Margravate of Meissen

medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony

14 dated entries naming Margravate of Meissen, drawn from 14 separate years between 985 CE and 1423 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century

  • 985Rikdag, margrave of Meissen (Germany)source
  • 989Regelinda, margravine of Meissen (approximate date)source
  • 1000Uta von Ballenstedt, margravine of Meissensource

11th century

  • 1013King Henry II of Germany signs a peace treaty at Merseburg with Duke Bolesław I the Brave) of Poland. As part of the treaty, Bolesław pays homage and recognizes Henry as his overlord in exchange for receiving the March of Lusatia (including the town of Bautzen) and the March of Meissen as fiefs. To seal their peace, Bolesław's son Mieszko II marries Richeza of Lotharingia (granddaughter of the late Emperor Otto II).source
  • 1068January 11 – Egbert I, margrave of Meissensource
  • 1097Conrad I ("the Great"), margrave of Meissen (approximate date) (d. 1157)source

12th century

  • 1125Otto II (the Rich), margrave of Meissen (d. 1190)source
  • 1158Albert I ("the Proud"), margrave of Meissen (d. 1195)source
  • 1162March 11 – Theodoric I, margrave of Meissen (d. 1221)source
  • 1184Jutta of Thuringia, margravine of Meissen (d. 1235)source
  • 1190February 18 – Otto II (the Rich), margrave of Meissen (b. 1125)source

13th century

  • 1212May 6 – Constance, margravine of Meissen (d. 1243)source
  • 1243June 4 – Constance, margravine of Meissen (b. 1212)source

15th century

  • 1423January 6 – The Electorate of Saxony merges with the Margravate of Meissen and the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg.source

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