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Hedwig Of Anhalt

1228-1259
Born: Aschersleben, , Sachsen, Germany
Died: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland

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    <p><span>&nbsp;http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANHALT.htm#Hedwigdied1259</span></p> <p><span><strong>HEINRICH von Ballenstedt</strong>, son of BERNHARD von Ballenstedt Duke of Saxony, Graf von Aschersleben und Anhalt &amp; his wife Judyta of Poland ([1170]-[8 May 1251/17 May 1252], bur Ballenstedt).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Albertum ducem Saxonie et Henricum comitem de Anahalt et Magonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Bernardus dux Saxonie</em>&quot; &amp; his wife</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[10]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; He succeeded his father in 1212 as <strong>HEINRICH I</strong> &quot;der Fette&quot; <strong>Graf</strong><strong> von Anhalt</strong>, Graf von Askarie, Graf von Aschersleben, the title Duke of Saxony passing to his younger brother.&nbsp; Vogt of Kloster Nienburg until 1220.&nbsp; </span><span>&quot;<em>&hellip;Heinricus dux de Anhalt&hellip;</em>&quot; witnessed the charter dated 21 Feb 1219 under which Emperor Friedrich II confirmed an exchange of property involving Kloster Eberbach</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[11]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; &quot;<em>&hellip;Heinricus comes de Anehalt, Albertus frater eius dux de Berneburch, filii ducis Bernhardi&hellip;</em>&quot; witnessed the charter dated [22/27] Jul [1220] under which Emperor Friedrich II granted protection to Kloster Lausnitz</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[12]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; He was appointed tutor for Johann I and Otto III joint Markgrafen von Brandenburg in 1220, after the death of their father Markgraf Albrecht II: &quot;<em>Mechtildis&hellip;marchionissa Brandenburgensis, Johannes et Otto filii eius</em>&quot; purchased territories from the archbishop of Magdeburg, with the consent of &quot;<em>Henricus comes Ascharie, qui tutelam prefatorum nepotum nostrorum gerimus</em>&quot;, by charter dated 20 Sep 1221</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[13]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; &quot;<em>Heynricus comes in Aschersleve</em>&quot; freed the church of Zernitz from the church at Bernburg by charter dated [Jan/Sep] 1228</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[14]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; &quot;<em>Henricus&hellip;comes Ascharie</em>&quot; confirmed property of Kloster Nienburg, with the consent of &quot;<em>filiis nostris, Henrico&hellip;et Bernardo</em>&quot;, by charter dated 1240</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[15]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; The date of his death is set by the charter dated 17 May 1252 under which &quot;<em>Bernardus et Sifridus&hellip;comites Ascharie et principes de Anehalt&hellip;Hermannus Halberstadensis et Magnus Lubucensis prepositi, fratres eorundem</em>&quot; confirmed the donation by &quot;<em>patris nostri bone memorie</em>&quot; to Coswig</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[16]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong><span> <strong>IRMGARD von Th&uuml;ringen</strong>, </span><span>daughter of HERMANN I Landgraf of Thuringia &amp; his second wife Sophie von Bayern </span><span>([1197]-[1244]).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica Principum Saxonie</em> names &quot;<em>Sophiam sororem lantgravii Thuringie</em>&quot; as wife of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[17]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span><span>The <em>Cronica Reinhardsbrunnensis</em> names &quot;<em>Irmingardis</em>&quot; as oldest daughter of &quot;<em>Hermannus</em>&quot; &amp; his second wife, specifying that she married &quot;<em>comiti Heinrico de Anhalt</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[18]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; Her parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 29 Mar 1256 under which her son &quot;<em>Henricus&hellip;comes Ascharie</em>&quot; the donation by &quot;<em>bone memorie avunculum nostrum Turingie lantgravium Ludewicum</em>&quot; to the nuns of Mehringen (later Petersthal)</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[19]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span></p> <p><span>Graf</span><span> Heinrich</span><span> I &amp; his wife had [eleven] children:&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>1.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">HEINRICH von Anhalt</span></strong><span> (-[12 Jun/28 Sep] 1266).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[20]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; He succeeded his father in 1252 as <strong>HEINRICH II Graf von Anhalt</strong> und Aschersleben.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="text-indent: 1cm"><span>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>see below</strong>.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>2.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">BERNHARD</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-[1286/87]).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names &quot;<em>comes Bernardus, filius comitis Henrici de Anhalt</em>&quot;, and in a later passage names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[21]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; He succeeded his father in 1252 as <strong>BERNHARD I F&uuml;rst von Anhalt</strong> Graf von Aschersleben.&nbsp; F&uuml;rst von Anhalt in Bernburg 1253.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm"><span>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>see Chapter 2.&nbsp; GRAFEN und F&Uuml;RSTEN von ANHALT, HERREN zu BERNBURG 1253-1468</strong>.