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Conrad. When Henry died without issue in 1123 Meissen was given by the emperor Henry V. to Hermann II., count of Wintzenburg; but, renewing his claim, Conrad won the support of See also:

Lothair, See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Saxony, afterwards the emperor Lothair IL, and obtained See also:

possession in 113o. Conrad, called the See also:

GREAT

Great, extended the boundaries of Meissen before abdicating in 1156 in favour of his son Otto, known as the See also:

Rich. Otto appointed his younger son See also:

DIETRICH, CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST (1712-1774)

Dietrich as his successor and was attacked and taken prisoner by his See also:

elder son See also:

Albert; but, after obtaining his See also:

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release by See also:

order of the emperor See also:

Frederick I., he had only just renewed the See also:

war when he died in 1190. During his reign See also:

SILVER

silver mines were opened in the Harz Mountains, towns were founded, roads were made, and the See also:

general See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was improved.

Otto was succeeded by his son Albert, called the Proud, who was engaged in warfare with his brother Dietrich until his death in 1195. As Albert See also:

LEFT

left no See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, Meissen was seized by the emperor Henry VI. as a vacant See also:

FIEF

fief of the See also:

EMPIRE

empire; but Dietrich, called the Oppressed, secured the mark after Henry's death in 1197. Dietrich married Jutta, daughter of Hermann I., See also:

LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave of Thuringia, and was succeeded in 1221 by his See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant son Henry, surnamed the Illustrious; who on arriving at maturity obtained as See also:

REWARD

reward for supporting the emperor Frederick II. against the See also:

pope a promise to succeed his See also:

UNCLE

uncle, Henry See also:

RASPE, RUDOLF(MOW, (737-1794)

Raspe IV., as See also:

LAND

land-See also:

GRAVE

grave of Thuringia. In 1243 Henry's son Albert was betrothed to See also:

Margaret, daughter of Frederick II.; and Pleissneriand, a district See also:

west of Meissen, was added to his possessions. Having, gained Thuringia and the Saxon See also:

PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

palatinate on his uncle's death in 1247, he granted sections of his lands to his three sons in 1265, but retained Meissen. A See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

FAMILY

family feuds followed. His second son Dietrich died in 1285, and on Henry's own death in 1288 Meissen was divided between .his two remaining sons, Albert (called. the Degenerate) and Frederick, and his See also:

GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson Frederick Tutta, the son of Dietrich. Albert was engaged in struggles with his three sons, who took him prisoner in 1288; but he was released the following See also:

YEAR

year by order of the German king See also:

Rudolph I. About this See also:

time he sold his portion of Meissen to his See also:

NEPHEW

nephew Frederick Tutta, who held the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of margrave and ruled the greater See also:

PART

part of the mark until his death in 1291. Albert's two remaining sons, Frederick and Dietrich or Diezmann, then claimed Meissen; but it was seized by King Adolph of See also:

NASSAU

Nassau as a vacant fief of the empire, and was for some time retained by him and his successor King Albert I. In the course of See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant efforts to secure the mark the See also:

BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers Frederick and Dietrich defeated the troops of King Albert at Lucka in May 1307 and secured partial possession of their lands. In this year Dietrich died and Frederick became reconciled with his See also:

FATHER

father, who, after renouncing his claim on Meissen for a yearly See also:

PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment, died in 1314.

Having obtained possession of the greater part of the mark, Frederick was invested with it by the German king Henry VII. in 1310. During these years the part of Meissen around See also:

DRESDEN

Dresden had been in the possession of Frederick, youngest son of the margrave Henry the Illustrious, and when he died in 1316 it came (o his nephew Frederick. About 1312 Frederick, who had become involved in a dispute with Waldemar, margrave of See also:

BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, over the possession of lower Lusatia, was taken prisoner. Sur-rendering lower Lusatia he was released, but it was only after Waldemar's death in 1319 that he obtained undisputed possession of Meissen. Frederick, who was surnamed the Peaceful, died in 1323 and was followed as margrave by his son Frederick II., called the Grave, who added several counties to his See also:

INHERITANCE

inheritance. From this latter Frederick's death in 1349 until 1381 the lands of the family were ruled by his three sons jointly; but after the death of his eldest son Frederick III. in 1381 a See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division was made by which Meissen See also:

fell to his youngest son William I. In 1407 William was succeeded by his nephew Frederick, called the Warlike, who in 1423 received from the emperor See also:

SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund the electoral duchy of See also:

Saxe-See also:

WITTENBERG

Wittenberg. The mark then became merged in the duchy of Saxony, and at the See also:

PARTITION

partition of 1485 fell to the Albertine See also:

LINE

line. As Meissen was relieved from the attacks of the Slays by the See also:

MOVEMENT

movement of the German boundary to the east, its prosperity increased.. Many towns were founded, among which were Dresden, See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig and See also:

FREIBURG

Freiburg; See also:

Chemnitz began its textile See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; and although the condition of the peasants was wretched, that of the townsmen was improving. The discoveries of silver brought great See also:

WEALTH

wealth to the margraves, but they resorted at times to bedes, which were contributions from the nobles and ecclesiastics who met in a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

DIET

diet. During this See also:

period the mark of Meissen See also:

lay on both See also:

banks of the Elbe, and stretched from Bohemia to the duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, embracing an area of about 3000 sq. m.

See O. Posse, See also:

Die Markgrafen von Meissen and das Haus Westin (Leipzig, 1881) ; F. W. Tittmann, Geschichte ileinrichs See also:

des erlauchten Markgrafen zu Meissen (Dresden, 1845–1846) ; C. F. von Posern-Klett, Zur Geschichte der Verfassung der Markgrafschaft Meissen See also:

IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im 13. Jahrhundert (Leipzig, 1863). See also Urkunden der Markgrafen von Meissen and Land grafen von Thuringen, edited by E. G. Gersdorf (Leipzig, 1864) ; and H. B. See also:

Meyer, See also:

Hof- and Zentralverwaltung der Welliver (Leipzig, 1902).

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