William II, Margrave of Meissen

William II of Empires (* April 23, 1371, † March 30, 1425 ) was the second son of Margrave Friedrich of austerities and of Catherine of Henneberg.

At the Chemnitz division of 1382 he received jointly with his brothers Frederick and George ( † 1401 ), the Easter Country and Landsberg, after the death of Margrave William I of the one-eyed man in 1407 is also a part of Meissen. The Treaty of Naumburg in 1410, however, the Friedrich and Wilhelm brothers agreed to a re- division of the state, the Easter land divided among themselves and with the discussion about the development of 1411 Wilhelm received as his personal share of the greater part of the Easter country, including his brother Frederick the Quarrelsome by exchange Leipzig Jena left. In the Saxon Care Coburg in Franconia, he joined temporarily to as Landgrave of Thuringia. He authenticated in 1417 together with his brother Frederick the border Scheid to the diocese of Bamberg with Bishop Albert of Wertheim and graduated in 1424 with Georg Graf von Henneberg - Aschach -Hartenberg an agreement on the establishment of a national militia. 1420 Wilhelm involved in the wake of his brother against the Hussites in Prague.

Wilhelm II died on 30 March 1425 to have been married to Amelia of Mazovia, which emerged from marriage no children. In the opinion of Karlheinz Blaschke he remained unmarried.