William, Margrave of Meissen

William IV († 1062) from the house of the Count of Weimar- Orlamünde followed after his father's death in 1039 in the same county, was by Ekkehard II death Margrave of Meissen in 1046 and was probably of Margrave Dedo II, whose stepson he had become by the second marriage of his mother Oda, the Thuringian marks assigned, so that he united all the brands Ekkehard I. in his hand.

After the Emperor Henry III. Death, he remained loyal to his widow Agnes, where he was held in high esteem. He held the chief command of the imperial army, they sent the products sold by his brother Bela Andreas kings of Hungary to help; assigned to him was Bishop of Naumburg Eppo. But he soon had to beat a retreat, and in a raid near Wieselburg both leaders came together with the Bavarian Count Boto after heroic resistance in captivity. From admiration for the bravery of William moved Belas son Geysa his father, the Marquis not only release, but to betroth him with one of his daughters, Sophie; but when he tried to fetch home the following year, 1062, his bride, he fell ill and died on the way. In the series of Margrave of Meissen this name he likes to be listed without numbers.