Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark

Henry I
Margrave of the Ostmark Margrave of Meissen
Margrave of the Ostmark
Reign	1075–1103
Predecessor	Dedo I
Successor	Henry II
Margrave of Meissen
Reign	1089–1103
Predecessor	Egbert II
Successor	Henry II
Born	1070 Grimma
Died	1103 Emden
Burial	Meissen
Spouse	Gertrud of Braunschweig
Issue	Henry II
House	House of Wettin
Father	Dedo II of Wettin
Mother	Adela of Brabant

Henry I (1070–1103), called the Elder, count of Eilenburg and son of Count Dedo II of Wettin and his second wife Adela of Brabant, inherited in 1075 the marches of Lusatia and Ostmark.

Henry was made Margrave of Lusatia in 1081 to curb Bohemian influence^[1] and later in 1089, following the deposition of the anti-king Egbert II of Meissen, he was granted Meissen by the Emperor Henry IV. He was the first of the House of Wettin to govern that margraviate. It had previously been held by Vratislaus II of Bohemia, but he had never been confirmed in his possession.^[2]

He was married to Gertrud of Braunschweig, daughter of the margrave Egbert I of Meissen, from which marriage he had only a son, his successor Henry.^[2]

See also

• List of Margraves of Meissen
• Wettin (dynasty)

Notes

References

• Berend, Nora; Urbanczyk, Przemyslaw; Wiszewski, Przemyslaw (2013). Central Europe in the High Middle Ages:Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c.900-c.1300. Cambridge University Press. 

Further reading

• Thompson, James Westfall. Feudal Germany, Volume II. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1928.