 16 August 1190), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Lusatia from 1185 until his death. Life Dedo was a younger son of the Wettin margrave Conrad I of Meissen and his wife Luitgard of Ravenstein.
Dietrich II of Wettin married Mathilda, daughter of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen. [3] They had seven children: Dedi (ca. 1010–1075) the eldest son, who eventually became his successor as Margrave of Lusatia. Frederick (ca. 1020–1084), elected Bishop of Münster in 1063. Thimo (ca. 1034– ca. 1101), count of Wettin.
