List of Margraves of Meissen
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The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the German empire. The Mark of Meissen (cradle of Saxony) was founded 965 by Emperor Otto I; in 929, the German king Henry the Fowler built a fortress on the hill where Meissen castle stands. During the tenth century, Meissen was populated by Slavic tribes who were subdued by the German margrave Gero the Great. The region between the rivers Elbe and Oder was then ruled by Gero as the margraviate of Sächsische Ostmark 937-965. When Gero died in 965, Ostmark was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, and also Nordmark which eventually became Brandenburg. In 1089, Meissen became the honor of the house of Wettin's possessions and remained as such even after it had been incorporated into the electorate of Saxony in 1423.
| Affiliation | Name | Years | Comments |
| Wigbert | 965-970 | ||
| Dietmar I | 970-979 | also Margrave of Merseburg | |
| Günther | 979-982 | also Margrave of Merseburg | |
| Rikdag | 982-985 | since 982 also Margrave of Merseburg, removes Wigger in Zeitz, Gunther in Merseburg and Wigbert in Meißen as Markgrave | |
| Ekkehardingian | Ekkehard I | 985-1002 | Son of Günther of Merseburg |
| Ekkehardingian | Gunzelin von Kuckenburg | 1002-1010 | |
| Ekkehardingian | Hermann I | 1010-1031 | |
| Ekkehardingian | Ekkehard II | 1031-1046 | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde | Wilhelm | 1046-1062 | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde | Otto | 1062-1067 | |
| Braunschweig | Ekbert I | 1067-1068 | |
| Braunschweig | Ekbert II | 1068-1089 | |
| Wettin | Heinrich I von Eilenburg | 1089-1103 | |
| Wettin | Thimo | 1103 | |
| Wettin | Heinrich II von Eilenburg | 1104-1123 | |
| Wiprecht II | 1123-1124 | ||
| Hermann von Winzenburg | 1124-1129 | ||
| Wettin | Konrad der Große | 1123-1156 | |
| Wettin | Otto der Reiche | 1156-1190 | |
| Wettin | Albrecht der Stolze | 1190-1195 | |
| Heinrich VI | 1195-1197 | Direct rule of Emperor | |
| Wettin | Dietrich der Bedrängte | 1198-1221 | |
| Wettin | Heinrich III der Erlauchte | 1221-1288 | |
| Wettin | Albrecht der Entartete | 1288 | Son of Heinrich III der Erlauchte |
| Wettin | Friedrich Tuta | 1288-1291 | |
| Dietrich III | 1291-1307 | ||
| Wettin | Friedrich I der Freidige | 1291-1323 | |
| Nassau | Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg | 1293-1298 | |
| Habsburg | Albrecht von Habsburg | 1298-1307 | |
| Wettin | Friedrich II der Ernsthafte | 1323-1349 | Son of Friedrich I der Freidige |
| Wettin | Friedrich III der Strenge | 1349-1381 | Son of Friedrich II der Ernsthafte |
| Wettin | Balthasar | 1349-1382 | Son of Friedrich II der Ernsthafte |
| Wettin | William der Einäugige | 1349-1407 | Son of Friedrich II der Ernsthafte |
| Wettin | Georg | 1381-1402 | Son of Friedrich III der Strenge |
| Wettin | Wilhelm der Reiche | 1381-1425 | Son of Friedrich III der Strenge |
| Wettin | Friedrich der Streitbare | 1381-1428 | Son of Friedrich III der Strenge |
