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Otto II, Margrave of Meissen. Mother. Hedwig of Brandenburg. Albert I (1158 – 24 June 1195), called the Proud ( German: Albrecht der Stolze ), a member of the House of Wettin, was the Margrave of Meissen from 1190 until his death.
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. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally ...
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Albert (given name) 1158 births; 1195 deaths; Margraves of Meissen; House of Wettin
After the abolition of all German monarchies in 1918 and the death of Friedrich August III, the last king of Saxony, in 1932, further heads of the house and pretenders to the throne have used the title Margrave of Meissen. Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen; Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen; Albert, Margrave of Meissen, disputed with ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Albert I (1158 – 24 June 1195), called the Proud ( German: Albrecht der Stolze ), a member of the House of Wettin, was the Margrave of Meissen from 1190 until his death.
Albert, Margrave of Meissen died at a hospital in Munich on 6 October 2012 at the age of 77. Prior to the requiem for Margrave Maria Emanuel, Rüdiger, who had sought to be recognised by his cousin as a dynastic member of the House of Saxony but was refused, conducted a demonstration outside the cathedral with Saxon royalists in protest against ...
