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'''Albert II, the Degenerate''' (b. [[1240]] – d. [[
He was the eldest son of [[Henry III, Margrave of Meissen|Henry the Illustrious, Margrave of Meissen]] by his first wife, [[Constantia of Austria]].
Albrecht was married from [[1254]] to [[Margaret of Sicily]], the daughter of emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]. As a dowry the [[Pleißnerland]] was pledged to the house of [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]]. With his spouse, Albrecht had five children: Henry, [[Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen|Frederick]], [[Diezmann]], Margaret and Agnes. ▼
==Life==
After what was at first a happy rule and marriage, Albrecht turned away from Margarete and began a passionate love affair with [[Kunigunde of Eisenberg]]. As a result, Margarete left [[Wartburg]] on [[24 June]] [[1270]] and went to [[Frankfurt am Main]] where she died on [[8 August]] of the same year. The two younger sons Frederick and Diezmann were looked after by their uncle, [[Dietrich, Margrave of Landsberg]]. Henry, the oldest, disappeared in [[Silesia]] in [[1283]].▼
In [[1265]] the Margrave Henry III granted the Landgraviate of Thuringia and the Palatinate to Albrecht and the [[Margraviate of Landsberg]] in the [[Osterland]] to his younger brother [[Dietrich, Margrave of Landsberg|Dietrich]]. Henry III kept from himself [[Meissen]] and [[Lausitz]] as a formal power over his sons.
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# [[Heinrich, Lord of Pleissnerland|Heinrich]] (b. [[21 March]] [[1256]] - d. [[25 January]]/[[23 July]]? [[1282]]), inherited the Pleissnerland in [[1274]].
#[[Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen|Frederick]] (b. [[1257]] - d. Wartburg, [[16 November]] [[1323]]), Margrave of Meissen.
#[[Dietrich, Margrave of Lausitz|Dietrich]], called Dietzmann (b. [[1260]] - murdered Leipzig [[10 December]] [[1307]]), Margrave of Lausitz.
#Margaret (d. young, aft. [[17 April]] [[1273]]).
#Agnes (b. [[1264]] - d. [[September]] [[1332]]), married before [[21 July]] [[1282]] to [[Henry I, Duke of Brünswick-Grubenhagen|Heinrich I, Duke of Brünswick-Grubenhagen]].
After what was at first a happy rule and marriage, Albrecht turned away from Margarete and began a passionate love affair with [[Kunigunde of Eisenberg]]. She bore him a son, called Apitz, in [[1270]].
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Albrecht married with Kunigunde in [[1274]] and the Emperor legitimised their son Apitz (Albrecht). When he intended leave him the Landgraviate of Thuringia and compensating his sons from his first marriage only with the Osterland (who included the inheritance of their mother) and the Palatinate County of Saxony, they began the war against their father. Frederick was captured by his father and was locked on Wartburg; however, he could escape one year later and continue the war against his father together with Dietzmann. During this time, in [[1284]], their uncle Dietrich of Landsberg died, and four years later, in [[1288]], also there died Heinrich the Illustrious, Albrecht's father. These deaths tightened the family disputes.
==See also==
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