This is an account of the Landgraves of Thuringia. As a prelude to an account of the House of
Wettin, an account of this family is necessary, since Thuringia  served as the base of the
Wettins' later prosperity.
   Thuringia was originally a small area between Saxony and Franconia with the large Thuringian
forest along its southern border. There had originally been a distinct Thuringian people, but the
territory had been amalgamated and assimiliated with Saxony. At the end of the 11th century
Ludwig with the beard began accumulating various fiefs in the province, and his grandson was
named Landgrave of Thuringia. The death of Heinrich Raspe set up a conflict between his
nephews the Duke of Brabant and the [Wettin] Margrave of Meissen, the latter eventually gaining
Thuringia, while the former received Hesse and adopted the old title of Landgrave.
   Ludwig "mit dem Barte", or "with the beard", was Ct in Thuringia and d.ca 1080; he left by his
wife Caecilie von Sangerhausen:
1.Ludwig "der Salier", Ct in Thuringia, d.1123; m.1088 Adelheid von Stade (ca 1060-1110)
1.1.Hermann, d.1114
1.2.Ludwig I, Landgrave of Thuringia (ca 1090-1140); m.Hedwig von Gudensberg (d.1148),
heiress of an important part of Hesse
1.2.1.Ludwig II "the Iron", Landgrave of Thuringia (ca 1128-1172); m.1150 Jutta (d.1191) dau.of
Duke Friedrich II of Swabia
1.2.1.1.Ludwig III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Ct Palatine of Saxony (ca 1152-1190); m.1st 1172
Margarete, dau.of Ct Dietrich II of Cleves; m.2d ca 1184 Sophie (d.1198) dau.of Pr Wolodar of
Polotzk
1.2.1.1.1.Jutta, d.after 6 Sep 1208; m.before 1190 Dietrich von Wettin, Ct von Groitzsch (d.1207)
1.2.1.2.Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Ct Palatine of Saxony, d.1217; m.1st ca 1182 Sofie
(d.1189/90) dau.of Friedrich, Ct Palatine von Sommerschenburg; m.2d 1196 Sofie (d.1238)
dau.of Duke Otto I of Bavaria
1.2.1.2.1.Hermann, b.before 1200, d.1216
1.2.1.2.2.[St.]Ludwig IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200-1227); m.1221 [St.]Elizabeth, Pss of
Hungary (1207-1231)
1.2.1.2.2.1.Hermann II, Landgrave of Thuringia (1223-1241); m.1239 Helene (d.1273) dau.of
Duke Otto of Brunswick
1.2.1.2.2.2.Sofie (1224-1275); m.1240 Duke Henry II of Brabant (d.1248)
1.2.1.2.2.3.Gertrud, Abbess at Altenberg nr Wetzlar (1227-1297)
1.2.1.2.3.Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (ca 1202-1247); he was set up as anti-king to
Friedrich II in 1246; m.1st Elisabeth N (d.1231); m.2d 1239 Gertrud, dau.of Duke Leopold VI of
Austria; m.3d 1241 Beatrix (ca 1225-1288) dau.of Duke Henry II of Brabant
1.2.1.2.4.Konrad, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (ca 1204-1241)
1.2.1.2.5.Jutta (ca 1183-1235); m.1st Dietrich, Margrave of Meissen (d.1221); m.2d 1223 Ct
Poppo XIII von Henneberg (d.1245)
1.2.1.2.6.Hedwig, d.1247; m.1211 Ct Albrecht von Orlamuende (d.1227)
1.2.1.2.7.Irmgard (ca 1197-ca 1244); m.ca 1211 Fst Heinrich I of Anhalt (d.1252)
1.2.1.2.8.Agnes (ca 1204-before 1247); m.1st 1225 Duke Heinrich of Austria (d.1228); m.2d
Duke Albrecht I of Saxony (d.1261)
1.2.1.3.Heinrich Raspe III, d.1180
1.2.1.4.Ct Friedrich von Ziegenhain, d.1229; m.before 1186 Liutgard von Ziegenhain (d.after
1297)
1.2.1.4.1.Sofie, d.after 2 Apr 1247; m.Burkhard VI, Burggrave of Magdeburg (d.1246)
1.2.1.4.2.Judith, d.1220; m.Ct Friedrich II von Brehna (d.1221)
1.2.1.5.Jutta; m.Ct Hermann III von Ravensburg (d.after 1218)
1.2.2.Heinrich Raspe II, Ct von Gudensburg, d.ca 1155
1.2.3.Ludwig, Ct von Thamsbrueck, d.1189
1.2.4.Caecilie; m.Duke Ulrich II of Bohemia (d.1177)
1.2.5.Adelheid, Abbess in Eisenach, d.after 1140
1.2.6.Mechtild; m.Dietrich von Ballenstaedt, Ct von Werben
1.3.Udo, Bp of Naumburg, d.1148
1.4.Heinrich Raspe I, d.1130; m.1122 Hedwig N
1.5.Adelheid (ca 1087-1146); m.Ct Ulrich von Weimar (d.1112)
1.6.Kunigunde, d.1118; m.Ct Wichmann in Saxony
1.7.Caecilie, d.1141; m.Ct Gerlach I von Veldenz
2.Ct Beringer von Sangerhausen, d.before 25 Jul 1110; m.Bertrada (d.1145) dau.of Ct Konrad
von Wettin
2.1.Ct Konrad von Hohnstein, d.1145
2.2.Kunigunde; m. Thimo von Wippra
3.Hildegard; m.1st Ct Poppo I von Henneberg (d.1078); m.2d Thimo von Nordeck
4.Uta; m.CtDietrich von Linderbach
5.Adelheid; m.Ludwig von Wippra