William III, Duke of Luxembourg
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Wilhelm der Tapfere), was Landgrave of Thuringia (from 1445) and Duke of Luxemburg (from 1457). He is actually the second William to rule Thuringia and the first in Luxembourg; he was the third Margrave of Meissen named William.
He was a younger son of Frederick I the Warlike
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
Frederick IV of Meissen and Elector of Saxony was Margrave of Meissen and Elector of Saxony from 1381 until his death. He is not to be confused with his cousin Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, the son of Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia...
, elector of Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, and Catherine of Brunswick and Lunenburg
Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a member of the House of Welf, a princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and by marriage, the Electress of Saxony.- Life :...
. On June 2, 1446 he married Anne of Luxembourg, daughter of Albert II, King of Germany, Bohemia and Hungary
Albert II of Germany
Albert the Magnanimous KG was King of Hungary from 1438 until his death. He was also King of Bohemia, elected King of Germany as Albert II, duke of Luxembourg and, as Albert V, archduke of Austria from 1404.-Biography:Albert was born in Vienna as the son of Albert IV, Duke of Austria, and Johanna...
and Elisabeth of Luxembourg. On behalf of his wife, he became Duke of Luxembourg from 1457 to 1469. They had two daughters, Margaret of Thuringia
Margaret of Thuringia
Margaret of Saxony was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.She was the daughter of William III, Duke of Luxemburg, and Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg.-Family and children:...
(1449-1501) and Catherine of Thuringia (1453 – 10 July 1534), who married Duke Henry II of Münsterberg
Henry the Younger of Poděbrady
Henry the Younger of Poděbrady was an Imperial Count and Count of Glatz. From 1462 to 1471, he served as Duke of Münsterberg jointly with his older brothers Victor and Henry the Elder. He also ruled Duchy of Opava jointly with his brothers from 1365 to 1372...
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William minted a silver groschen
Groschen
Groschen was the name for a coin used in various German-speaking states as well as some non-German-speaking countries of Central Europe , the Danubian principalities...
known as the Judenkopf Groschen. Its obverse portrait shows a man with a pointed beard wearing a Jewish hat, which the populace took as depicting a typical Jew.