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Coat of arms
March of Meissen (red) in the early 11th century
Status
Margravate
Capital
Meissen
Common languages
Upper Saxon
Government
Feudal monarchy
Margrave of Meissen
• 965–976
Wigbert (first)
• 1381–1423
Frederick IV
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Partitioned from Marca Geronis
965
• Investiture Controversy¹
1067
• War of Thuringian Succession
1247–64
• Acquired most of Thuringia
1298
• Battle of Lucka
1307
• Frederick IV assigned Saxe-Wittenberg
1423
• Acquired Burggravate
1426
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Marca Geronis
Electorate of Saxony
Today part of
Germany
1: As a result of the Investiture Controversy in 1067, the territory was lost from the Brunonen to the Wettin dynasty.
The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen (German: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally merged with the former Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg into the Saxon Electorate by 1423.
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Holy Roman Empire, comprising the Ottonian, or Saxon, dynasty. The MargravateofMeissen was founded in 985 as a frontier march, that soon extended to the...
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office Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, because of border disputes with the MargravateofMeissen, overran the territory of the bishopric and caused much...
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natives of Franconia and of the Rhine provinces; the Polish included Silesians, Poles, Ruthenians; the Saxon included inhabitants of the Margravateof Meissen...
Margraviate of Brandenburg, led by the Ascanian rulers John I, Margrave of Brandenburg and Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg. The MargravateofMeissen, led...
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