Meissen Burgraviate

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Establishment

• January 1007: Meissen Burgraviate is mentioned for the first time in 1006.

Chronology

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1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

1.1. Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

1.1.1. First Mongol Invasion of Germany

Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

• May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.
• June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.
• January 1467: The Meissen Burgraviate lost Plauen, Pausa, Gefell, and Graßlitz to Saxony.
• January 1549: In 1547, King Ferdinand of Bohemia ceded Plauen to the Burgrave of Meissen.

Disestablishment

• January 1564: After the death of Henry IV his sons Henry V and Henry VI pledged ownership of the Meissen Burgraviate to Elector Augustus of Saxony, who finally acquired the area in 1563.

Selected Sources

• Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31
• Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67