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Gunzelin Of Hagen
Gunzelin of Kuckenburg ( – after 1017) was List of margraves of Meissen, Margrave of Meissen from 1002 until 1009. He was the second son of Margrave Gunther, Margrave of Merseburg, Gunther of Merseburg ( – 982), thereby the younger brother of Margrave Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen, Eckard I of Meissen, and possibly half-brother (or brother-in-law) of the History of Poland during the Piast dynasty, Polish prince Bolesław I the Brave. Gunzelin held allods around Kuckenburg Castle (in present-day Obhausen) near Querfurt. After the death of his father at the 982 Battle of Stilo, his elder brother was enfeoffed with the Margraviate of Meissen by King Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III. In 1002, following Eckard's failed attempt at the throne in the 1002 German royal election, German royal election and his subsequent assassination, Bolesław occupied Meissen, but the new king, Henry_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor, Henry II forced him to leave it and accept the March of Lusatia with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Margraves Of Meissen
This article lists the margraves of Margraviate of Meissen, Meissen, a March (territorial entity), march and territorial state on the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire. History King Henry the Fowler, on his 928-29 campaign against the Slavic Glomacze tribes, had a fortress erected on a hill at Meissen (''Mišno'') on the Elbe river. Later named ''Albrechtsburg'', the castle about 965 became the seat of the Meissen margraves, installed by Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I when the vast ''Marca Geronis'' (Gero's march) was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, the Saxon Eastern March, and also the Northern March which eventually became the Margraviate of Brandenburg. During the tenth century, the Meissen margraves temporarily extended their territory into the Milceni lands up to the Kwisa (''Queis'') river and the border with the Silesian region of the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Early Polish state. The eastern lands around Bautzen (''Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
