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Frederick III
Margrave of Meissen
Landgrave of Thuringia
Friedrich III of Thuringia, painting from Albrechtsburg in Meißen.
Margrave of Meissen
Reign1349-1381
Successor Friedrich der Streitbare, Wilhelm der Reiche & Georg
Landgrave of Thuringia
Reign1349-1381
PredecessorFrederick I
SuccessorBalthasar
Born(1332-12-14)14 December 1332
Dresden, Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died21 May 1381(1381-05-21) (aged 48)
Altenburg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
SpouseCatherine of Henneberg
IssueFriedrich
Friedrich der Streitbare
Wilhelm der Reiche
Georg
Names
Frederick the Strict
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherFrederick the Serious
MotherMathilde of Bavaria

Frederick III, the Strict (14 December 1332, Dresden – 21 May 1381, Altenburg), Landgrave of Thuringia and Margrave of Meissen, was the son of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria.

He took over the government for his brothers William, Balthasar and Ludwig (Bishop of Bamberg) after the death of their father in 1349. One year later the Emperor gave the Margraviate of Meissen to the four brothers jointly. In 1368 common government began, afterwards the brothers changed rulership every two years. In 1379 they divided their possessions. After Frederick III's death, Meissen was divided between his three sons and Thuringia was inherited by his brothers; it later passed to his nephew Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, son of his brother Balthasar, and was ultimately inherited by Frederick the Strict's grandson, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.

Family

Frederick was married to Catherine of Henneberg, heiress of Coburg, Neustadt, Sonneberg, Neuhaus, Rodach, etc. (died Coburg 15 July 1397), daughter of Count Heinrich IV of Henneberg. They had four sons:

  1. Frederick (d. young 1350)
  2. Friedrich der Streitbare (11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428)
  3. Wilhelm der Reiche (23 April 1371 – 30 March 1425)
  4. Georg (1380 – 9 December 1401)

Ancestry

Family of Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
16. Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
8. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
17. Constantia of Austria
4. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen
18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
9. Margaret of Sicily
19. Isabella of England
2. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
20. Otto IV, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
10. Hartmann XI, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
21. Hedwig of Schwarzburg
5. Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
22. Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
11. Elisabeth, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde
1. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
24. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
12. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
25. Agnes of the Palatinate
6. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
26. Rudolph I of Germany
13. Matilda of Habsburg
27. Gertrude of Hohenburg
3. Mathilde of Bavaria
28. Bolesław II Rogatka
14. Bolko I the Strict
29. Hedwig of Anhalt
7. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau
30. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
15. Beatrice of Brandenburg
31. Judith of Henneberg-Coburg

See also

Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
Born: 14 December 1332 Died: 21 May 1381
Regnal titles
Preceded by Landgrave of Thuringia
with Wilhelm I & Balthasar
1349–1381 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Markgraf of Meissen
with Wilhelm I & Balthasar
1349–1381 		Succeeded by
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