Margraviate of Lusatia Markgrafschaft Lausitz (German) | |||||||||||
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| 965–1367 | |||||||||||
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.svg) March of Lusatia around 1000 | |||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire, Crown land of the Saxon Eastern March (965–1303) Crown land of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1303-1367) Crown land of the Bohemian Crown (1367–1635) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Lübben | ||||||||||
| Government | Margraviate | ||||||||||
| Margraves | |||||||||||
• 965–993 | Odo I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1365–1367 | Otto of Wittelsbach (last) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Partitioned from Marca Geronis | 965 | ||||||||||
• Conquered by Poland | 1002–1031 | ||||||||||
• Appointment of Dietrich II of Wettin | 1032 | ||||||||||
• Death of Henry IV | 1288 | ||||||||||
• Sold to Brandenburg | 1303 | ||||||||||
• To Bohemia | 1367 | ||||||||||
• To Saxon electorate | 1635 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany Poland | ||||||||||
The March or Margraviate of Lusatia (German: Markgrafschaft Lausitz) was an eastern border march of the Holy Roman Empire in the lands settled by Polabian Slavs. It arose in 965 in the course of the partition of the vast Marca Geronis. Ruled by several Saxon margravial dynasties, among them the House of Wettin, the lordship was contested by the Polish kings as well as by the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg. The remaining territory was finally incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1367.