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William II, Margrave of Meissen. 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 .
- 23 April 1371
- Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen
- 13 March 1425 (aged 53)
- Catherine of Henneberg
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Artist: After a print by Peter Schenk. Date: ca. 1735. Culture: German, Meissen. Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold. Dimensions: Height: 18 5/16 in. (46.5 cm); Diameter (rim): 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain.
Title: Vase with flowers and birds (one of a pair) Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present) Date: 1733. Culture: German, Meissen. Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels under transparent glaze. Dimensions: Height: 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
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 ...
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 ...
Title: Vase. Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present) Factory director: Böttger Period (1713–1720) Date: ca. 1713–20. Culture: German, Meissen. Medium: Hard-paste porcelain. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 5 7/16 × 4 11/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.9 × 11.9 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain