Elisabeth of Orlamünde

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Elisabeth von Orlamünde (* around 1265, † 1327 ) was Margravine of Meißen .

The eldest daughter of Hermann III. von Weimar-Orlamünde married Hartmann von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk's first marriage († February 20, 1289). The daughter Elisabeth von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk comes from this connection . Her second marriage to Margrave Albrecht “the Degenerate” († November 20, 1315), which she concluded as a “rich widow” in 1290 , remained childless. It brought about the reconciliation in the sometimes armed conflict between Albrecht and his son from his first marriage, Friedrich .

literature

  • Bernd Kaufmann: The slandered one. The story of Landgrave Albrecht II of Thuringia. Second book: War of the Sons 1270-1340. BKP, Zweibrücken 2011, ISBN 978-3-9813424-3-7 , pp. 319ff and 388.
  • Hans Patze, Walter Schlesinger (Hrsg.): History of Thuringia. Volume 2: High and Late Middle Ages. Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-412-02974-2 , p. 197.
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth of Orlamünde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elisabeth von Arnshaugk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margravine of Meissen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1265
DATE OF DEATH 1327