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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.
Dedi (or Dedo) (1004 – October 1075) was the Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (also called Lower Lusatia) from 1046 and a claimant for the title of Margrave of Meissen from 1069. He was the second son of Dietrich II of Wettin and Matilda, daughter of Eckard I of Meissen.
All of Lusatia was ceded to Saxony 1635, but Saxony was 1815 forced to cede Lower Lusatia to Prussia. * = Friedrich was margrave of Landsberg 1283-1288. This margraviate had been created 1261 for his father Dietrich the Wise through a partitioning of Meissen and was reunited with Meissen 1288.
Conrad of Wettin, 1136–1156, also Margrave of Meissen since 1123; Dietrich I, 1156–1185, son of Conrad, titular Margrave of Landsberg; Dedi III, 1185–1190, brother; Conrad II, 1190–1210, son; Margraves of Meissen. Dietrich II the Oppressed, 1210–1221, also Margrave of Meissen since 1198
In the 13th and 14th centuries, Lusatia was disputed between the noble dynasties of the Wettins of Meissen and the Ascanians of the Wittenberg and Brandenburg line. With the 14th century, Lusatia became part of the Bohemian crown, of which the margraviate remained a tributary until 1635.
Dedi (or Dedo) (1004 - October 1075) was the Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (also called Lower Lusatia) from 1046 and a claimant for the title of Margrave of Meissen from 1069. He was the second son of Dietrich II of Wettin and Matilda, daughter of Eckard I of Meissen.
About 1312 Frederick, who had become involved in a dispute with Waldemar, margrave of Brandenburg, over the possession of lower Lusatia, was taken prisoner. Surrendering lower Lusatia he was released, but it was only after Waldemar’s death in 1319 that he obtained undisputed possession of Meissen.
