List of margraves of Meissen

See also: List of Margravines 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

Affiliation	Name	Years	Comments
	Wigbert	965–970
	Thietmar	970–979	also Margrave of Merseburg
Ekkehardingian	Gunther, Margrave of Merseburg	981–982	also Margrave of Merseburg
	Rikdag	979–985	since 982 also Margrave of Merseburg, removes Wigger in Zeitz, Gunther in Merseburg and Wigbert in Meißen as Margrave
Ekkehardingian	Eckard I	985–1002	Son of Günther of Merseburg
Ekkehardingian	Gunzelin	1002–1009
Ekkehardingian	Herman I	1009–1031
Ekkehardingian	Eckard II	1031–1046
Weimar-Orlamünde	William	1046–1062
Weimar-Orlamünde	Otto I	1062–1067
Brunonen	Egbert I	1067–1068
Brunonen	Egbert II	1068–1089
Přemyslid	Vratislaus II of Bohemia	1076–1089
Wettin	Henry I	1089–1103
Wettin	Thimo	1103
Wettin	Henry II	1104–1123
	Wiprecht	1123–1124
Winzenburg	Herman II	1124–1130
Wettin	Conrad	1130–1156
Wettin	Otto II	1156–1190
Wettin	Albert I	1190–1195	Followed by the direct rule of the Emperor Henry VI
Wettin	Dietrich I	1198–1221
Wettin	Henry III	1221–1288
Wettin	Albert II	1288	Son of Henry III the Illustrious
Wettin	Frederick Tuta	1288–1291
Wettin	Dietrich II	1291–1307
Wettin	Frederick I	1291–1323
Nassau	Adolf	1293–1298
Habsburg	Albert III	1298–1307
Wettin	Frederick II	1323–1349	Son of Frederick I the Peaceful
Wettin	Frederick III	1349–1381	Son of Frederick II the Cruel
Wettin	Balthasar	1349–1382	Son of Frederick II the Cruel
Wettin	William I	1349–1407	Son of Frederick II the Cruel
Wettin	George	1381–1402	Son of Frederick III the Strict
Wettin	William II	1381–1425	Son of Frederick III the Strict
Wettin	Frederick IV	1381–1428	Son of Frederick III the Strict
Wettin	Frederick V	1407–1440	Son 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.

• Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
• Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
• Albert, Margrave of Meissen, disputed with Alexander
• Alexander, Margrave of Meissen, disputed with Albert and Ruediger
• Ruediger, Margrave of Meissen, disputed with Alexander

See also

• List of rulers of Thuringia
• List of rulers of Saxony

External links

• Margraves of Meissen and Ostmark