Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia

Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
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	21 December 1336; Weißenfels
Died	18 May 1406 (aged 69); Wartburg in Eisenach
Noble family	House of Wettin
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Nuremberg; Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
Father	Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Mother	Mathilde 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:

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

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

Heinrich Theodor Flathe (1875), "Balthasar", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 2, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 27

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

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