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Birth Name von Wettin, Dietrich II
Gender male
Age at Death about 44 years, 10 months, 18 days

Narrative

Theodoric II (German: Dietrich; c.?990-19 November 1034) was Margrave of Lusatia from 1032 to 1034, the first of the Wettin dynasty.

Life
He was the only son of Count Dedo I, Count of Wettin (c.?950-1009) and his wife Thietburga, a daughter of Count Dietrich of Haldensleben, the first margrave of the Northern March. Theodoric thereby was a grandson of the Wettin progenitor Theodoric I.

At Christmas 1009, after his father was killed in a fierce struggle with Margrave Werner of the Northern March, Theodoric was vested with the County of Wettin in the Saxon Hassegau (ruling as Theodoric II) by King Henry II of Germany at Pöhlde. From 1015, he also appeared as a and count in the neighbouring Schwabengau. Upon the death of his uncle Frederick I, who had died without male issue in 1017, he inherited Eilenburg and Brehna. In 1018, Theodoric and his brother-in-law, Margrave Herman I of Meissen acted as witnesses when the Peace of Bautzen was concluded between Emperor Henry II and the Polish ruler Boleslaw I the Brave, ending a lengthy German-Polish War.

From 1029, Emperor Conrad II again waged war against Poland. Boleslaw's son and successor Mieszko II lost Lusatia and finally had to renounce his claims in the 1033 Treaty of Merseburg. According to the Annalista Saxo chronicles, Theodoric played a key role in the emperor's campaign and in turn could succeed the Lusatian margrave Odo II in 1032. However, he earned the hatred of his brother-in-law Eckard II of Meissen and was killed by his henchmen, whereafter Eckard became his successor in Lusatia.

Theodoric's possessions were divided among his sons. As Count of Eilenburg, he was succeeded by his eldest son Dedi, who also became Margrave of Lusatia upon the death of Margrave Eckard II of Meissen in 1046.

Marriage and issue
Dietrich II of Wettin married Mathilda, daughter of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen. They had seven children:

1.) Dedi (ca. 1010-1075) the eldest son, who eventually became his successor as Margrave of Lusatia.
2.) Frederick (ca. 1020-1084), elected Bishop of Münster in 1063.
3.) Thimo (ca. 1034-ca. 1101), count of Wettin.
4.) Gero (ca. 1020-1089), count of Brehna.
5.) Konrad (died 1040), count of Camburg.
6.) Rikdag
7.) Ida (Hidda), married to Duke Spytihnev II of Bohemia.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 990 Wettin, Saalkreis, Saxon East March, Holy Roman Empire   4
Death 1034-11-19 Meissen, Dresden, Saxon East March, Holy Roman Empire   4

Age: 44y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father of Northern Hessegau, Dedi9471009-11-13
Mother von Haldensleben, Thietburga
         von Wettin, Dietrich II about 990 1034-11-19

Families

Family of von Wettin, Dietrich II and von Meissen, Mathilda
Unknown Partner von Meissen, Mathilda ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Ostmark, Dedi Mar II10151075-10-00

Source References

  1. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I7172&style=TABLE
      • Source text:

        [S2335] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, p. 251; Europaische Stammtafeln by Isenberg, chart 41.
        [S11569] Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. I, Tafel 41.
        [S2] Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. I/1, Tafel 150.

      • Citation:

        Dedon II, Count von Lausnitz, Eilenburg, Brehna1
        Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
        M, #8733, d. 19 March 1034
        Father Dedi I, Count of Northern Hessegau d. 13 Nov 1009
        Mother Thietburga von Haldensleben
        Dedon II, Count von Lausnitz, Eilenburg, Brehna married Mathilda von Meissen, daughter of Ekkehard I, Markgraf von Meissen and Suanhilde of Saxony, circa 1016. Dedon II, Count von Lausnitz, Eilenburg, Brehna died on 19 March 1034; Murdered.
        Family
        Mathilda von Meissen
        Children
        Ida (Hidde) of Meissen
        Gero, Graf von Brehna+ d. a 1089
        Konrad, Graf von Wettin+2 d. 17 Jan 1040 or 14 Feb 1040
        Friedrich von Merseburg3 d. 18 Apr 1084
        Rikdag von Merseburg3
        Dedi II, Margrave of Ostmark+ b. bt 1013 - 1016, d. Oct 1075
        Thiemo I, Markgraf von Misnia & Kistritz, Graf von Wettin & Brehna+ b. c 1030, d. a 1101

