THE HOUSE OF WETTIN
Gf Dietrich im Hassegau, +before 976, left issue:

• A1. Gf Dedo I von Merseburg, +murdered 1009; m.before 985 Thietberga, dau.of Dietrich (von Haldensleben, Margrave of the Nordmark)
  • B1. Gf Dietrich in Eilenburg, Gf im Hassegau u.Siusli, +murdered 19.11.1034; m.Matilda, dau.of Ekkehard I, Markgraf von Meissen
    • C1. Friedrich, imperial chancellor, Bp of Münster (1064-84), +Münster 18.4.1084, bur Münster Dom
    • C2. Dedo II, Mkgf der Ostmark (Niederlausitz) 1046, Gf im Südliche Schwabengau (1046-68), Regent in Meissen (1068-74), +X.1075; 1m: Oda, dau.of Thietmar II, Mkgf der Ostmark; 2m: 1069 Adela de Louvaine (+1083)
      • D1. [1m.] Dedo III, Mkgf der Lausitz, +murdered before 26.10.1069, bur Meissen
      • D2. [1m.] Adelheid, +26.1.1071, bur Melk; m.Mgve Ernst of Austria (+1075)
      • D3. [1m.] Agnes; m.Friedrich "Gf in Sachsen"
      • D4. [2m.] Mgve Heinrich I of Meissen (1089-1103), +1103; m.1101 Gertrud, dau.of Ekbert von Braunschweig, Markgraf von Meissen
        • E1. Mgve Heinrich II of Meissen (1103-23), *1103, +1123; m.Adelheid von Stade, dau.of Lothar Udo III, Mkgf der Nordmark
      • D5. [2m.] Konrad, +k.a.by the Wends
    • C3. Thimo, Gf von Brehna, +1099-1101; m.Ida, dau.of Otto II von Northeim, Duke of Bavaria
      • D1. Dedo IV, Gf von Wettin und Groitzsch, +16.12.1124; m.Berta von Morungen, heiress of Burg Groitzsch (+16.6.1144) dau.of Wiprecht von Groitzsch, Mkgf von Meissen
        • E1. Matilda, +1152; m.1143 Gf Rapoto II von Abenberg
        • E2. Konrad I "der Grosse", Gf von Wettin, Mgve of Meissen (1130-56), Mkgf der Ober- u.Niederlausitz (1136-56), *1098, +Kl.Petersberg 5.2.1157, bur there; m.by 1119 Luitgard von Elchingen
          • F1. Heinrich, +young
          • F2. Mgve Otto "der Reiche" of Meissen (1156-90), *1125, +18.2.1190, bur Altzelle; m.1147 Hedwig (+III.1203) dau.of Albrecht "the Bear", Mkgf von Brandenburg
            • G1. Mgve Albrecht "der Stolze" of Meissen (1190-95), Gf von Merseburg, *1158, +Krummenhennersdorf 24.6.1195, bur Altzelle; m.Aussig 23.4.1186 Sofie of Bohemia (+24.5.1195)
              • H1. Christine, fl 1227-51; m.Hartmann von Lobdeburg
            • G2. Mgve Dietrich "der Bedröngte" of Meissen (1195/7-1221), in Weissenfels 1190, Mkgf der Niederlausitz, Gf von Groitzsch u.Eilenburg 1210, *1162, +17.2.1221, bur Altzelle; m.1194 Jutta of Thuringia (+Schleusingen 6.8.1235); by this marriage the Wettins inherited Thuringia
              • H1. Hedwig, +2.2.1249, bur Kl Bedburg; m.ca 1226 Ct Dietrich V of Cleves
              • H2. Otto, +by 1214
              • H3. Sofie, +17.3.1280; m.Gf Heinrich II von Henneberg (+9.4.1262)
              • H4. Konrad, a monk at Kl Petersberg, Erfurt ca 1220
              • H5. Mgve Heinrich "der Erlauchte" of Meissen & Niederlausitz (1221-88), Ldgve of Thuringia and Pfgf von Sachsen (1247-65), *1218, +1288, bur Altzelle; 1m: V.1234 Konstanze of Austria (+1243); 2m: 1244 Agnes of Bohemia (+10.10.1268); 3m: before 1273 Elisabeth von Maltitz (*1238/39, +25.1.1333); for his descendants see HERE
              • H6. [illegitimate] Dietrich, Bp of Naumburg (1245-72), +1272
              • H7. [illegitimate] Heinrich, a canon in Meissen, +1259
            • G3. Sofie; m.Ulrich of Bohemia (*1134, +18.10.1177)
