Wigbert (Meissen)

Wigbert († before 976) was the first Margrave of Meissen . With Gero's death in 965, the brand area was reorganized and the large " Geromark ", which extends from the Billunger Mark in today's Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to the Ore Mountains and from the Elbe - Saale line to the Oder , was divided. The margraviate of the same name was created in the southeast, around Meißen Castle . Wigbert is only mentioned in the founding document of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg . The Meissen market can indirectly be assigned to him as a dominion, since the two other named Margraves Wigger I. and Gunther later worked in the area of Zeitz and Merseburg . It can only be guessed why Wigbert does not appear in other sources. Perhaps he was not active in his marrow, perhaps the rule there was not considered secured at that time. In 976 Thietmar I was Margrave of Meissen.

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Gabriele Rupp: Die Ekkehardiner, Margraves of Meißen and their relations to the Empire and to the Piasts (= European university publications. Series 3: History and their auxiliary sciences. Vol. 691). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-49868-3 , p. 20, note 54, (at the same time: Munich, University, dissertation, 1995).

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Margrave of Meissen approx. 965–976	Thietmar

personal data
SURNAME	Wigbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margrave of Meissen
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century or 10th century
DATE OF DEATH	before 976

[1] Cf. Gabriele Rupp: Die Ekkehardiner, Margraves of Meißen and their relations to the Empire and to the Piasts (= European university publications. Series 3: History and their auxiliary sciences. Vol. 691). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-631-49868-3 , p. 20, note 54, (at the same time: Munich, University, dissertation, 1995).