Margravate of Meissen

Margravate of Meissen
Markgrafschaft Meißen (German)
965–1423
Flag of Meissen
Top: Banner of arms
Bottom: State colors flag (10th cent.–until 1423)[1]
Coat of arms of Meissen
Coat of arms
March of Meissen (red) in the early 11th century
March of Meissen (red) in the early 11th century
StatusMargravate
CapitalMeissen
Common languagesUpper Saxon
GovernmentFeudal monarchy
Margrave of Meissen 
• 965–976
Wigbert (first)
• 1381–1423
Frederick IV
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from Marca Geronis
965
• Captured by Poland
1002
1067
• War of Thuringian Succession
 
1247–64
• Acquired most of Thuringia
 
1298
1307
1423
• Acquired Burggravate
1426
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Marca Geronis
Electorate of Saxony Electoral Saxony
Today part ofGermany
Poland
1: As a result of the Investiture Controversy in 1067, the territory was lost from the Brunonen to the Wettin dynasty.

The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen (German: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally merged with the former Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg into the Saxon Electorate by 1423.

  1. ^ "flaggenlexikon.de: Flaggen für Markgrafschaft Meißen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-06-14.