March of Meissen

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The March of Meissen was a medieval frontier principality of the Holy Roman Empire in central Germany that developed into a key territorial base for the later Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier territory
march
medieval principality
capital Meissen NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
endTime 1423
15th century
ethnicComposition German settlers
Slavic Sorbs NERFINISHED
followedBy consolidated Saxon territorial state
follows Sorb-inhabited frontier regions east of the Saale
foundedBy Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
governmentType feudal monarchy
hasBorderWith Bohemia NERFINISHED
Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Lusatia NERFINISHED
Thuringia NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Meissen NERFINISHED
Saxony NERFINISHED
language Middle High German NERFINISHED
Slavic languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn central Germany
militaryFunction base for expansion east of the Elbe
border defense against Slavic tribes
namedAfter Meissen NERFINISHED
notableRuler Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen NERFINISHED
Henry I of Meissen NERFINISHED
Otto the Rich NERFINISHED
officeHolder House of Ekkehardiner NERFINISHED
House of Weimar-Orlamünde NERFINISHED
House of Wettin NERFINISHED
partOf Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED
German stem duchies frontier system
Imperial Circle system (later Holy Roman Empire structures) NERFINISHED
precededBy loosely controlled eastern Saxon frontier
religion Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
river Elbe NERFINISHED
Mulde NERFINISHED
role core territory for later Electorate of Saxony
core territory for later Kingdom of Saxony
ruler Margrave of Meissen
significantBuilding Albrechtsburg Castle NERFINISHED
Meissen Cathedral NERFINISHED
significantEvent Christianization of Slavic populations
German eastward expansion (Ostsiedlung) NERFINISHED
integration into Wettin territorial complex
startTime 10th century
circa 965

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Margrave of Meissen appliesToJurisdiction March of Meissen