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>3.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">SIEGFRIED</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-after 25 Mar 1298, bur Coswig Kloster).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Siegfried founded &quot;<em>claustrum sanctimonialium in Kozwik ordinis Predicatorum et duas filias ibid edit</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[22]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; He succeeded his father in 1252 as <strong>SIEGFRIED Graf von Anhalt</strong> und Aschersleben.&nbsp; Graf von Anhalt in K&ouml;then und Dessau 1253.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm"><span>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>see Chapter 3.&nbsp; GRAFEN und F&Uuml;RSTEN von ANHALT, HERREN zu K&Ouml;THEN</strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>4.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">ALBRECHT</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-[1245]).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Albrecht became &quot;<em>frater Minor</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[23]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; Franciscan monk.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>5.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">HERMANN</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-2 Aug 1289).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Hermann was &quot;<em>prepositum Halberstadensem</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[24]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; Canon at Halberstadt Cathedral 1243, provost 1245/89.&nbsp; Provost of Unsere Liebe Frau at Halberstadt 1248.&nbsp; </span><span>&quot;<em>Bernardus et Sifridus&hellip;comites Ascharie et principes de Anehalt&hellip;Hermannus Halberstadensis et Magnus Lubucensis prepositi, fratres eorundem</em>&quot; confirmed the donation by &quot;<em>patris nostri bone memorie</em>&quot; to Coswig by charter dated 17 May 1252</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[25]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>6.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">MAGNUS</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-after 18 Jun 1264).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Magnus was &quot;<em>canonicum Magdeburgensem</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[26]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; Provost at Lebus 1249/64.&nbsp; </span><span>&quot;<em>Bernardus et Sifridus&hellip;comites Ascharie et principes de Anehalt&hellip;Hermannus Halberstadensis et Magnus Lubucensis prepositi, fratres eorundem</em>&quot; confirmed the donation by &quot;<em>patris nostri bone memorie</em>&quot; to Coswig by charter dated 17 May 1252</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[27]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span><span>Canon at Magdeburg Cathedral 1253.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>7.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">OTTO</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-after 19 Jul 1246).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Henricum</em><em> Pinguem</em><em> comitem Ascharie&hellip;Bernhardum comitem&hellip;Sifridem comitem&hellip;Albertum&hellip;Hermannum&hellip;Magonum&hellip;Ottonem</em>&quot; as sons of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Otto was &quot;<em>canonicum Magdeburgensem</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[28]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; Canon at Magdeburg Cathedral).&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>8.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">JUTTA</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-after 14 May 1277).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie </em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Iuttam&hellip;Sophiam&hellip;Hedwigem</em>&quot; as daughters of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Jutta married &quot;<em>Nycolaus dominus de Werle</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[29]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span><span>&quot;<em>Nicolaus dominus de Rozstoc</em>&quot; confirmed the rights of Kloster Amelungsborn, with the consent of &quot;<em>uxoris mee Jutte ac fratrum meorum Johannis&hellip;et Heinrici ac Pribizlavi</em>&quot;, by charter dated 10 Mar 1233</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[30]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong><span> (before 10 Mar 1233) <strong>NIKOLAUS </strong><span style="color: windowtext">[I] </span><strong>Herr von Werle</strong> zu Rostock, son of HEINRICH BORWIN II Herr von Mecklenburg zu Rostock &amp; his wife Christine of Sweden (-13/14 May 1277).&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>9.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">SOPHIE</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong></span><span> (-[23 Nov 1272/5 Jan 1274]).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Iuttam&hellip;Sophiam&hellip;Hedwigem</em>&quot; as daughters of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Sophie married firstly &quot;<em>ducis Meranie</em>&quot; and secondly &quot;<em>comes Sifridus de Regenstein</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[31]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; The primary source which confirms her third marriage has not yet been identified.&nbsp; <strong><span style="color: gray">m firstly</span></strong> (after May 1231) as his second wife, <strong>OTTO I Graf von Andechs Duke of Merano Comte Palatin de Bourgogne</strong>, </span><span>son of BERTOLD III Duke of Merano, Marchese di Istria, Graf von Andechs &amp; his wife Agnes von Wettin (-Besan&ccedil;on 7 May 1234, bur Langheim</span><span>).