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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. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally ...
- Feudal monarchy
- Meissen
- Margravate
- Upper Saxon
Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Immilla of Turin: Ulric Manfred II of Turin – 1058 January 1048 husband's accession: 28 September 1057 husband's death: 1078, before 29 April Egbert I: Oda of Weimar: Otto I, Margrave of Meissen (Weimar-Orlamünde) – before 1080 1089 husband's desposition: 1111 Egbert II
PictureNameFatherBirth–before 1119Albert the Bear ( Ascania )1124/351144/7Frederick, Duke of Bohemia ( Přemyslids ...před 117623 April 1186Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia ( ...11841194People also ask
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Matilde married May 1323 in Nürnberg to Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, son of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen and had 9 children: Elisabeth (22 November 1329 – 21 April 1375), married to Friedrich V, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Frederick (born and died 1330) Frederick III the Strict; Balthasar
- aft. 21 June 1313, Bavaria, Germany
- Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- 2 July 1346, Meissen
- Beatrice of Silesia
Brief Life History of Matilda. When Matilda Wittelsbach Margravine of Meissen was born after 21 June 1313, her father, Ludwig IV von Bayern, was 8717 and her mother, Beatrix von Silesia, was 8709. She married Friedrich II von Sachsen on 28 May 1328, in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.
- Female
- Friedrich II Von Sachsen
Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen, Margravine of Meissen (4 F) Media in category "Margravines of Meissen" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
Uta of Naumburg. The figure known as Uta von Naumburg is considered by many to be "the most beautiful woman of the Middle Ages." The daughter of the Count of Ballenstedt lived around 1000 - 1046 and became Margravine of Meissen through her marriage to Ekkehard II, one of the founders of the cathedral. However, there are doubts in research as to ...
history of Thuringia. …over the long-disputed succession (1256–63), Henry III (the Illustrious), margrave of Meissen, of the house of Wettin, made good his claim and invested his son Albert with Thuringia in 1265. Thuringia thereafter remained a possession of the Wettins, and in the 15th century it was divided between Ernestine Saxony ...
