Dedi II, Margrave of Lusatia

Dedo († before October 26, 1069) was as Dedo III. Count of Wettin and from 1069 as Dedo II Margrave of Lausitz. He was descended from the noble family of Wettin.

Life

He was the eldest son of the Marquis Dedo I and his first wife Oda, the daughter of the Marquis Thietmar.

As it an armed confrontation between his father and the Emperor Henry IV came in 1069, put this Markgraf Dedo from I and his son of the same - who had fallen out with his father because of his second marriage - as new Marquis in today's Lower Lausitz. Dedo II was, however, was assassinated in the same year. Medieval sources account for his stepmother Adela responsible. Thereupon the Emperor Henry IV became reconciled with his father Dedo I. and gave him back the Margraviate.

Dedo II died unmarried and childless and was buried in Meissen.

  • Markgraf (Lausitz )
  • Wettin
  • Born in the 11th century
  • Died in 1069
  • Man
Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Lower Lusatia Integrated Authority File
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