Jutta of Thuringia
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Jutta of Thuringia was the eldest daughter of Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia and his first wife, Sophia of Sommerschenburg, a daughter of Fredrick II of Sommerschenburg.
Before 1197, she married Margrave Dietrich I of Meissen.
After her husband's death in 1221, she had a dispute with her brother, Landgrave Louis IV of Thuringia, who was very eager to act as regent and guardian for her three year old son Landgrave Henry III
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In 1223, she married her second husband, Count Poppo VII of Henneberg
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Jutta of Thuringia died on 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen
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Children from her marriage with Poppo VII von Henneberg:
Before 1197, she married Margrave Dietrich I of Meissen.
After her husband's death in 1221, she had a dispute with her brother, Landgrave Louis IV of Thuringia, who was very eager to act as regent and guardian for her three year old son Landgrave Henry III
Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
Henry III, called Henry the Illustrious from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrave of Thuringia.-Life:Born probably at the Albrechtsburg residence in Meissen, Henry was the youngest son of Margrave Theodoric I...
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In 1223, she married her second husband, Count Poppo VII of Henneberg
House of Henneberg
-Origins:The distant origins of this family are speculative yet seem to originate in the Rhine Valley, east of modern-day France. Charibert, a nobleman in Neustria is the earliest recorded ancestor of the family, dating before 636. Five generations pass between Charibert and the next descendant...
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Jutta of Thuringia died on 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen
Schleusingen
Schleusingen is a town in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl....
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Marriage and issue
Children from her marriage to Dietrich I of Meissen:- Hedwig (d. 1249) married Count Dietrich IV of ClevesDietrich IV, Count of ClevesDietrich IV was Count of Cleves from 1188 through 1198.The County of Cleves was a comital polity of the Holy Roman Empire in present Germany and the Netherlands . Its rulers, called counts, had a special and privileged standing in the Empire. The County of Cleves was first mentioned in the 11th...
(1185-1260) - Otto (died before 1215)
- Sophia (d. 1280) married Count Henry of Henneberg-SchleusingenHouse of Henneberg-Origins:The distant origins of this family are speculative yet seem to originate in the Rhine Valley, east of modern-day France. Charibert, a nobleman in Neustria is the earliest recorded ancestor of the family, dating before 636. Five generations pass between Charibert and the next descendant...
(d. 1262) - Jutta
- Henry the IllustriousHenry III, Margrave of MeissenHenry III, called Henry the Illustrious from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrave of Thuringia.-Life:Born probably at the Albrechtsburg residence in Meissen, Henry was the youngest son of Margrave Theodoric I...
(1218-1288) Margrave of Meissen
Children from her marriage with Poppo VII von Henneberg:
- Hermann I of Henneberg (1224-1290)