      • Source text:

        Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991.
        Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.
        At Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888
        At Zeidlers Universal-Lexicon, vol. 25, p. 1163-11164

      • Citation:

        Saxon Eastern March
        Sächsische Ostmark March of the Holy Roman Empire
        965–1128 Marchia Wschodnia ok. 1000.svg
        Territories of Saxon Eastern March (Lusatia, Meissen, Merseburg, and Zeitz) after the 983 Great Slav Rising

        History
        • Established 965
        • Disestablished 1128

        The Saxon Eastern March (German: Sächsische Ostmark) was a march of the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th until the 12th century. The term "eastern march" stems from the Latin term marchia Orientalis and originally could refer to either a march created on the eastern frontier of the East Frankish duchy of Saxony or another on the eastern border of the Duchy of Bavaria: the Bavarian marchia Orientalis (documented as Ostarrîchi in 996), corresponding to later Austria.

        The Saxon Ostmark initially referred to the vast Marca Geronis ('Gero's march'), established about 939 under the rule of King Otto I in the settlement area of the Polabian Slavs (Sorbs), beyond the Saxon Eastern border on the Elbe and Saale rivers. The conquered territories were governed by the Eastphalian legate Gero, count in the Nordthüringgau, who was vested with the Carolingian title of margrave. It was his task to collect tributes and to overcome riots and revolts in the frontier areas, later partly superseded by Otto's Saxon deputy Hermann Billung. In 963, Gero in late age waged another military campaign against the Slavic Lusatian (Lusici) tribes, up to the border with the Polish lands ruled by Mieszko I.

        After Gero had died without heirs in 965, the tributary lands were divided and re-organised by the establishment of the Northern March around Brandenburg, stretching between the Elbe and Oder rivers, as well as the creation of the March of Meissen, the March of Merseburg and the March of Zeitz in the south. The rule over the Northern March was again lost in the Great Slav Rising of 983.

        Thereupon, the remaining Saxon Eastern March consisted of the territory between the lower Saale and the Bóbr river in the east, roughly corresponding to the modern region of Lower Lusatia. Emperor Otto I invested the Saxon count Odo (Hodo), one of Gero's relatives, with the title of margrave. Over the centuries, the Eastern March emerged as the March of Lusatia.

        During the German-Polish War from 1002 to 1018, Odo's successor Gero II lost the eastern part of the march to Bolesław I of Poland. Nevertheless, Bolesław's son Mieszko II had to return the conquered territory to Emperor Conrad II in 1031. In 1046, Dedi I from the Saxon House of Wettin inherited the march. His son and successor Henry I was, in addition, granted the March of Meissen by Emperor Henry IV in 1089. Both marches remained under Wettin administration and later became the nucleus of the Saxon Electorate.

        While the Margraviate of Landsberg and the County of Brehna split off from the march, further parts in the west were claimed by the Ascanian Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg and the Counts of Anhalt. The remaining areas were united with the Wettin margraviate of Meissen in 1123. The last time that the Ostmark and Lusatia appear separate is when Henry of Groitzsch received the former in 1128 and the latter in 1131. Henry, however, did not prevail, and by 1136, the march had fallen back to the Wettin margrave Conrad of Meissen. During the various divisions of the Wettin lands, the territory was split up several times; most of it belonged to the Ernestine duchies.

        The term Osterland (terra orientalis) is still used today to describe the historic region east of the Saale river in the present-day states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, which was once at the centre of the march. While the borders of the Ostmark changed frequently, in modern times, the term is generally understood to mean the area between the rivers Saale and Mulde.

