State of the Holy Roman Empire, Crown land of the Saxon Eastern March (965–1303) Crown land of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1303-1367) Crown land of the Bohemian Crown (1367–1635)
Capital
Lübben
Government
Margraviate
Margraves
• 965–993
Odo I (first)
• 1365–1367
Otto of Wittelsbach (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Partitioned from Marca Geronis
965
• Conquered by Poland
1002–1031
• Appointment of Dietrich II of Wettin
1032
• Death of Henry IV
1288
• Sold to Brandenburg
1303
• To Bohemia
1367
• To Saxon electorate
1635
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Marca Geronis
Lower Lusatia
Upper Lusatia
The March or Margraviate of Lusatia (German: Mark(grafschaft) Lausitz) was an eastern border march of the Holy Roman Empire in the lands settled by Polabian Slavs. It arose in 965 in the course of the partition of the vast Marca Geronis. Ruled by several Saxon margravial dynasties, among them the House of Wettin, the lordship was contested by the Polish kings as well as by the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg. The remaining territory was finally incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1367.
The March or Margraviate ofLusatia (German: Mark(grafschaft) Lausitz) was an eastern border marchof the Holy Roman Empire in the lands settled by Polabian...
Along with Lower Lusatia to the north, it makes up the region ofLusatia, named after the Slavic Lusici tribe. Both parts ofLusatia are home to the West...
(Sorbian March) and Holy Roman Empire (Saxon Eastern March, Margravate of Meissen, MarchofLusatia). From the High Middle Ages, they were ruled at various...
title of margrave of the MarchofLusatia, an area roughly corresponding to the modern region of Lower Lusatia, which became the heartland of the remaining...
German state of Brandenburg after the state capital of Potsdam. With around 98,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies...
Bohemian Crown, which at various times included Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia, and parts of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Bavaria.[citation needed] The kingdom was...
Duchies of Silesia, and the two Lusatias, known as the Margraviate of Upper Lusatia and the Margraviate of Lower Lusatia, as well as other territories throughout...
The Northern March or North March (German: Nordmark) was created out of the division of the vast Marca Geronis in 965. It initially comprised the northern...
besides the allod, the "civitas" of Eilenburg, in the west the former MarchofLusatia, as well as count's estates in the Gau of Quezizi near Eilenburg. When...
westernmost part of the MarchofLusatia (Saxon Eastern March) between the rivers Saale and Mulde. It comprised the margravial fortress of Landsberg and...
divided into the Northern March, the MarchofLusatia, and the Thuringian March, the latter being divided into the marchesof Zeitz, Merseburg, and Meissen...
detachments entered the Margravate of Meissen and the MarchofLusatia following a decisive Mongol victory at the Battle of Legnica in Poland. The Mongol light...
the former MarchofLusatia (Lower Lusatia) in the northwest. However, during the Thirty Years' War both Lusatias passed to the Electorate of Saxony by...
I of Poland which ended a series of Polish-German wars over the control ofLusatia and Upper Lusatia (Milzenerland or Milsko, the eastern part of the...
Nevertheless, the marchof Zeitz, along with the later MarchofLusatia, was a recurring division of the Meissen march during the reign of the Emperor Henry...
in the west, but also the former MarchofLusatia and even the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1373 under the Kingdom of Bohemia. The family's decline began...
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