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Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

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Frederick is considered a relatively weak ruler, who was at times very dependent on the influence of his wife and her relatives. To finance his lavish court, he sold more and more land and titles. In 1436, he had all
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and was able to largely extend his territories in several skirmishes with the local nobility. After the death of his first wife Margaret in 1391, he secondly married the
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After Frederick's death without heirs, Thuringia was inherited by his two Wettin cousins, Elector
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Friedrich (IV.), der Einfältige oder Friedfertige, Landgraf von Thüringen
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Landgrave Balthasar planned to marry his son off to
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Their marriage remained childless. 770:Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg 728:Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia 1131:15. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 1072:7. Sophie of Henneberg-Schleusingen 796:Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg 430:9. Elisabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 13: 148:who ruled as the last independent 14: 1364: 1238: 1223:Heinrich Theodor Flathe (1877), " 484:Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia 373:Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen 240:. The succession led to the 1445 102:Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia 315:Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen 1305:Frederick II, Elector of Saxony 93:Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg 1230:Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 289:Albert II, Margrave of Meissen 195:, a granddaughter of the late 172:. 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Index

Landgrave of Thuringia

Weißensee
Thuringia
Noble family
House of Wettin
Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
German
House of Wettin
Margrave of Meissen
Landgrave of Thuringia
Balthasar of Thuringia
Hohenzollern
Nuremberg
Landgraviate of Thuringia
Division of Chemnitz
Ascanian
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
Elizabeth of Görlitz
Luxembourg
Charles IV
Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Jews
Frederick II of Saxony
William III
Meissen
Division of Altenburg
Saxon Fratricidal War
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen

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