List of margraves of Meissen

The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire.

History

The Mark of Meissen (cradle of Saxony) was founded 965 by Emperor Otto I; in 929, the German king Henry the Fowler built a fortress on the hill where Meissen Castle stands. During the tenth century, Meissen was populated by Slavic tribes who were subdued by the German margrave Gero the Great. The region between the rivers Elbe and Oder was then ruled by Gero as the margraviate of Sächsische Ostmark 937-965. When Gero died in 965, Ostmark was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, and also Nordmark which eventually became Brandenburg. In 1089, Meissen became the honor of the house of Wettin's possessions and remained as such even after it had been incorporated into the electorate of Saxony in 1423.

List

AffiliationNameYearsComments
Wigbert965–970
Thietmar970–979also Margrave of Merseburg
EkkehardingianGunther, Margrave of Merseburg981–982also Margrave of Merseburg
Rikdag979–985since 982 also Margrave of Merseburg, removes Wigger in Zeitz, Gunther in Merseburg and Wigbert in Meißen as Margrave
EkkehardingianEckard I985–1002Son of Günther of Merseburg
EkkehardingianGunzelin1002–1009
EkkehardingianHerman I1009–1031
EkkehardingianEckard II1031–1046
Weimar-OrlamündeWilliam1046–1062
Weimar-OrlamündeOtto I1062–1067
BrunonenEgbert I1067–1068
BrunonenEgbert II1068–1089
PřemyslidVratislaus II of Bohemia1076–1089
WettinHenry I1089–1103
WettinThimo1103
WettinHenry II1104–1123
Wiprecht1123–1124
WinzenburgHerman II1124–1130
WettinConrad1130–1156
WettinOtto II1156–1190
WettinAlbert I1190–1195Followed by the direct rule of the Emperor Henry VI
WettinDietrich I1198–1221
WettinHenry III1221–1288
WettinAlbert II1288Son of Henry III the Illustrious
WettinFrederick Tuta1288–1291
WettinDietrich II1291–1307
Wettin Frederick I1291–1323
NassauAdolf1293–1298
HabsburgAlbert III1298–1307
WettinFrederick II1323–1349Son of Frederick I the Peaceful
WettinFrederick III1349–1381Son of Frederick II the Cruel
WettinBalthasar1349–1382Son of Frederick II the Cruel
WettinWilliam I1349–1407Son of Frederick II the Cruel
WettinGeorge1381–1402Son of Frederick III the Strict
WettinWilliam II1381–1425Son of Frederick III the Strict
WettinFrederick IV1381–1428Son of Frederick III the Strict
WettinFrederick V1407–1440Son of Balthasar, heir of William I

As a title in pretense

After 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.

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