Theodoric I, Margrave of Lusatia

Margrave Dietrich II ( * before February 27, 1142; † February 9, 1185 ) was from 1156/57 Margrave of Ostmark / Lausitz with the later headquarters at the castle of Landsberg. He came from a noble family, which was called Wettin since the 15th century.

Life

Dietrich was born at an unknown date, the son of the Marquis Conrad of Meissen and received after the rule waiver of his father in 1156 the Margraviate of Ostmark / Lausitz by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in fief.

Margrave Dietrich had the castle of Landsberg east hall built as a new headquarters for his principality. Is still reflected in the double chapel of St. Crucis, which was preserved after severe damage early 16th century by the impressive facility. To their structural features Dietrich had brought an ancient column from Italy. In 1165 he founded with the help of Bishop Werner Mazovia Płock a home monastery in Dobrilugk for his branch of the family. He was a staunch opponent of Duke Henry the Lion, he together with his relatives, Archbishop Wichmann of Magdeburg, Otto Margrave of Meissen and Count Dedo of Groitzsch and Rochlitz, feuded. Dietrich had a lasting good relationship with the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, which he. Particularly in Italy and 1177 in Venice at the peace conference with Pope Alexander III sustainably supported.

Dietrich died on February 9, 1185 after a long illness that had broken out at the Mainz Hoffest of the Emperor in 1184. He was buried in the Augustinian Canons of St. Peter on the Lauter mountain, as the family grave lay in Dobrilugk was not finished yet. His younger brother Dedo of Rochlitz - Groitzsch succeeded him as Marquis, after he had been enfeoffed upon payment of a considerable sum ( 4,000 silver marks ) of Frederick Barbarossa, the Ostmark / Lausitz. Dietrich was the first Margrave of Ostmark / Lausitz with its own coinage. His Bracteates are of extraordinary, representative beauty. He also promoted the development of the land between the Elbe and Elster and in Lusatia.

Married with Dietrich was Dobroniega, a subsidiary of the Polish duke Bolesław III. Wrymouth. From this marriage came two children: Konrad ( † 1175 Accidental Death at a tournament ) and Gertrude, Nun to Gerbstedt. At the same time he had with Cunegonde of Plötzkau, of the fallen in the Holy Land Count Bernhard, a mistress who bore him Dietrich, who later became Bishop of Merseburg († 1215) widow.