        List of margraves
        Odo I, 965–993
        Gero II, 993–1015
        Thietmar, 1015–1030
        Odo II, 1030–1032
        Bolesław the Brave, 1002–1025
        Mieszko Lambert, 1025–1031
        Dedi I, 1046–1075
        Dedi II, fl. 1069
        Henry I, 1075–1103
        Henry II, 1103–1123
        Wiprecht, 1123–1124
        Albert, 1123–1128
        Henry III, 1128–1135
        Hereafter better known as margraves of Lusatia.

  2. Wikipedia - Margraviate of Lusatia
      • Source text:

        Barański, Marek Kazimierz. Dynastia Piastów w Polsce. Warszawa; Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2005.
        Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991.
        Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.

      • Citation:

        Margraviate of Lusatia
        Markgrafschaft Lausitz
        965–1367
        Coat of arms of Lusatia
        Status State of the Holy Roman Empire,
        Crown land of the Bohemian Crown
        (1367–1635)
        Capital Lübben
        Government Margraviate
        Margraves
        • 965–993 Odo I (first)
        • 1365–1367 Otto of Wittelsbach (last)
        Historical era Middle Ages
        • Partitioned from Marca Geronis 965
        • Conquered by Poland 1002–1031
        • Appointment of Dietrich II of Wettin 1032
        • Death of Henry IV 1288
        • Sold to Brandenburg 1303
        • To Bohemia 1367
        • To Saxon electorate 1635

        Preceded by
        Marca Geronis

        Succeeded by
        Lower Lusatia Lower Lusatia
        Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia

        The March or Margraviate of Lusatia (German: Mark(grafschaft) Lausitz) was as an eastern border march of the Holy Roman Empire in the lands settled by Polabian Slavs. It arose in 965 in the course of the partition of the vast Marca Geronis. Ruled by several Saxon margravial dynasties, among them the House of Wettin, the lordship was contested by the Polish kings as well as by the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg. The remaining territory was finally incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1367.

        Geography
        The territory of the margraviate roughly corresponded with the present-day region of Lower Lusatia. It originally stretched from the border of the Saxon stem duchy along the Saale River in the west to the border with Poland on the Bober (Bóbr) River in the east. From about 1138, the adjacent territory beyond the river was part of the Duchy of Silesia (Lower Silesia). In the north, the March of Lusatia bordered on the Northern March, which was following the Great Slav Rising of 983 established as the Margraviate of Brandenburg under the Ascanian margrave Albert the Bear in 1157, as well as on Land Lebus, nucleus of the Brandenburg Neumark territory from 1248 onwards. In the south, the Margraviate of Meissen likewise arose from the former Marca Geronis, its western part merged with the later Electorate of Saxony, while the eastern Milceni lands emerged as Upper Lusatia.

        Over the centuries, the margravial territory diminished in favour of the Ascanian County of Anhalt and the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg. Further territories in the west were split off by means of distribution, like the Osterland ruled by the Margraves of Landsberg or the County of Brehna.

        History
        The area east of the former limes Sorabicus of East Francia, settled by the Slavic Veleti and Milcenian tribes, was gradually conquered until 963 by the Saxon count Gero of Merseburg. He added the territory between the Saale and Bober rivers to his Marca Geronis, which the Saxon duke and German King Otto I had established in 937. After Gero's death in 965 and the loss of the Northern March in the course of the 983 Slavic uprising, Lusatia became the heartland of the remaining Saxon Eastern March (Ostmark) under Margrave Odo I.

        Margraviate
        While the term Ostmark stayed in use for centuries, the Lusatian March appeared as a separate administrative unit from at least as early as 965 with the concurrent establishments of the Marches of Meissen, Merseburg and Zeitz. The division between Lower Lusatia and the adjacent Milceni lands around Bautzen and Görlitz (later Upper Lusatia), then part of Meissen, was also apparent even that early.

        In 1002, the Marches of Lusatia and Meissen were conquered by Polish ruler Boleslaus the Brave during King Henry II's campaign against revolting Henry of Schweinfurt.[1] This sparked a German–Polish War, which ended by the 1018 Peace of Bautzen. Henry's successor Conrad II waged two campaigns, in 1031 and 1032, which reconquered both Lower and Upper Lusatia from Mieszko II of Poland.