            • G4. Adelheid, +Meissen 1.2.1211; m.1187 (div 1198/9) King Premysl Otakar I of Bohemia (*ca 1155 +15.12.1230)
          • F3. Oda, Abbess in Gerbstedt 1137
          • F4. Berta, Abbess in Gerbstedt 1190
          • F5. Mgve Dietrich der Niederlausitz (1156-85), *before 1142, +Petersberg 9.2.1185, bur there; m.ca 1142 Dobronega of Poland (*ca 1128, +after 26.10.1147)
            • G1. Konrad, +k.at a tournament 17.2.1175, bur Petersberg
            • G2. Gertrud, a nun in Gerbstödt
            • G3. [illegitimate by Kunigunde N, widowed Gfn von Plötzkeu] Dietrich zu Groitzsch, Bp of Merseburg (1204-15), legitimized 1203, +1215
          • F6. Gertrud
          • F7. Adelheid, +after 6.12.1172; 1m: ca 1152 King Swend II of Denmark (+23.10.1157); 2m: 1157 Gf Adalbert von Ballenstedt
          • F8. Heinrich I, Gf von Wettin, +30.8.1181, bur Petersberg; m.Sofie "de Austria" (+1189, bur Reinhardsbrunn)
            • G1. Heinrich II, Gf von Wettin, +Giebichenstein 28.12.1187, bur Petersberg
            • G2. Konrad, +young, bur Petersberg
            • G3. Ulrich, Gf von Wettin, +Wettin 28.9.1206, bur Petersberg; 1m: 1184 N, a dau.of Gf Hermann von Winzenburg; 2m: by 1204 Hedwig, dau.of Duke Bernhard III of Saxony
              • H1. Heinrich III, Gf von Wettin, *1205, +25.3.1217, bur Petersberg
            • G4. Sofie, +1189/95; m.Burchard III von Querfurt, Bggf von Magdeburg (+1190)
          • F9. Dedo V "der Feiste" von Rochlitz, zu Burg Groitzsch 1144, Gf von Groitzsch u.Hr zu Rochlitz 1156, Mkgf der Niederlausitz u.Gf von Eilenburg 1185, +16.8.1190, bur Kl Zschillen; m.by 1159 Matilde von Heinsberg, heiress of Sommerschenburg (+20.1.1189)
            • G1. Dietrich, Gf von Sommerschenburg und Groitzsch, +13.6.1207, bur Zschillen; m.by 1190 Jutta of Thuringia (+1208)
              • H1. Matilde, +by 1285; m.by 1216 Gf Heinrich II von Sayn (+31.12.1246)
              • H2. Agnes
            • G2. Philipp, a canon in Xanten, +by 1190
            • G3. Konrad II von Landsberg, Mkgf der Niederlausitz u.Gf von Eilenburg 1190, Gf von Groitzsch u.Sommerschenburg 1207, +6.5.1210, bur Zschillen; m.Elzbieta of Poland (*1152 +2.4.1209)
              • H1. Konrad, +by 6.5.1210
              • H2. Matilde, +Salzwedel 1255, bur Kl Lehnin; m.VIII.1205 Mkgf Albrecht II von Brandenburg (+25.2.1220)
              • H3. Agnes, +1.1.1248, bur Wienhausen; m.1211 Heinrich I von Braunschweig, Pfgf der Rhein (*ca 1173, +28.4.1227)
            • G4. Heinrich, fl 1159-74
            • G5. Goswin, fl 1159-74
            • G6. Agnes, +25.3.1195, bur Diessen; m.by 1180 Gf Bertold IV von Andechs, Hg von Meranien, Mgve of Istria (+12.8.1204)
          • F10. Sofie; m.ca 1144 Gf Gebhard von Burghausen
          • F11. Agnes, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1184, +21.1.1203, bur there
          • F12. Gf Friedrich I von Brehna 1156, *1142/45, +4.1.1191, bur Petersberg; m.1166/75 Hedwig of Moravia (+Brehna 19.2.1211)
            • G1. Gf Otto I von Brehna, +23.10.1203, bur Kl Brehna
            • G2. Gf Friedrich II von Brehna, Gf von Wettin (1217-21), +Acre 16.10.1221; m.after 1203 Judith von Ziegenhain (+6.10.1220)
              • H1. Hedwig, Gfn von Altenburg; m.by 1231 Gf Dietrich von Honstein (+23.7.1249)
              • H2. Gf Otto II von Brehna, +1231/34
