Elizabeth of Moravia (
German
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: ''Elisabeth von Mähren'',
Czech: ''Alžběta Moravská'',
Upper Sorbian
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: ''Hilžbjeta Morawska'', c. 1355 – 20 November 1400) was the second daughter and third issue of
John Henry of Moravia, (great-grandson of
Přemysl II, Otakar, King of Bohemia) and his second wife
Margaret of Opava
Margaret of Opava (Czech: ''Markéta Opavská'', Silesian: ''Margaret s Uopawje'', German: ''Margaret von Troppau'', Polish: ''Małgorzata opawska''; 1330–1363) was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II of Opava, (grandson of Přemysl II, O ...
. She became
Margravine
Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Em ...
consort of
Meissen
Meissen (in German orthography: ''Meißen'', ) is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrecht ...
by her marriage to
William I, Margrave of Meissen
William I, the one-eyed, (19 December 1343, Dresden – 9 February 1407, Schloss Grimma) was Margrave of Meissen. His nickname is related to the legend that Saint Benno appeared to him because of his disputes with the Church in a dream and h ...
(1366).
Přemysl Ottokar II BOHEMIA and MORAVIA genealogy
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Elizabeth was buried in Prince's Chapel of Meissen Cathedral.
Marriage
Elizabeth was married to William I, House of Wettin
The House of Wettin () is a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its ori ...
in Meissen, spring 1366.
The couple had no children.
Names in other languages
* german: Elisabeth von Mähren
* cs, AlžbÄ›ta MÃÅ¡eňská
* hsb, Hilžbjeta Morawska
* nl, Elizabeth van Moravië
* french: Élisabeth de Moravie
* it, Elisabetta di Moravia
* lat, Elizabeth a Moravia
* lb, Elizabeth vu Mieren
* pl, Elżbieta z Moraw
* szl, Elžbjeta s Morawije
Titles
*Margravine of Meissen
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
Ekkehardingian dynasty, 985 ...
.
Ancestors
See also
* Margraviate of Moravia
The Margraviate of Moravia ( cs, Markrabstvà moravské; german: Markgrafschaft Mähren) was one of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire existing from 1182 to 1918. It was officially administrated by a margrave in cooperat ...
* Jobst of Moravia
* Å pilberk Castle
Špilberk Castle (German: ''Spielberg'', locally ''Špilas'') is a castle on the hilltop in Brno, Southern Moravia. Its construction began as early as the first half of the 13th century by the Přemyslid kings and complete by King Ottokar II of ...
* Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The me ...
References
1355 births
1400 deaths
Margraves of Meissen
House of Wettin
House of Luxembourg
14th-century German women
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