Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen
Dietrich, called the Harried (* 1162, † February 18, 1221 ) was Margrave of Meissen from 1198 and from 1210 as Dietrich III, Margrave of Lusatia, from the noble family of Wettin.. He was born as the second son of Margrave Otto the Rich and Hedwig of Ballenstedt.
Life
With his older brother Albrecht the Proud, he was estranged because his mother persuaded the father to change the succession to the effect that the Margraviate of Meissen Dietrich, Albrecht, however - although the older son - the county Weissenfels should receive. Albrecht forced the father by force of arms to restore the originally intended order of succession, and really followed him in 1190 in Meissen.
Although Dietrich suggested - supported by Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia, whose daughter he had married Jutta - 1194 his brother of Weissenfels back, but did not do anything against his country, but undertook in 1195 a pilgrimage to Palestine.
According to Albrecht 's death in 1195, Emperor Henry VI. Meissen with its rich mines in possession. Dietrich came into the possession of his inheritance after Henry's death in 1197; in the fight against the kings Philip of Swabia and Otto of Brunswick belehnte Philipp Dietrich again with the March of Meissen. Since then, Dietrich stood on page Philipps and remained even after his assassination ( 1208) on the side of Hohenstaufen.
1206 he arbitrated a dispute between the viscount of Dohna, who had a castle called Thorun built on an area that claimed the Bishop of Meissen, and the bishop. The certificate created here mentioned for the first time the name of Dresden. He also is associated with the up to now enigmatic gardens of Schloss Easter Country Oschatz and the previous Romanesque Castle Grillenburg in Tharandter forest. In 1210 he was enfeoffed after the extinction of dedonidischen line of the Wettin and after payment of 10,000 marks of silver in the castle of Landsberg on behalf of Emperor Otto IV with the Ostmarl / Lausitz.
In dangerous disputes he came to the city of Leipzig and Meissen nobility. After an unsuccessful siege of Leipzig, he graduated with the besieged in 1217, first a comparison, then seized by stratagem but the city did grind the city walls and create within the same three castles, which he decorated with numerous crew.
Margrave Dietrich died on February 18, 1221, perhaps poisoned at the instigation of the Leipzig and the discontented nobility of his personal physician.
Marital status
Dietrich left the widow Jutta, and some of his children had died previously. Eight children Dietrich can be detected;
Grave laying
Dietrich the Harried died in 1221 and was buried in the monastery house of Wettin in Altzella. Today his grave plate is again in the choir, in addition to those for the rich Otto and his wife, the monastery founder, Hedwig. In 1288, Dietrich also son Henry the Illustrious was buried here. Heinrich the Illustrious can be assumed as principal of grave plate cycle in Altzella because the monuments of the founders and ancestors can be dated to his time.