              • H3. Gf Dietrich I von Brehna, +1266/67; m.Eudoxia of Masovia (*by 1222, +after 1238)
                • I1. Otto III, Gf von Wettin, a canon in Magdeburg, +by 3.1.1292
                • I2. Gf Konrad I von Brehna, +1277/78; m.1261/64 Elisabeth of Saxony (+1293/1306)
                  • J1. Albrecht, +by 1.4.1284
                  • J2. Konrad II, +by 14.11.1288
                  • J3. Gf Otto IV von Brehna, +Erfurt 1290
                  • J4. Dietrich III, fl 1278
                  • J5. a daughter, a nun in Gerbstedt
                • I3. Dietrich II
                • I4. Heinrich, a Franciscan, +Breslau Jakobskloster 1302, bur there
                • I5. Jutta, +1269/73; m.1253/55 Duke Mestwin II of Pomerelia, Hg von Schwetz (+25.12.1294)
                • I6. Hedwig, Abbess of Gerbstedt (1271-83)
              • H4. Lukardis, a nun in Brehna 1220, bur Kl Brehna
            • G3. Sofie, Abbess of Quedlinburg, +1225/26, bur there
        • E3. Matilde, +21.1.1151, bur Petersberg; 1m: Gf Gero I von Seeburg (+19.9.1122); 2m: Ludwig II von Wippra (+1151)
    • C4. Gf Gero von Brehna, +after 1089; m.Berta N
      • D1. Gf Dietrich von Brehna, +1089-1115, bur Naumburg Dom
      • D2. Gf Wilhelm von Camburg, +1089-1115, bur Naumburg Dom; m.Gfn Geva von Seeburg (bur Naumburg Dom)
        • E1. Geva
        • E2. Berta, *ca 1075, +by 1152/56; m.ca 1096 Gf Wichmann I von Seeburg (+ca 1115)
      • D3. Günther, Bp of Naumburg (1079-89), +1.4.1089, bur Naumburg Dom
      • D4. Willa, Abbess of Gerbstedt
      • D5. Thietburg, a nun in Gernrode
    • C5. Konrad, Gf von Wettin, +after 1040; m.Othilde von Katlenburg
      • D1. Bertrada, +1145; m.Gf Beringer von Schauenburg (? Sangerhausen)
    • C6. Rikdag
    • C7. Hidda von Eilenburg; m.Duke Spitignew II of Bohemia (*1031, +28.1.1061)
• A2. Friedrich von Eilenburg, Bggf von Meissen, Hr von Eilenburg, +Eilenburg 6.1.1017; m.NN
  • B1.-B3. 3 daughters

NOTE: At one time in this very century this family's members included nine sovereign rulers at the same time: the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and five kings---those of Saxony, Great Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria and Portugal. The family claims to descend from one Wittekind, a leader of one of the Saxon tribes converted to Christianity under Charlemagne. However, this is conjecture, and the first provable ancestor was Dietrich, Gf im Hassegau, who flourished in the 10th century. His descendant Thimo built the castle of Wettin, whence the family took its name. His son Konrad became Margrave of Meissen and was granted part of Lusatia by the emperor. Konrad's grandson married the heiress of Thuringia and inherited those lands. When the Dukes of Saxony of the old Ascanian house became extinct, the Wettins were among the most powerful nobles in the region. In 1423 the emperor named Margrave Friedrich as Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg. In 1485 two brothers, Ernsta nd Albert, divided the lands into two branches still extant today. Ernst inherited Wittenberg, Thuringia and Vogtland, and was ancestor of the Saxon ducal houses. Albert took Meissen, and built it up into the electorate and, later, kingdom of Saxony.

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