The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire. The margravines of Meissen were the consorts of the margraves of Meissen.

Margravine of Meissen

Non-dynastic, 963–985 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Swanehilde of Saxony Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony(Billung) 945/955 970 3 August 979husband's death 26 November 1014 Thietmar The name of Rikdag's wife is unknown, but he had several children Rikdag

Ekkehardingian dynasty, 985–1046 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Swanehilde of Saxony Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony(Billung) 945/955 before 1000 30 April 1002husband's death 26 November 1014 Eckard I The name of Gunzelin's wife is unknown, but he had several children; she main have been a sister of Bolesław I Chrobry. Gunzelin Regelinda of Poland Bolesław I Chrobry(Piast) 989 1002/1003 1009, after Augusthusband's accession''' |align="center" colspan="2"| 21 March aft. 1014 |align="center"| Herman I |- |align="center"| |align="center"| Uta of Ballenstedt |align="center"| Adalbert I, Count of Ballenstedt(Ascania) |align="center"| 1000 |align="center"| – |align="center"| 1032 or 1038husband's accession''' 23 October, bef. 1046 Eckard II

Weimar-Orlamünde dynasty, 1046–1062 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Adela of Louvain Lambert II of Leuvenor his brotherReginar of Leuven(Leuven) – before 1060 1062husband's accession''' |align="center"| early 1067husband's death'' 1083 Otto I

Brunonen dynasty, 1067–1089 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Immilla of Turin Ulric Manfred II of Turin(Arduinici) – 1058 January 1048husband's accession 28 September 1057husband's death 1078, before 29 April Egbert I Oda of Weimar Otto I, Margrave of Meissen(Weimar-Orlamünde) – before 1080 1089husband's desposition 1111 Egbert II

Wettin dynasty, 1089–1123 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Gertrude of Brunswick Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen(Brunonen) 1060 1101/2 1103husband's death 9 December 1117 Henry I Adelaide of Stade Lothair Udo III, Margrave of the Nordmark(Udonids) 1098–1106 – 1123husband's death – Henry II

Groitzsch dynasty, 1123–1124 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Cunigunde of Weimar Otto I, Margrave of Meissen(Weimar-Orlamünde) – 1110 1123husband's accession 22 May 1124husband's death 8 June 1140 Wiprecht

Wettin dynasty, 1124–1547 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Margravine Ceased to be Margravine Death Spouse Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein Adalbert, Count of Elchingen-Ravenstein – before 1119 1123husband's appointment 19 June 1145 Conrad Hedwig of Brandenburg Albert the Bear(Ascania) 1124/35 1144/7 5 February 1157husband's accession 18 February 1190husband's death end of March 1203 Otto II Sophia of Bohemia Frederick, Duke of Bohemia(Přemyslids) před 1176 23 April 1186 18 February 1190husband's accession 24 May 1195 Albert I (1195–1198)Direct rule by Emperor Henry VI Jutta of Thuringia Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia(Ludowing) 1184 1194 1198husband regains Meissen 18 January 1221husband's death 6 August 1235 Dietrich I Constance of Austria Leopold VI, Duke of Austria(Babenberg) – 1 May 1234 1243 before 5 June Henry III Agnes of Bohemia Wenceslaus I of Bohemia(Přemyslids) – 1244 10 August 1268 Elisabeth of Maltitz Ulrich von Maltitz 1238/9 before 1273 15 February 1288husband's death 25 January 1333 Elisabeth of Orlamünde Hermann III, Count of Orlamünde 1270 before 1 October 1290 1292husband's desposition before 24 March 1333 Albert II Catherine of Bavaria Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria(Wittelsbach) 9 June 1267 1287 1289husband's accession 16 August 1291husband's death 9 January 1310 Frederick Tuta Jutta of Henneberg Berthold VIII, Count of Henneberg(Henneberg) 1272 22 July 1295 1292husband's accession 10 December 1307husband's death 25 April 1317 Dietrich II Agnes of Gorizia-Tyrol Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia(Meinhardiner) – 1 June 1285 1292husband's accession 14 May 1293 Frederick I Elisabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk Otto, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 1286 24 August 1300 16 November 1323husband's death 22 August 1359 Matilde of Bavaria Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor(Wittelsbach) after 21 June 1313 early May 1323 2 July 1346 Frederick II Catherine of Henneberg Heinrich XII, Count of Henneberg(Henneberg) 1334 1344/6 18 November 1349husband's accession 21 May 1381husband's death 15 July 1397 Frederick III Margaret of Nuremberg Albrecht, Burgrave of Nuremberg(House of Hohenzollern) 1359 22 July 1374 13 November 1382Chemnitzer Teilung between 1 May 1389 and 16 August 1391 Balthasar Elisabeth of Moravia John Henry, Margrave of Moravia(Luxembourg) 1355 1366 20 November 1400 William I Anna of Brunswick-Göttingen Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen(Welf) 1387 by 7 May 1402 10 February 1407husband's death 27 October 1426 Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Welf) 1395 8 February 1402 10 February 1407husband's accession 4 January 1428husband's death 28 December 1442 Frederick IV Amelia of Masovia Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia(Piast) 1396/9 16 May 1413 30 March 1425husband's death after 17 May 1424 William II Anna of Schwarzburg Günther XV, Count of Schwarzburg(Schwarzburg) – 1407 10 February 1407husband's accession 16 January 1431 Frederick V The Division of Altenburg on September 26, 1445 attempted to divide the Saxon lands between Frederick IV's two sons Frederick VI and William III. But when Frederick VI chose the western part (Thuringia) instead of Meissen, William III rejected his choice and the Saxon Fratricidal War started. In the end Frederick VI received Meissen and William III received Thuringia. Margaret of Austria Ernest, Duke of Austria(Habsburg) 1416/17 3 June 1431 7 September 1464husband's death 12 February 1486 Frederick VI The Treaty of Leipzig on August 26, 1485 divided the Saxon lands between Frederick VI's two sons Albert IV and Ernest. Albert IV received Meissen and established his court there. Sidonie of Poděbrady George of Kunštát and Poděbrady, King of Bohemia(Poděbrady) 14 November 1449 11 November 1464 12 September 1500husband's death 1 February 1510 Albert IV Barbara Jagiellon Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland(Jagiellon) 15 July 1478 21 November 1496 12 September 1500husband's accession 15 February 1534 George Catherine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Schwerin) 1487 6 July 1512 17 April 1539husband's ascension 18 August 1541husband's death 6 June 1561 Henry IV Agnes of Hesse Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse(Hesse) 31 May 1527 9 January 1541 18 August 1541husband's accession 24 April 1547became electress 4 November 1555 Maurice Final great Wettin dynastic division Meissen subsumed into the Electorate of Saxony. See also Electress of Saxony

See also List of Saxon consorts

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