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medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony

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About Margraviate of Meissen

The Margraviate of Meissen was a medieval margraviate in central regions of the modern German state of Saxony. It was named after the city of Meissen, on the Elbe river. It was created in the 10th century, as a march of the Holy Roman Empire, encompassing regions of several Polabian Slavic tribes. Initially ruled by margraves from various noble houses, it was granted to the House of Wettin in 1089, and became its stronghold and center of gradual agglomeration of Wettin feudal domains. In 1423, the Wettins acquired the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, thus also becoming Prince-Electors of Saxony, but the process of gradual administrative integration of various Wettin domains was marked by further divisions. Only after 1547, when the junior Albertine branch, which held the Margraviate of Meissen, also took over the Saxon Electoral office and core possessions from the elder Ernestine branch, did the process of territorial integration of all Albertine regions into the redefined Electorate of Saxony take place. Traditions of the Meissen Margraviate were kept, among them the primary titles of Wettin rulers, and their later heirs, after the abolition of monarchy in 1918.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Tom Lemmens via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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