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Otto II, the Rich (German: Otto der Reiche; 1125 – 18 February 1190), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1156 until his death. Life [ edit ] He was the eldest surviving son of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen [1] and Lusatia .
- 1156–1190
- Liutgard of Ravenstein-Elchingen
Commons Commons: Otto II, Margrave of Meissen – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien. Vorgänger. Konrad I. Markgraf von Meißen. 1157–1190 Nachfolger. Albrecht I. Normdaten: PND: 13754037X – weitere Informationen
- "der Reiche / the Rich", "Der Reiche"
- Meissen, Dresden, Saxony
- circa 1125
- February 18, 1190 (60-69)Meissen
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Otto II, the Rich ( German: Otto der Reiche; 1125 – 18 February 1190), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1156 until his death. Quick Facts Reign, Predecessor ... Otto II. Margrave of Meissen. Reign.
In 1031 however, King Conrad II of Germany was able to reconquer the Milceni lands, which were returned to Meissen. In 1046, Count Otto of Weimar-Orlamünde became margrave, followed by Egbert II of the Brunonids upon his death in 1067.
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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 ...
AffiliationNameYearsComments981–982also Margrave of MerseburgEkkeharding985–1002Son of Gunther of MerseburgWeimar-Orlamünde1062–1067Died without male heirsBrunonen1068–1089Revolted against King Henry IV in 1076Otto II, the Rich (German: Otto der Reiche; 1125 – 18 February 1190), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1156 until his death. Life. 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 ...
Otto II, the Rich (German: Otto der Reiche; 1125 – 18 February 1190), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1156 until his death. Life. He was the eldest surviving son of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia.
