Son of Margrave Dedi I of the Saxon Ostmark, first Wettin rulerįollowed by the direct rule of the Emperor Henry VIĪfter 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. Since 982 also Margrave of Merseburg, removes Wigger in Zeitz, Gunther in Merseburg and Wigbert in Meißen as MargraveĮnfeoffed by King Henry IV in turn for his support, though never confirmed Discover the family tree of Friedrich I 'the Warlike' Wettin VON MEISSEN for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. Son of Count Christian of Serimunt, also Margrave of Merseburg Received the Meissen territory upon the death of Margrave Gero While the Wettin rulers eventually moved their residence to Dresden, the Meissen margraviate merged into their electorate and became known as the 'Cradle of Saxony'. Finally in 1423 Margrave Frederick the Warlike was enfeoffed with the Saxe–Wittenberg lands down the Elbe ('Upper Saxony'), an electorate according to the Golden Bull of 1356.
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen has received more than 197,877 page views. US 500.00 Bolivia, Republic, AR 4 soles (32 mm, 13.38 g) 1858 PTS FJ Potosi Mint EF US 95. Frederick I, called the Brave or the Bitten (German: Friedrich der Freidige or Friedrich der Gebissene 1257 16 November 1323) was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia. Key Date, Lowest mintage in the entire decimal serie. SKU: 6121 OTHER ITEMS FROM THIS STORE Denmark, Christian IX, 1863 - 1906, 2 ORE (re) 1876, Good VF or better. In the 13th century the Meissen margraves acquired the former Pleissnerland territory and upon the War of the Thuringen Succession 1247–1264 also the adjacent Landgraviate of Thuringia in the west. Meissen Frederick the Warlike 1425-1428 AR Groschen S.2332.B. The eastern lands around Bautzen ( Budissin), later known as Upper Lusatia, were ceded to the Polish duke Bolesław I the Brave according to the 1018 Peace of Bautzen in 1076 they passed to the Duke of Bohemia as an Imperial fief.įrom 1089, the Meissen margravial title became the honor of the Saxon House of Wettin and remained as the dynasty's possession ever since. 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 Saxon Eastern March, and also the Northern March which eventually became the Margraviate of Brandenburg.ĭuring the tenth century, the Meissen margraves temporarily extended their territory into the Milceni lands up to the Kwisa ( Queis) river and the border with the Silesian region of the Early Polish state. Frederick IV, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elector of Saxony (Frederick the Belligerent (the Warlike) ( 11 April 1370 – 4 January. 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.
This article lists the margraves of Meissen, a march and territorial state on the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1425 Frederick the Warlike granted them protection for a yearly fee however, during the course of the Hussite Wars (see Hussites), Frederick the Mild.
Coat of arms of the Margraves of Meissen, Ingeram Codex (1459)
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