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Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

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Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
Bornbefore 30 November 1384
Died(1440-05-07)7 May 1440
Runneburg Castle in Weißensee
Noble familyHouse of Wettin
Spouse(s)Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
FatherBalthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
MotherMargaret of Nuremberg

Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, nicknamed Frederick the Peaceful or Frederick the Simple, the peaceful one, and the Fool (before 30 November 1384 – 7 May 1440 at Runneburg Castle in Weißensee) was a member of the House of Wettin and was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia.

Life

Frederick was the son of Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia and his first wife, Margaret of Nuremberg. In 1407, he married Countess Anna (d. 1431), the daughter of Count Günther XXX of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg. This marriage remained childless.

Frederick is considered a relatively weak ruler, who was at times very dependent on the influence of his wife and her relatives. To finance his lavish court, he sold more and more land and titles. In 1436, he expelled all Jews from the Landgraviate of Thuringia.

Frederick died childless in 1440. After his death, Thuringia was inherited by his two nephews, Frederick II and William III. He had sold them the more remote areas of Meissen some years earlier for 15000guilders.

Ancestors

Family of Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
16. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
8. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen
17. Margaret of Sicily
4. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
18. Hartmann XI, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
9. Elisabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
19. Elisabeth, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde
2. Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
20. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
10. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
21. Matilda of Habsburg
5. Mathilde of Bavaria
22. Bolko I the Strict
11. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau
23. Beatrice of Brandenburg
1. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
24. Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg
12. Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg
25. Helen of Saxony
6. Albert of Nuremberg
26. Albert of Gorizia
13. Margaret of Gorizia
27. Agnes of Hohenberg
3. Margaret of Nuremberg
28. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
14. Henry IV, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
29. Adelheid of Hesse
7. Sophie of Henneberg-Schleusingen
30. Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
15. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
31. Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg

References

  • Heinrich Theodor Flathe (1877), "Friedrich (IV.), der Einfältige oder Friedfertige, Landgraf von Thüringen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 567

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Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
Born: before 30 November 1384 Died: 7 May 1440
Preceded by Landgrave of Thuringia
1406-1440 		Succeeded by

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