Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave
Frederick ''the Strict'' of Meissen and
Catherine of Henneberg
Catherine of Henneberg (german: Katharina von Henneberg ; c. 1334, in Schleusingen – 15 July 1397, in Meissen) was a Countess of Henneberg by birth and from 1347 by marriage Margravine of Meissen, Landgravine of Thuringia, etc. She was the wi ...
.
Under the
Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the
Osterland and
Landsberg jointly with his brothers,
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402). When Margrave
William I "the one-eyed" died in 1407, William and Frederick also inherited a part of
Meissen. Under the 1410 Treaty of Naumburg, however, the brothers agreed to a fresh division of the Meissen territory. They agreed to divide the Osterland between themselves. They did so in 1411; William received the larger part of the Osterland, including
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
, which Frederick had managed to obtain instead of
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...
.
William fought at his brother's side in the
Hussite
The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation.
The Huss ...
war in
Bohemia. He is rumoured to have been married to Amelia of Mazovia. According to Karlheinz Blaschke, however, he remained unmarried.
He died on 13 March 1425.
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House of Wettin
Margraves of Meissen
1371 births
1425 deaths
14th-century German nobility
15th-century German nobility
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