Jutta of Thuringia (1184 – 6 August 1235) was the eldest daughter of Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia and his first wife, Sophia of Sommerschenburg,[1] a daughter of Fredrick II of Sommerschenburg.
Jutta of Thuringia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1184 |
| Died | 6 August 1235 Schleusingen |
| Noble family | Ludovingians |
| Spouse(s) | Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen Poppo VII of Henneberg |
| Issue Detail | Henry the Illustrious Herman I of Henneberg |
| Father | Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia |
| Mother | Sophia of Sommerschenburg |
Before 1197, she married Margrave Dietrich I of Meissen.[2]
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.[3]
Jutta of Thuringia died on 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen.
Marriages and issue
editChildren 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
- Henry the Illustrious (1218–1288) Margrave of Meissen[4]
Children from her marriage with Poppo VII of Henneberg:
- Herman I of Henneberg (1224–1290)[5]
References
edit- ^ Ancelet-Hustache 1963, p. 38.
- ^ Rasmussen 1997, p. 63.
- ^ Lyon 2013, p. 243.
- ^ Holladay 2019, p. 232.
- ^ Ancelet-Hustache 1963, p. 254.
Sources
edit- Ancelet-Hustache, Jeanne (1963). Gold Tried by Fire: St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Franciscan Herald Press.
- Holladay, Joan A. (2019). Visualizing Ancestry in the High and Late Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press.
- Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100-1250. Cornell University Press.
- Rasmussen, Ann Marie (1997). Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature. Syracuse University Press.
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