Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Landgravine of Thuringia

Elisabeth of Brandenburg (c.1206 1231) a member of the House of Ascania. She was a Margravine of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Thuringia.

Elisabeth of Brandenburg
Bornc. 1206
Died1231
Noble familyHouse of Ascania
Spouse(s)Henry Raspe
FatherAlbert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
MotherMatilda of Groitzsch

She was the daughter of Margrave Albert II of Brandenburg and his wife Matilda of Groitzsch, the daughter of Landgrave Conrad II of Lusatia from the House of Wettin.

In 1228 she married Landgrave Henry Raspe of Thuringia, the later anti-king of Germany. The marriage remained childless.

Elisabeth died in 1231, at the age of 25, after three years of marriage. After her death, Henry married Gertrude of Babenberg and after Gertrude's death to Beatrix of Brabant. All three of his marriages were childless and after his death, the Emperor enfeoffed Thuringia to Henry III, the son of Henry Raspe's sister Jutta.

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