Albert II of Meissen
Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony (1240-1314)
Albert II, known as Albert the Degenerate (German: Albrecht der Entartete; c. 1240 – 20 November 1314), was Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony. He was a member of the House of Wettin.
He was the eldest son of Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, and his first wife, Constantia of Austria.
Life
In 1265, Henry III, Margrave of Meissen granted the Landgraviate of Thuringia and the County Palatine to his son Albert, while assigning the Margraviate of Landsberg in the Osterland to his younger son Dietrich. Henry III retained the Margraviates of Meissen and Lusatia as a formal overlordship over his sons.
In 1255, Albert married Margaret of Sicily, daughter of Emperor Frederick II and his third wife, Isabella of England. As part of the marriage settlement, the Pleissnerland was pledged to the House of Wettin.
After what was at first a happy rule and marriage, Albert turned away from Margaret and began a passionate love affair with Kunigunde of Eisenberg. They had two children: a daughter, Elisabeth in 1269, and a son, Albert ("Apitz") in 1270.
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