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Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia

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During Louis II's reign, the population of Thuringia was frequently bullied and harassed by the nobility. Louis began to intervene against these practises, earning him his nickname "Louis the Iron". According to a legend, which was recorded by
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During his reign, Louis was allied with his brother-in-law Frederick Barbarossa, who became king in 1152 and was crowned emperor in 1155. They fought together against the
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enfeoffed the 12-year-old Louis II with the landgraviate. The Ludowingians had a good relationship with the
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Leben Conrads des Großen, Markgrafens zu Meißen und Ludwigs des Eisernen, Landgrafens in Thüringen
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in 1421, Louis II was travelling anonymously and one night, he found shelter with a blacksmith in
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Katalog ausgewählter Objekte vom Hohen Mittelalter bis zum Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts
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dating shows that the oaks for the roof beams were felled in 1157. In 1168, he built
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The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100–1350: Essays by German Historians
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Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100-1250
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Thüringen im Mittelalter 1130-1310 Von den Ludowingern zu den Wettinern
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Geschichte Thüringens Zur Zeit Des Ersten Landgrafenhauses (1039-1247)
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In 1170, Frederick and Louis undertook an expedition against
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(1784). 238:of Louis II the Iron (1140–1172), 35:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 777: 682:Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia 256:(1128 – 14 October 1172 at 250:Ludwig II, Landgrave of Thuringia 272:He was born in 1128, the son of 82:Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia 20: 276:, who in 1131 became the first 214:Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia 660:. Dr. Bussert & Stadeler. 583:Knochenhauer, Theodor (1871). 560:Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 540:, Tenea Verlag, Berlin, 2006, 455:Herman II, Count of Ravensberg 1: 466: 444: 428: 415: 761:12th-century German nobility 656:Warsitzka, Wilfried (2002). 518:Heinrich Wolfgang Behrisch: 351:, among other possessions). 280:of Thuringia, and his wife, 7: 621:. Cornell University Press. 553:Karl Robert Wenck (1884), " 522:, Hilscher, Dresden, 1776 ( 10: 782: 637:Mägdefrau, Werner (2010). 617:Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). 568:Walter Heinemeyer (1987), 512: 408:(1151–1190), his successor 397:In 1140, Louis II married 724: 715: 707: 680: 461:Bernhard, Count of Anhalt 219: 209: 176: 166: 154: 141: 118: 110: 87: 80: 658:Die Thüringer Landgrafen 575:Neue Deutsche Biographie 434:– 1229), Count of 746:Landgraves of Thuringia 267: 50:more precise citations. 718:Landgrave of Thuringia 503:Loud & Schenk 2017 399:Judith of Hohenstaufen 333: 246: 171:Judith of Hohenstaufen 629:Geschichte Thüringens 374:and in 1184 he built 326:Landgraf, werde hart! 286:Conrad III of Germany 234: 97:of Louis the Iron at 406:Louis III "the Mild" 298:Frederick Barbarossa 282:Hedwig of Gudensberg 224:Hedwig of Gudensberg 184:Louis III "the Mild" 641:. 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Epitaph
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Neuenburg Castle
Freyburg
Reinhardsbrunn
Noble family
Ludovingians
Judith of Hohenstaufen
Louis III "the Mild"
Herman I
Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Hedwig of Gudensberg

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National Museum
Warsaw
Neuenburg Castle
Freyburg
Louis I
landgrave
Hedwig of Gudensberg
Conrad III of Germany
Hohenstaufen
Judith

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