Jutta of Thuringia (1184 – 6 August 1235) 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.
In 1223, she married her second husband, Count Poppo VII of
Henneberg.
Jutta of Thuringia died on 6 August 1235 in
Schleusingen
Schleusingen is a town in the Hildburghausen (district), district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Hildburghausen, and 12 km southeast of Suhl.
Geography
The town of Schleusingen in the Henneber ...
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Marriages and issue
Children from her marriage to Dietrich I of Meissen:
# Hedwig (d. 1249) married Count
Dietrich V of Cleves (1185–1260)
# Otto (died before 1215)
# Sophia (d. 1280) married Count Henry of
Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1262)
# Jutta
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Henry the Illustrious
Henry III, called Henry the Illustrious (''Heinrich der Erlauchte'') (c. 1215 – 15 February 1288) from the House of Wettin was List of Margraves of Meissen, Margrave of Meissen and last March of Lusatia, Margrave of Lusatia (as Henry IV) from ...
(1218–1288) Margrave of Meissen
Children from her marriage with Poppo VII of Henneberg:
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Herman I of Henneberg (1224–1290)
References
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External links
Entry at genealogie-mittelalter.de
Countesses in Germany
1184 births
1235 deaths
13th-century German nobility
Margravines of Meissen
Ludovingians
13th-century German women
Daughters of monarchs
Remarried royal consorts
Mothers of German monarchs
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