William II, Margrave of Meissen

William II, Margrave of Meissen
Born	(1371-04-23)23 April 1371
Died	13 March 1425(1425-03-13) (aged 53)
Noble family	House of Wettin
Spouse(s)	Amelia of Masovia
Father	Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen
Mother	Catherine of Henneberg

Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave Frederick the Strict of Meissen and Catherine of Henneberg.

Under the Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the Osterland and Landsberg jointly with his brothers, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed" died in 1407, William and Frederick also inherited a part of Meissen. Under the 1410 Treaty of Naumburg, however, the brothers agreed to a fresh division of the Meissen territory. They agreed to divide the Osterland between themselves. They did so in 1411; William received the larger part of the Osterland, including Leipzig, which Frederick had managed to obtain instead of Jena.

William fought at his brother's side in the Hussite war in Bohemia. He is rumoured to have been married to Amelia of Mazovia. According to Karlheinz Blaschke, however, he remained unmarried.

He died on 13 March 1425.

Ancestors

Family of William II, Margrave of Meissen

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. Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 19. Elisabeth, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde 2. Frederick III, 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. William II, Margrave of Meissen 24. Berthold V, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen 12. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen 25. Sophie of Schwarzburg 6. Henry IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen 26. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse 13. Adelheid of Hesse 27. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg 3. Catherine of Henneberg 28. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 14. Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 29. Judith of Henneberg-Coburg 7. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 30. Albert I of Germany 15. Anna of Austria 31. Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol

References and sources

• Heinrich Theodor Flathe (1898), "Wilhelm II., Markgraf von Meißen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 124