Ancestral Trails 2016 » Friedrich von MEISSEN II (1310-1349)

Personal data Friedrich von MEISSEN II 

• He was born on November 30, 1310 in Meißen, Meißener Landkreis, Sachsen, Germany.

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-05-1323) below 16 years (12).

• He died on November 18, 1349 in Meißen, Meißener Landkreis, Sachsen, Germany, he was 38 years old.
• He is buried November 1349 in Kloster Altsella, Meißen, Meißener Landkreis, Sachsen, Germany.
• A child of Friedrich von MEISSEN and Elizabeth von LOBDEBURG-ARNSHAUGK

Household of Friedrich von MEISSEN II

He is married to Mechthilde von BAVARIA.

They got married May 1323 at Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany, he was 12 years old.

Child(ren):

1. William von MEISSEN  1343-1407
2. Elizabeth von MEISSEN  1329-1375 
3. Friedrich von THURINGIA  1332-1381 
4. Friedrich von MEISSEN  1336-1406 

• The couple has common ancestors.



Notes about Friedrich von MEISSEN II

Frederick II, the Serious (German: Friedrich II. der Ernsthafte) (30 November 1310 in Gotha - 18 November 1349 at the Wartburg), Margrave of Meissen, son of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen and Elisabeth von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk.

In 1323 he started as a sole heir under guardianship of his mother the succession of his late father in the Margraviate of Meissen and the Thuringia. After he had become mature in 1329, he had to pass long-term fights with the vassals and neighbours. These conflicts mainly rose due to Frederick's declaration of peace in 1338, which drastically diminished the rights and influence of the small landlords and the local rulers, and which goal was the subjugation of the latter two groups. In 1342, dissatisfied nobles, whose concerns were their rights and independence, banded together in Arnstadt (southwest of Erfurt) against Frederick II, in what would be known as the Thuringian Count's War. The conflict would last up to 1346. After the death of emperor Ludwig IV, the Bavarian party tried to move him to the acceptance of the German crown, however, he mistrusted the inconstancy of his voters and rejected such strange request in favour of Charles IV of Luxembourg. Friedrich II limited himself to consolidate his rule and to defend against the danger going out from Charles IV. At a meeting 1348 in Bautzen both recognized the existing possession states.

Frederick II married May 1323 in Nürnberg Mathilde of Bavaria, daughter of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and had 9 children:

Elisabeth (22 November 1329 - 21 April 1375), married to Frederick V of Nuremberg.
Frederick (born and died 1330)
Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
Balthasar (1336-1406)
Beatrice (1 September 1339 - 15 July 1399), nun in Weißenfels
Louis (25 February 1340 - 17 February 1382), (Bishop of Bamberg)
William the One-eyed
Anne (7 August 1345 - 22 March 1363), nun in Seußlitz
Clara (born 7 August 1345)
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II,_Margrave_of_Meissen


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