Realm · approximate borders · 1089–1422

Margraviate of Meissen

The march on the middle Elbe held by the House of Wettin from 1089 (silver found at Freiberg in 1168 made it rich). Henry the Illustrious added Thuringia in 1247.

When Frederick the Warlike received the Saxon electorate in 1423 the Wettin lands became 'Saxony'.

See Margraviate of Meissen on the map in 1089

On the map: 1089–1422
Capital: Meissen, later Dresden

Rulers named in the sources

Henry I of Eilenburg 1089–1103
Conrad the Great 1123–1156
Otto the Rich 1156–1190
Henry III the Illustrious 1221–1288
Frederick IV the Warlike 1407–1428

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

Margraviate of Meissen

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

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