Treaty of Tangermünde

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In the Treaty of Tangermünde on April 14, 1312, the Meissnian Margrave Friedrich the Freidige had to buy his freedom from the captivity of the Brandenburg Margrave Waldemar , which he and his son had gotten into a few days earlier near the Meissnian town of Hayn .

history

Frederick the Open
Waldemar of Brandenburg

After Friedrich the Freidige had been named heir by Friedrich the Little in 1309 , he laid claim to the Landsberg and Lausitz brands , which led to a dispute with the Brandenburg Margrave Waldemar . Corresponding negotiations between the two rulers failed, however. As a result, Waldemar opened a war against Frederick I at the beginning of 1312 with the aim of bringing under his rule the Mark Meissen , which was already in Ascanian pledge possession from 1303 to 1305 .

In the course of the fighting, Waldemar moved to Lusatia at the end of March 1312, where he also advanced into the area around Hayn . When a night attack on the city failed, in the course of which the attackers were captured, the Hayner citizens called the Meissen margrave for help. However, Margrave Friedrich der Freidige, who rushed up with his son Friedrich and some soldiers, unexpectedly fell into the enemy hands of Waldemar near the city, whereupon he abducted the two Meissen nobles to Tangermünde .

After tough negotiations about the release of the Meißner, Friedrich the Freidige finally had to agree to a settlement. Among other things, he committed himself to a payment of 32,000 Mark Brandenburg or Freiberg silver, the assignment of hereditary claims to the Mark Lausitz , the Mark Landsberg and the Elbe-Elster-Land as well as the transfer of the dominions of Hayn and Torgau . The cities of Leipzig , Oschatz , Grimma and Geithain were pledged to the Askanier. In addition, Friedrich undertook to recognize the rights of his successors in the event of the death of the Margrave of Brandenburg. Likewise, on the Meissnian side, in the event of the death of a margrave, the successor should assume his duties.

Individual evidence

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  5. ^ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis. Collection of documents, chronicles and other historical sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its rulers. Berlin 1838–1869 , second main part or history of the foreign relations of the Mark Brandenburg and its regents p. 319 ( full text in the Google book search).