&nbsp; <strong><span style="color: gray">m secondly</span></strong> <strong>SIEGFRIED </strong><span style="color: windowtext">[I] </span><strong>Graf von Regenstein</strong>, son of HEINRICH [I] Graf von Regenstein &amp; his wife --- von Polleben (-12 Mar [1240/45]).&nbsp; <strong><span style="color: gray">m thirdly</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: gray">OTTO von Hadmersleben</span></strong> (-before 1280).&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>10.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">HEDWIG</span></strong><span> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-21 Dec 1259, bur Liegnitz Dominikanerkirche).&nbsp; The <em>Cronica</em><em> Principum Saxonie</em> names (in order) &quot;<em>Iuttam&hellip;Sophiam&hellip;Hedwigem</em>&quot; as daughters of &quot;<em>Henricum comitem de Anahalt</em>&quot; &amp; his wife, specifying that Hedwig married &quot;<em>Bolizslaus dux Slesie</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[32]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; The <em>Epytaphia ducum Slezie</em> record the death &quot;<em>1259 12 Kal Ian</em>&quot; of &quot;<em>Hedwigis uxor eiusdem ducis Bolezlai Legnitzensis filia comitis de Anhalt</em>&quot;</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[33]</span></span></span></span><span>.&nbsp; <strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong> ([8 May/18 Oct] 1242]) as his first wife, <strong>BOLESLAW II </strong><span style="color: windowtext">&quot;Rogatka&quot; </span><strong>Duke of Lower Silesia</strong>, son of HEINRICH II Duke of Lower Silesia, Krakow and Greater Poland &amp; his wife Anna of Bohemia ([1220/25]-[26/31] Dec 1278, bur Liegnitz Dominikanerkirche).&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin-: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm"><span>11.<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'">[34]</span></span></span></span><span>[<strong><span style="color: gray">GERTRUD</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: gray">von Anhalt</span></strong> (-[1275]).&nbsp; Canoness 1249.&nbsp; Abbess of Gernrode 1260 to 1275.]&nbsp; 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    <div>The House of Ascania (German: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It was also known as the House of Anhalt, after Anhalt, its longest possession.</div><div>The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, which is located near and named after Aschersleben. The castle was seat of the County of Ascania, a title that was later subsumed into the titles of the princes of Anhalt.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The earliest known member of the House is Esiko, Count of Ballenstedt. He was first mentioned in 1036, and is assumed to have been a grandson (through his mother) of Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. From Odo, the Ascanians inherited large properties in the Saxon Eastern March.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Esiko&#39;s grandson was Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, who died in 1123. By Otto&#39;s marriage to Eilika, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony, the Ascanians became heirs to half of the property of the House of Billung, former dukes of Saxony.</div><div>Otto&#39;s son, Albert the Bear, became, with the help of his mother&#39;s inheritance, the first Ascanian duke of Saxony in 1139. But he lost control of Saxony soon to the rival House of Guelph.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>However, Albert inherited the Margraviate of Brandenburg from its last Wendish ruler, Pribislav, in 1150, and became the first Ascanian margrave. Albert, and his descendants of the House of Ascania, then made considerable progress in Christianizing and Germanizing the lands. As a borderland between German and Slavic cultures, the country was known as a march.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 1237 and 1244 two towns, Coelln and Berlin were founded during the rule of Otto and Johann, grandsons of Margrave Albert the Bear, (later they were united into one city, Berlin). The emblem of the House of Ascania, red eagle and bear, became the heraldric emblems of Berlin.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 1320 the Brandenburg Ascanian line came to an end.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After the Emperor had deposed the Guelph rulers of Saxony in 1180, Ascanians returned to rule the Duchy of Saxony, which had been reduced to its eastern half by the Emperor. However, even in eastern Saxony, the Ascanians could establish control only in limited areas, mostly near the River Elbe.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the 13th century, the Principality of Anhalt was split off from the Duchy, and later, the remaining state was split into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg. The Ascanian dynasties in the two Saxon states became extinct in 1689 and in 1422, respectively, but Ascanians continued to rule in the smaller state of Anhalt and its various subdivisions until monarchy was abolished in 1918.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>List of states ruled by the House of Ascania</strong></div><div><br></div><div>County, Principality, and Duchy of Anhalt: c. 1100&ndash;1918</div><div>Duchy of Saxony: 1112, 1139&ndash;1142, 1180&ndash;1422</div><div>County of Weimar-Orlam&uuml;nde: 1112&ndash;1486</div><div>Margravate of Brandenburg: 1150&ndash;1320</div><div>Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg: 1269&ndash;1689</div><div>Principality of L&uuml;neburg: 1369&ndash;1388</div><div>Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg: 1252&ndash;1468 and 1603&ndash;1863</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst: 1252&ndash;1396 and 1544&ndash;1796</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben: 1252&ndash;1315</div><div>Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-K&ouml;then: 1396&ndash;1561 and 1603&ndash;1847</div><div>Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau 1396&ndash;1561 and 1603&ndash;1863</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Pl&ouml;tzkau 1544&ndash;1553 and 1603&ndash;1665</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Harzgerode 1635&ndash;1709</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-M&uuml;hlingen: 1667&ndash;1714</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Dornburg: 1667&ndash;1742</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym: 1718&ndash;1812</div><div>Russian Empire: 1762&ndash;1796</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</span></div>

