Albert I, Margrave of Meissen

Albert I
Margrave of Meissen
Margrave of Meissen
Reign	18 February 1190 – 1195
Predecessor	Otto II
Successor	Emperor Henry VI
Born	1158
Died	24 June 1195 Krummenhennersdorf
Burial	Altzella Abbey
Spouse	Sophie, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
House	House of Wettin
Father	Otto II, Margrave of Meissen
Mother	Hedwig of Brandenburg

Albert I, the Proud (de: Albrecht I der Stolze) (1158 – 24 June 1195), was the Margrave of Meissen from 1190 until his death in 1195. His father was Otto II, his mother Hedwig of Brandenburg. He was a member of the House of Wettin.

His father did not intend to let Albert succeed him, preferring his younger brother Dietrich. Albert did not accept this and started a war against his father and brother. In 1188, he even took his father prisoner. Under the orders of Frederick I, he had to set him free but he was able to obtain the title. Nevertheless, the conflict with his brother continued as he tried to regain the margraviate.^[1][2]

Otto II, Margrave of Meissen (1156–1190) and Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1190–1195); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany

After Albert died in 1195 with no children to succeed him. Meissen, with its rich mines, was seized by the emperor Henry VI as a vacant fief of the empire. Dietrich finally came into possession of his inheritance in 1198, following Henry's death in 1197.^[2]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Albert I, Margrave of Meissen

16. Dietrich II of Wettin               8. Thimo the Brave, Count of Wettin                       17. Mathilde of Meissen               4. Conrad, Margrave of Meissen                             18. Otto of Nordheim               9. Ida of Nordheim                       19. Richenza of Swabia               2. Otto II, Margrave of Meissen                                   20. Adalbert of Elchingen               10. Adalbert of Ravenstein                       21. Ne of Achalm               5. Luitgard of Ravenstein                             22. Frederick I, Duke of Swabia               11. Bertha of Hohenstaufen                       23. Agnes of Germany               1. Albert I, Margrave of Meissen                                         24. Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt               12. Otto, Count of Ballenstedt                       25. Adelheid of Meissen               6. Albert the Bear                             26. Magnus, Duke of Saxony               13. Eilika of Saxony                       27. Sophia of Hungary               3. Hedwig of Brandenburg                                   28. Meginhard IV of Formbach               14. Hermann I, Count of Winzenburg                       29. Matilda of Reinhausen               7. Sophie of Winzenburg                             15. Hedwig

See also

• List of Margraves of Meißen
• Wettin (dynasty)

Notes and references

1. Herbert Helbig (1953), "Albrecht I. der Stolze", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German) 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 168; (full text online)
2. Heinrich Theodor Flathe: Albrecht I. der Stolze. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1875, p. 276 (German)

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