Dietrich of Haldensleben

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Dietrich or Theodoric of Haldensleben (also Theoderic[h]; died 985) was the first Margrave of the Nordmark from 965 until his deposition in 983. He also bore the title Duke in contemporary sources.

Dietrich was a harsh overlord. He helped Adalbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg, plot the downfall of Count Gero of Alselben and owing to his pride (he once refused the marriage of one of his kinswoman to a Slav "dog"), according to Thietmar of Merseburg, in 983, the Hevelli sacked Havelberg and Brandenburg and reverted to paganism. Dietrich was deprived of his march.

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• Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991.
• Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.
• Bernhardt, John W. Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medeival Germany, c. 936–1075. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.