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Jutta of Thuringia

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Noble family
  
Ludowingians


Name
  
Jutta Thuringia

Father
  
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

Mother
  
Sophia of Sommerschenburg

Died
  
August 6, 1235, Schleusingen, Germany

Spouse
  
Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen (m. ?–1221)

Parents
  
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

Children
  
Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, Herman I, Count of Henneberg

Grandchildren
  
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, Theodoric of Landsberg

Similar People
  
Louis IV - Landgrave of Thurin, Henry Raspe - Landgrav, Otto II - Margrave of Meissen, Floris IV - Count of Holland

Jutta of Thuringia (born: 1184; died: 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen) 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.

Marriage and issue

Children from her marriage to Dietrich I of Meissen:

  1. Hedwig (d. 1249) married Count Dietrich V of Cleves (1185-1260)
  2. Otto (died before 1215)
  3. Sophia (d. 1280) married Count Henry of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1262)
  4. Jutta
  5. Henry the Illustrious (1218-1288) Margrave of Meissen

Children from her marriage with Poppo VII of Henneberg:

  1. Herman I of Henneberg (1224-1290)

References

Jutta of Thuringia Wikipedia