  • Story: The House Of Ascania (German: Askanier)

    <div><strong>The House of Ascania (German: Askanier) </strong>was a dynasty of German rulers. It was also known as the House of Anhalt, after Anhalt, its longest possession.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, which is located near and named after Aschersleben. The castle was seat of the County of Ascania, a title that was later subsumed into the titles of the princes of Anhalt.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The earliest known member of the House is<strong> </strong>Esiko, Count of Ballenstedt. He was first mentioned in 1036, and is assumed to have been a grandson (through his mother) of Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. From Odo, the Ascanians inherited large properties in the Saxon Eastern March.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Esiko&#39;s grandson was Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, who died in 1123. By Otto&#39;s marriage to Eilika, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony, the Ascanians became heirs to half of the property of the House of Billung, former dukes of Saxony.</div><div>Otto&#39;s son, Albert the Bear, became, with the help of his mother&#39;s inheritance, the first Ascanian duke of Saxony in 1139. But he lost control of Saxony soon to the rival House of Guelph.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>However, Albert inherited the Margraviate of Brandenburg from its last Wendish ruler, Pribislav, in 1150, and became the first Ascanian margrave. Albert, and his descendants of the House of Ascania, then made considerable progress in Christianizing and Germanizing the lands. As a borderland between German and Slavic cultures, the country was known as a march.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 1237 and 1244 two towns, Coelln and Berlin were founded during the rule of Otto and Johann, grandsons of Margrave Albert the Bear, (later they were united into one city, Berlin). The emblem of the House of Ascania, red eagle and bear, became the heraldric emblems of Berlin.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 1320 the Brandenburg Ascanian line came to an end.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After the Emperor had deposed the Guelph rulers of Saxony in 1180, Ascanians returned to rule the Duchy of Saxony, which had been reduced to its eastern half by the Emperor. However, even in eastern Saxony, the Ascanians could establish control only in limited areas, mostly near the River Elbe.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the 13th century, the Principality of Anhalt was split off from the Duchy, and later, the remaining state was split into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg. The Ascanian dynasties in the two Saxon states became extinct in 1689 and in 1422, respectively, but Ascanians continued to rule in the smaller state of Anhalt and its various subdivisions until monarchy was abolished in 1918.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>List of states ruled by the House of Ascania</strong></div><div><br></div><div>County, Principality, and Duchy of Anhalt: c. 1100&ndash;1918</div><div>Duchy of Saxony: 1112, 1139&ndash;1142, 1180&ndash;1422</div><div>County of Weimar-Orlam&uuml;nde: 1112&ndash;1486</div><div>Margravate of Brandenburg: 1150&ndash;1320</div><div>Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg: 1269&ndash;1689</div><div>Principality of L&uuml;neburg: 1369&ndash;1388</div><div>Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg: 1252&ndash;1468 and 1603&ndash;1863</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst: 1252&ndash;1396 and 1544&ndash;1796</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben: 1252&ndash;1315</div><div>Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-K&ouml;then: 1396&ndash;1561 and 1603&ndash;1847</div><div>Principality and Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau 1396&ndash;1561 and 1603&ndash;1863</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Pl&ouml;tzkau 1544&ndash;1553 and 1603&ndash;1665</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Harzgerode 1635&ndash;1709</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-M&uuml;hlingen: 1667&ndash;1714</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Dornburg: 1667&ndash;1742</div><div>Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym: 1718&ndash;1812</div><div>Russian Empire: 1762&ndash;1796</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>External links</strong></div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space: pre"> </span>Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ascanian Eagle</div><div>the House of Ascania official web site</div><div>GENEALOGY.EU: Genealogy of the House of Ascania</div><div>Stirnet: Ascania1 (genealogy of an earlier and possibly separate House of Ascania)</div><div>Stirnet: Brandenburg1 (genealogy of the Houses of Ascania and Brandenburg)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>References</strong></div><div>Askanien, Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888</div><div>Trillmich, Werner, Kaiser Konrad II. und seine Zeit, Bonn, 1991</div><div>Categories: House of Ascania | European royal families</div><div><br></div><div>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div><div><br></div>

 
 
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