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Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Landgrave of Thuringia

Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia

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Landgrave of Thuringia
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Weißenfels
Place of death
Wartburg
Age
69 years
Family
Mother:
Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen
Father:
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Siblings:
Louis of Meissen William I Margrave of Meissen Frederick III Landgrave of Thuringia
Spouse:
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
Children:
Frederick IV Landgrave of Thuringia Anna of Meissen
Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
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Biography

Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia (born 21 December 1336 in Weißenfels; died: 18 May 1406 at the Wartburg in Eisenach) was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia from the House of Wettin.

Life

Balthasar was the second son of Frederick the Serious. After his father's death in 1349, his elder brother Frederick the Austere acted as regent and guardian for Balthasar and his brothers William I and Louis. After they came of age, William and Balthasar ruled joinly with Frederick.

After Frederick's death, a conflict arose between the brothers Balthasar and William on the one hand, and their nephews, Frederick the Warlike, William the rich and George on the other hand. This was resolved on November 1382, with the so-called Division of Chemnitz in which Balthasar received the Landgraviate of Thuringia.

Marriage and issue

Balthasar first married, in the spring of 1374, with Margaret, the daughter of Burgrave Albert of Nuremberg (d. 1390). With her, he had a son and a daughter:

  • Frederick the Peaceable, who succeeded him as Landgrave of Thuringia
  • Anna of Meissen (d. 4 July 1395), who married Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

After Margaret's death, Balthasar married Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg (d. 1426), the widow of Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg. This marriage remained childless.

Ancestry

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