Margrave of Meissen

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margravial title noble title

The Margrave of Meissen was a high-ranking noble title in the Holy Roman Empire, historically governing the important border territory (march) around Meissen in present-day eastern Germany.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Margrave of Meissen canonical 3
Duke of Saxe-Meissen 1
Margrave of Lusatia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf margravial title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction March of Meissen ⓘ
Meissen ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasAssociatedTitle Duke of Saxony ⓘ
Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Landgrave of Thuringia ⓘ
hasBorderFunction border march ⓘ
hasCapital Meissen ⓘ
hasEtymology named after the town of Meissen ⓘ
hasFeudalRank margrave ⓘ
hasFunction colonization and German settlement of eastern territories ⓘ
securing imperial frontiers against Slavic tribes ⓘ
hasGovernmentalFunction administration of march ⓘ
defense of eastern frontier of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
military governance of border territory ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasLegalStatus immediate vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
hasNobleRankAbove count ⓘ
hasNobleRankBelow duke ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole Reichsfürst (Imperial Prince) ⓘ
surface form: imperial prince (Reichsfürst)
hasPredecessorOffice Margrave of Meissen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Margrave of Lusatia
hasRank high-ranking noble ⓘ
hasReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasSeat Meissen Castle ⓘ
hasSuccessorOffice Elector of Saxony ⓘ
King of Saxony ⓘ
hasSymbol coat of arms of Meissen margraves ⓘ
hasTerritorialJurisdiction March of Brandenburg ⓘ
surface form: March of Meissen

Meissen ⓘ
eastern Germany ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Ekkeharding dynasty ⓘ
House of Wettin ⓘ
Albertine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ
surface form: House of Wettin (Albertine line)

Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ
surface form: House of Wettin (Ernestine line)

House of Wettin ⓘ
surface form: Wettin dynasty
hasTypeOfMonarchy feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Saxony ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
isFeudalTitleOf Holy Roman Empire nobility ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Free State of Saxony

Germany ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
usedInSystem feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William II, Margrave of Meissen → positionHeld → Margrave of Meissen ⓘ
Margrave of Moravia → relatedOffice → Margrave of Meissen ⓘ
Margrave of Meissen → hasPredecessorOffice → Margrave of Meissen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margrave of Lusatia
Albert, Duke of Saxony → positionHeld → Margrave of Meissen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Saxe-Meissen
Albert, Duke of Saxony → title → Margrave of Meissen ⓘ