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Conrad I ( c. 1097 – 5 February 1157), called the Great ( German: Konrad der Große ), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156. Initially a Saxon count, he became the ruler over large Imperial estates in the Eastern March and progenitor of the Saxon ...
Oct 20, 2021 · Following his death in July 2012, both Albert and Alexander claimed the headship of the family. When Albert died just three months later, the dispute intensified. Prince Rüdiger claimed that he was the rightful heir, and assumed the title Margrave of Meissen, just as Prince Alexander had done upon Maria Emanuel’s death.
He was the eldest surviving son of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen [1] and Lusatia. When his father, under pressure from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, retired and entered the Augustinian convent of Lauterberg in 1156, Otto succeeded him in Meissen while his younger brothers Theodoric and Dedi received the March of Lusatia and the County of ...
We can't assume without source. His succession has to be defined in that period when Albert was Margrave or that he self-proclaim himself as successor. I fear that people are assuming he succeeded base on Albert's comment before he was Margrave and ignore a possible reconciliation between Albert and Alexander which I have seen some indication ...
In 1221 he succeeded his father as Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia, at first under guardianship of his maternal uncle, Landgrave Louis IV of Thuringia, and after his death in 1227, under that of Duke Albert I of Saxony. In 1230 he was legally proclaimed an adult. Henry in the Dresden Fürstenzug, 1907. Henry had his first combat experience in ...
On 13 October or 30 October 1791, in Lisbon, Alexander married Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven (1750–1828), the daughter of the Earl of Berkeley and the widow of the William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, who had died shortly before. Alexander sailed to England as a private citizen with his new wife, and there the couple dedicated themselves to ...
The burgraves of Meissen were royal officials appointed to document the king's claims to power. They acted as a counterbalance to the margrave and bishop of Meissen and were based at a castle on the site of the Albrechtsburg at Meißen. The lordship of the burgrave included quite a few of the villages in the surrounding area.
