Heinrich (der Erlauchte) Landgrave of Thuringia

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Heinrich (der Erlauchte) Landgrave of Thuringia

Heinrich, known as der Erlauchte, was born in 1215 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony.¹ Der Erlauchte's father was Margrave Dietrich (der Bedrhangte) of Meissen and his mother was Princess Jutte of Thuringia. His paternal grandparents were Margrave Otto (der Reiche) of Meissen and Princess Hedwig of Saxony; his maternal grandparents were Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia I and Countess Sofie of Sommerschenburg. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Otto, Conrad, Dietrich, Hedwig, Sofie and Jutte. He was the second youngest of the seven children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Hermann, Berthold and Margarethe.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Count Thimo of Wettin
  - b.1072 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony
  
  Margrave Konrad (Der Grosse) of Meissen and Lower Lusatia
  - b.1098 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony d.05 Feb 1157 in Kloster Petersberg Bei Halle, Sachsen, Prussia
  
  Duke Guelph of Bavaria IV ^*
  - b.1040 in Estes, Italy d.09 Nov 1091 in Cyprus
  
  Princess Ida of Bavaria
  - b.1076 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony
  
  Countess Judith of Northumbria ^*
  - b.1027 in Flanders, Belgium d.1094
  
  Margrave Otto (der Reiche) of Meissen
  - b.1125 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony d.18 Feb 1190
  
  Albrecht von Ravensburg
  
  Countess Luitgard of Swabia
  - b.1100 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.19 Jun 1145 in Kloster Gerbstedt, Sachsen, Prussia
  
  Margrave of Austria Leopold (The Saint) von Brandenburg III ^*
  - b.1073 in Klosterneuburg, Nieberoesterreic, Austria d.15 Nov 1136
  
  Berthe of Austria
  - b.1117 in Klosterneuburg, Niederoestereich, Austria d.11 Apr 1145
  
  Princess of the Holy Roman Empire Agnes of Germany ^*
  - b.1074 in Klosterneuburg, Niederhosterreich, Austria d.24 Sep 1143
  
  Margrave Dietrich (der Bedrhangte) of Meissen
  - b.1162 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony d.17 Feb 1221
  
  Count Adalbert of Anhalt-Ballenstedt ^*
  - b.1043 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Germany
  
  Count Otto (The Rich) of Ascania
  - b.1073 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Germany d.09 Feb 1123 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Germany
  
  Countess Adelheid of Anhalt-Ballenstedt ^*
  - b.1045 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Germany d.28 Mar 1100
  
  Duke Albrecht (The Bear) of Saxony I
  - b.1100 in Dresden, Sachsen, Preussen, Germany d.18 Nov 1170
  
  Duke of Saxony Magnus Billung ^*
  - b.1045 in Saxe, Prussia d.23 Aug 1106
  
  Princess Eilika of Saxony
  - b.1080 in Kriechen, Saxony d.16 Jan 1142 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Germany
  
  Princess of Hungary Zsofia Arpad ^*
  - b.1044 in Esztergom, Komaron-Esztergom, Hungary d.18 Jun 1095
  
  Princess Hedwig of Saxony
  - b.1131 in Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Prussia d.Mar 1203
  
  Sofie Brandenburg
  - b.1104 in Winzenburg, Hannover, Prussia d.07 Jul 1160
  
  Heinrich (der Erlauchte) Landgrave of Thuringia
  - b.1215 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony
  
  Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia I
  - b.1143 in Sommerschenburg, Sachsen, Prussia
  
  Princess Jutte of Thuringia
  - b.1183 in Thuringia d.06 Aug 1235
  
  Count Palatine Friedrich of Sommerschenburg
  - b.1121 in Sommerschenburg, Sachsen, Prussia
  
  Countess Sofie of Sommerschenburg
  - b.1147 in Sommerschenburg, Sachsen, Prussia d.1195
  
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  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Heinrich (der Erlauchte) Landgrave of Thuringia

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