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Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave Frederick the Strict of Meissen and Catherine of Henneberg . Under the Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the Osterland and Landsberg jointly with his brothers, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed ...
- 23 April 1371
- Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen
- 13 March 1425 (aged 53)
- Catherine of Henneberg
History. King Henry the Fowler, on his 928–29 campaign against the Slavic Glomacze tribes, had a fortress erected on a hill at Meissen (Mišno) on the Elbe river. Later named Albrechtsburg, the castle about 965 became the seat of the Meissen margraves, installed by Emperor Otto I when the vast Marca Geronis (Gero's march) was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, the ...
Apr 26, 2022 · 1425. Age 53. Burial of William II, Margrave of Meissen. Altenburg, Sachsen-Altenburg, Thⁿringen. Genealogy for Wilhelm II of Sachsen (1371 - 1425) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Margrave Eckard I from Thuringia succeeded Rikdag as Margrave of Meissen in 985. His descendants of the Ekkeharding noble family would keep the margravial title until 1046. Upon his appointment, Eckard allied with Duke Mieszko I of Poland in order to reconquer Meissen Castle from Duke Boleslaus II of Bohemia whose forces occupied it the year ...
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- Meissen
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- Upper Saxon
Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave Frederick the Strict of Meissen and Catherine of Henneberg. Under the Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the Osterland and Landsberg jointly with his brothers, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed" died in 1407, William and Frederick also inherited ...
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Frederick II, the Earnest (son) 1349–1381. Frederick III, the Severe (son) 1349–1407. William I, the One-eyed (brother) 1381–1425. William II, the Rich (son of Frederick III) 1349–1406. Balthasar (son of Frederick II; received Thuringia at separation from Meissen 1382) 1406–1440. Frederick the Pacific (son; union with Saxony 1440 ...
MEISSEN, a German margraviate now merged in the kingdom of Saxony. The mark of Meissen was originally a district centring round the castle of Meissen or Misnia on the Middle Elbe, which was built about 920 by the German king Henry I., the Fowler, as a defence against the Slavs. After the death of Gero, margrave of the Saxon east mark, in 965 ...
