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Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia

Field	Value
name	Frederick III
image	Friedrich Strenge Albrechtsburg.jpg
image_size	240px
caption	Frederick III of Thuringia, painting from Albrechtsburg in Meißen
succession	Margrave of Meissen
reign	1349–1381
successor	(partitioned)
succession1	Landgrave of Thuringia
reign1	1349–1381
predecessor1	Frederick I
successor1	Balthasar
spouse	Catherine of Henneberg
issue	{{plainlist
house	Wettin
father	Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
mother	Mathilde of Bavaria
birth_date	14 December 1332
birth_place	Dresden, Margravate of Meissen, Holy Roman Empire
death_date
death_place	Altenburg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
burial_place	Altzella Abbey

Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
William II, Margrave of Meissen
George, Margrave of Meissen

Frederick III the Strict (; 14 December 1332 – 21 May 1381) was Landgrave of Thuringia and Margrave of Meissen. A member of the House of Wettin, he strengthened the dynastic territories in central Germany during the mid-fourteenth century.

Born in Dresden, he assumed leadership in 1349 following the death of his father, Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen. He initially governed on behalf of his brothers, William, Balthasar, and Louis (Bishop of Bamberg). In 1350, the emperor confirmed the Margraviate of Meissen as a joint possession of the four brothers. From 1368 onward, they ruled collectively, with the exercise of authority rotating every two years. Their lands were permanently divided in 1379.

After Frederick's death in Altenburg in 1381, Meissen was partitioned among his three sons, while Thuringia passed to his brothers. It later went to his nephew Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, son of Balthasar, and was eventually inherited by Frederick's grandson, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.

Family

Frederick married Catherine of Henneberg, heiress of the Henneberg estates of Coburg, Neustadt, Sonneberg, Neuhaus, Rodach and other territories. She was the daughter of Count Heinrich IV of Henneberg and died in Coburg on 15 July 1397. They had four sons:

Frederick (died 1350).
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428).
William II, Margrave of Meissen (23 April 1371 – 30 March 1425).
George, Margrave of Meissen (1380 – 9 December 1401).

Notes

Ancestry

References

Harald Schieckel: Friedrich III. der Strenge. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9.

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