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lands, and a formal power of oversight. Only domestic disorders, caused by the unworthiness of his son Albert, clouded the later years of his reign and indeed, long after his death in 1288, led to the loss of
Lusatia and Thuringia.
509:, but kept Thuringia, which he granted to his son Albert II together with the Palatinate of Saxony. The Thuringian acquisition significantly increased the Wettin territorial possessions, which now reached from the
383:. His pilgrimage and company is well-documented by Peter of Dusburg, and it resulted in the construction of Balga castle, an important administrative centre for the
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He was known throughout the whole empire as a glittering prince, famous as a patron of the arts and a model knight, and as a significant
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Henry remained a loyal supporter of the
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From 1273 Henry was an important support to the newly elected
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654:, or serving knight, Elisabeth von Maltitz, who bore him
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348:. In 1221 he succeeded his father as Margrave of
505:in the west and gave it to Sophie's younger son
387:. In 1245 after many years of conflict with the
648:, and in his third marriage the daughter of a
549:. Against Bohemia he won, among other places,
364:. In 1230 he was legally proclaimed an adult.
304:) (c. 1215 – 15 February 1288) from the
501:. After a long drawn-out war he detached the
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678:Ancestors of Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
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395:, he was forced to cede the fortresses of
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336:, Henry was the youngest son of Margrave
213:15 February 1288 (aged 72–73)
1183:Petri de Dusburg Chronica terre Prussie
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942:Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia
784:Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen
582:Henry and his three wives, from
487:War of the Thuringian Succession
338:Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen
276:Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen
27:
1228:Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
586:'s Saxon chronicles, about 1520
1000:Jutta Claricia of Hohenstaufen
904:Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
608:Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
603:. Together they had two sons:
553:and Purschenstein Castle near
481:did he recognise the antiking
250:Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
1:
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489:against the claims raised by
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517:river in the east up to the
499:Siegfried I of Anhalt-Zerbst
434:In the struggle between the
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33:Margrave Henry of Meissen,
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646:Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
599:, the daughter of Duke
497:, as well as by Prince
411:. In 1249 however, the
1349:Margraves of Thuringia
1293:Landgrave of Thuringia
614:Theodoric of Landsberg
597:Constance of Babenberg
595:In 1234 Henry married
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346:Hermann I of Thuringia
318:Landgrave of Thuringia
302:Heinrich der Erlauchte
254:Theodoric of Landsberg
234:Constance of Babenberg
143:Landgrave of Thuringia
846:Hedwig of Brandenburg
601:Leopold VI of Austria
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547:Ottokar II of Bohemia
503:Landgraviate of Hesse
371:Henry in the Dresden
370:
358:Louis IV of Thuringia
328:Born probably at the
298:Henry the Illustrious
239:Elisabeth von Maltitz
126:Louis IV of Thuringia
81:Louis IV of Thuringia
1344:Margraves of Meissen
1120:Lutgard of Salzwedel
878:Sophie of Winzenburg
533:range in the north.
529:in the south to the
417:Bolesław II the Bald
1369:People from Meissen
1312:Margrave of Meissen
571:Christherre-Chronik
543:Rudolph of Habsburg
495:Henry II of Brabant
491:Sophie of Thuringia
314:Margrave of Lusatia
310:Margrave of Meissen
98:Margrave of Lusatia
43:Margrave of Meissen
16:Margrave of Meissen
1026:Jutta of Thuringia
588:
566:Heinrich Frauenlob
483:William of Holland
464:Margaret of Sicily
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362:Albert I of Saxony
286:Jutta of Thuringia
133:Albert I of Saxony
88:Albert I of Saxony
1384:German male poets
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237:Agnes of Bohemia
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116:Theodoric II
91:(until 1230)
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84:(until 1217)
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1339:1288 deaths
1334:1215 births
1305:Theodoric I
1267:Henry Raspe
1245: 1215
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610:(1240–1314)
562:minnesinger
448:Henry Raspe
429:Fürstenberg
405:Mittenwalde
393:Brandenburg
381:Pomesanians
170:Henry Raspe
166:Predecessor
112:Predecessor
61:Theodoric I
57:Predecessor
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525:along the
373:Fürstenzug
1284:Albert II
1196:Lyon 2013
626:Altenburg
555:Neuhausen
475:Conrad IV
468:Albert II
452:Thuringia
407:north of
312:and last
296:, called
294:Henry III
180:Albert II
176:Successor
161:1242–1265
107:1221–1288
71:Albert II
67:Successor
52:1221–1288
22:Henry III
670:Ancestry
511:Silesian
438:Emperor
421:Schiedlo
413:Silesian
397:Köpenick
389:Ascanian
1206:Sources
634:Leipzig
624:around
523:Bohemia
479:Germany
354:Lusatia
350:Meissen
334:Meissen
216:Dresden
196:Meissen
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591:Family
460:Saxony
401:Teltow
375:, 1907
282:Mother
272:Father
266:Wettin
230:Spouse
152:Saxony
122:Regent
77:Regent
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