The Ottonian Empire, including the March of Lusatia (hatched), in the tenth century.

The March of Lusatia (German: Mark Lausitz) was a conquered territory of the Ljutizi and Milzini between Germany and Poland in the 10th and 11th centuries. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Veleti (Wieleten Wieleci or Wilzi(ans (also Wiltzes; German Wilzen) were a group of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory The Milceni or Milzeni (Milčané Milzener Milczanie were a West Slavic Tribe in Upper Lusatia. The Kingdom of Germany grew out of East Francia in the tenth century It was conquered sometime around 963 by Gero the Great and added to the marca Geronis, an eastern march of the Duchy of Saxony. Gero I (c 900 &ndash 20 May 965) called the Great (Latin magnus) ruled an initially modest march centred on Merseburg The Marca Geronis ("march of Gero" was a vast super-march in the middle of the tenth century The mediæval Duchy of Saxony was a late Early Middle Ages "Carolingian Stem duchy " covering the greater part of Northern Germany. It was a separate administrative unti from at least as early as 963 and the division between Upper Lusatia and Lower Lusatia was also apparent even that early. Upper and Lower Lusatia Upper Lusatia ( Oberlausitz or Hornja Łužica) is today part of the German state of Saxony except for a small part east of Upper and Lower Lusatia Upper Lusatia ( Oberlausitz or Hornja Łužica) is today part of the German state of Saxony except for a small part east of Sometimes the Milziener March was considered separately from Lusatia. Lusatia was often part of the March of Meissen, or even of the Saxon Eastern March. The March or Margraviate of Meissen (Mark(grafschaft Meißen was a mediæval principality a march, of the Holy Roman Empire in the area of the modern The Saxon Eastern March or Ostmark (Sächsische Ostmark was a march of the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th until the 12th century

In 1004, the Lusatian march was conquered by Boleslaus I of Poland during Henry II's campaign against Henry of Schweinfurt. Saint Henry II ( May 6, 973 &ndash July 13, 1024) called the Holy or the Saint, was the fifth and last Holy Henry of Schweinfurt ( de Suinvorde; c 970 &ndash 18 September 1017) was the Margrave of the Nordgau from 994 until 1004 The major cities of Lusatia at that time were Bautzen and Strehla. Bautzen ( pronounced, until 1868: Budissin; Upper Sorbian: Budyšin; Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn) is a Strehla is a place in the district of Meißen, Saxony Germany. Conrad II waged two campaigns, in 1031 and 1032, which reconquered Lower Lusatia and Upper Lusatia from Mieszko II of Poland. Conrad II (c 990&ndash June 4, 1039) was the son of a mid-level nobleman in Franconia, Count Henry of Speyer and Adelaide of Alsace who inherited This article is about a Polish king See also Duke Mieszko II the Fat. By the reign of Henry IV, Lusatia had been reincorporated into the Holy Roman Empire and it formed one of the four divisions of eastern Saxony along with Meissen, the Ostmark, and Zeitz. Henry IV ( November 11, 1050 &ndash August 7, 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The Saxon Eastern March or Ostmark (Sächsische Ostmark was a march of the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th until the 12th century The March of Zeitz (Mark Zeitz was a frontier county of the Holy Roman Empire, created through the division of the Marca Geronis in 965 when These regions were not always ruled by separate margraves, but were mainly administrative divisions. Lusatia and the Ostmark were ruled together and eventually the Ostmark was reduced to little more than Lower Lusatia. Under Henry IV, Upper Lusatia was detached from the Lusatian march and granted to Boleslaus II of Poland. Bolesław II the Bold ( Polish: Bolesław Śmiały, also known as Szczodry, "the Generous" and Okrutny, "the Cruel" The first margrave of Lusatia is only known from 1046. Under Lothair of Supplinburg, Upper and Lower Lusatia were reunited in 1136. Lothair III of Supplinburg (1075 &ndash 1137 was Duke of Saxony (1106 King of Germany (1125 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137 The terms "Ostmark" and "Lusatia" were interchangeable into the 12th century, but in 1128 Henry of Groitzsch is recorded as margrave of the Ostmark, but as not receiving the Lusatian march until 1131. Henry of Groitzsch (died 31 December 1135) was the second son of Wiprecht of Groitzsch and Judith daughter of Vratislaus II of Bohemia.

Margraves of (Lower) Lusatia, or the (Saxon) Ostmark

• Dedi I, 1046–1075
• Dedi II, fl. Dedi or Dedo (died October 1075 was the Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (also called Lower Lusatia) from 1046 and Margrave of Meissen from 1069 Dedi II or Dedo II (died 1069 called the Younger (iunior was the eldest son of Dedi I Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark, and his first wife Oda 1069
• Henry I, 1075–1103
• Henry II, 1103–1123
• Wiprecht, 1123–1124
• Albert, 1123–1128
• Henry III, 1124–1135
• Conrad, 1136–1156
• Dietrich I, 1156–1185
• Dietrich II, 1210–1221
• Henry IV, 1221–1288

Lusatia, or the Ostmark, ceases to exist, being divided into the Margraviate of Landsberg and the that of Dresden. Henry I (1070 – 1103 called the Elder, count of Eilenburg and son of Count Dedo II of Wettin and his second wife Adela of Brabant inherited in 1075 Henry II (1103 – 1123 was the Margrave of Meissen and the Saxon Ostmark (as Lusizensis marchio: margrave of Lusatia) from his birth until Wiprecht (or Wigbert) of Groitzsch (died 22 May 1124) was the Margrave of Meissen and the Saxon Ostmark from 1123 until Albert the Bear (Albrecht der Bär c 1100&ndash18 November 1170 was the first Margrave of Brandenburg (as Albert I from 1157 to his death and was briefly Duke Henry of Groitzsch (died 31 December 1135) was the second son of Wiprecht of Groitzsch and Judith daughter of Vratislaus II of Bohemia. Conrad the Great (c 1097 &ndash 5 February 1157) was the Margrave of Meissen from 1123 until his retirement in 1156 Dietrich I ( Tidericus; died 9 February 1185) was the Margrave of Lusatia ( Orientalis marchio) from 1156 until his death Dietrich I ( 11 March 1162 &ndash 18 January 1221) called the Oppressed, was the Margrave of Meissen from 1198 until his Henry III der Erlauchte or Henry the Illustrious (c 1215 probably in Meissen &ndash 15 February 1288, Dresden) Margrave The Margraviate of Landsberg (Mark Landsberg was a march of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the 12th to the 14th century.

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