        By the reign of King Henry IV from 1056, Lusatia had been reincorporated into the Holy Roman Empire and it formed one of the four divisions of Upper Saxony along with Meissen, the Ostmark, and Zeitz. These regions were not always ruled by separate margraves, but were mainly administrative divisions. Lusatia and the Ostmark were ruled together and eventually the Ostmark was reduced to little more than Lower Lusatia. Under Henry IV, Upper Lusatia was detached from the Lusatian march and granted as a fief to Bolesław II of Poland.

        Imperial state

        Wettin marches of Lusatia and Meissen (pink), about 1260 (see map in memories)
        The first "Margrave of Lusatia" is only known from 1046. Under Emperor Lothair III, Upper and Lower Lusatia were once again reunited in 1136. The terms "Ostmark" and "Lusatia" were interchangeable into the 12th century, though in 1128 Count Henry of Groitzsch is recorded as Margrave of the Ostmark, but as not receiving the Lusatian march until 1131. While in 1156 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa invested Duke Vladislaus II of Bohemia with Upper Lusatia, the territory of the Margraviate of (Lower) Lusatia was further reduced by the establishment of the Margraviate of Landsberg (Osterland), the Principality of Anhalt and the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg.

        From 1210 on the remaining March of Lower Lusatia was held by the Meissen margraves from the Saxon House of Wettin. Upon the death of Margrave Henry III of Meissen in 1288, his lands were divided: while the Meissen territory passed to his eldest son Albert II, the Lusatian lands fell to his grandson Frederick Tuta, son of the late Margrave Theodoric of Landsberg. A fierce inheritance quarrel arose, whereupon Albert's son Theodoric IV (Diezmann) campaigned Lusatia and took it in possession after Frederick Tuta's death (presumably poisoned) in 1291.

        In 1303 Theodoric IV sold the Lusatian march to the Ascanian margrave Otto IV of Brandenburg. The Brandenburg Ascanians had already acquired neighbouring the adjacent "Upper Lusatian" estates around Bautzen and Görlitz, as well as the Margraviate of Landsberg in 1291; nevertheless, when the dynasty became extinct in 1319, the territorial complex again disintegrated. The Lower Lusatian lands were seized by the Wittelsbach king Louis the Bavarian and with Brandenburg ceded to his son Louis V. His brother Otto finally sold Lower Lusatia to the Luxembourg emperor Charles IV in 1367 whereafter it was incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Centuries later, both crown lands of Lower and Upper Lusatia passed to the Wettin Electors of Saxony by the 1635 Peace of Prague.

        Margraves of (Lower) Lusatia or (Saxon) Ostmark
        Dedi I, 1046–1075
        Dedi II, fl. 1069
        Henry I, 1075–1103
        Henry II, 1103–1123
        Wiprecht, 1123–1124
        Albert the Bear, 1123–1128
        Henry III of Groitzsch, 1124–1135
        Conrad of Wettin, 1136–1156, also Margrave of Meissen since 1123
        Dietrich I, 1156–1185, son of Conrad, titular Margrave of Landsberg
        Dedi III, 1185–1190, brother
        Conrad II, 1190–1210, son

        Margraves of Meissen
        Dietrich II the Oppressed, 1210–1221, also Margrave of Meissen since 1198
        Henry IV the Illustrious, 1221–1288, last Wettin margrave of Lusatia

        Margraves of Landsberg
        Frederick Tuta, 1288–1291, grandson of Henry IV
        Dietrich IV, 1291–1303, grandson of Henry IV
        The Margraviate of Lusatia (Ostmark) was purchased by the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg in 1303

        Margraves of Brandenburg
        Otto I, 1303–1308
        Waldemar, 1308–1319, line extinct, Lusatia seized by Emperor Louis IV
        Louis I, 1323–1351
        Louis II, 1351–1365
        Otto II, 1365–1367
        Lusatia became a Bohemian crown land in 1367.

  3. Dietrich von Wetting II, "Foundation for Medieval Genealogy"
  4. M6YB-X4X FamilySearch.org