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Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Landgrave Balthasar in his fight against the robber barons (fresco by Moritz von Schwind in the Landgrave's room in the Wartburg in Eisenach)
Born(1336-12-21)21 December 1336
Weißenfels
Died18 May 1406(1406-05-18) (aged 69)
Wartburg in Eisenach
SpouseMargaret of Nuremberg
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
IssueFrederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherFrederick II, Margrave of Meissen
MotherMathilde of Bavaria

Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia (21 December 1336 in Weißenfels – 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 jointly 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:

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

Ancestors of Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
16. Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
8. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
17. Constantia of Austria
4. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen
18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
9. Margaret of Sicily
19. Isabella of England
2. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
20. Otto IV, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
10. Hartmann XI, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
21. Hedwig of Schwarzburg
5. Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
22. Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
11. Elisabeth, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde
1. Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
24. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
12. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
25. Agnes of the Palatinate
6. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
26. Rudolf I of Germany
13. Matilda of Habsburg
27. Gertrude of Hohenberg
3. Mathilde of Bavaria
28. Bolesław II Rogatka
14. Bolko I the Strict
29. Hedwig of Anhalt
7. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau
30. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
15. Beatrice of Brandenburg
31. Judith of Henneberg-Coburg

References

Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia House of WettinBorn: 21 December 1336 Died: 18 May 1406
Preceded byFrederick II Margrave of Meissen
1349–1382
With: Frederick III and William I 		Margraviate divided
New division Landgrave of Thuringia
1382–1406 		Succeeded byFrederick IV


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