Dedo II von Wettin

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After the death in 1034 of Father Dedi, Count Dietrich II, his possessions were divided by three sons. Grandfather II received the bulk of the clan estates - Eilenburg, as well as Gau Siusulli, Serimunt, Nizisi and Suzali. The two younger brothers Dedi, Timo and Hero , received a part of the county of Eilenburg, called the county of Brena .

According to the Altaikh Annals , in 1046, after the death of Margrave Ekkehard II, the emperor gave Dedy two of the three stamps that Ekkehard owned ^[1] . The possessions transferred to him included the Saxon East (Luzhitsky) mark , which was once owned by his father, as well as the Thuringian mark. In addition, the territories of the former Merseburg and Zeits stamps were transferred to him, which were previously part of the Meissen mark , which was later transferred to Count Weimar Wilhelm IV , stepson of the Grandfather. Later, Dedi lost the stepson to the Thuringian brand.

In 1062, Dedi participated in a rebellion against the Archbishop of Bremen Adalbert .

In 1068, Count Weimar and Margrave Meissen Otton died, leaving only their daughters. Emperor Henry IV appointed his relative Eckbert I the Elder as the new Margrave of Meissen, and after his death in 1068, his young son Eckbert II . But on Meissen, Dedy also claimed rights, who wanted to unite all Saxon brands in his hands. In order to secure their rights to Meissen, in 1069 Dedy married the widow of his stepson Otton, Adele of Louvain. According to the chronicler Lampert of Hersfeldsky , it was Adele who prompted the Ladies to rebel against Emperor Henry IV. The emperor, learning about the intentions of Dedi, gathered an army and opposed the rebellious vassal. At the same time, his own son from his first marriage, Dedi the Younger , also opposed Dedi. As a result, Lady II was put into custody, where he spent some time, and was released only after he agreed to give the emperor part of the possessions in South Schwabengau and Gassegau. The emperor handed over the Luzhitsky stamp to Grandfather the Younger. However, soon Grandfather the Younger was killed (1069) under strange circumstances. Lampert writes that rumor accused his stepmother of being murdered. Grandfather II eventually formally reconciled with the emperor and received the Luzhitsky stamp back ^{[2] [3]} .

However, the relationship of the Lady with the emperor remained difficult. He was forced to hostage his young son, Henry ^{[3] [4]} . But at the same time, Dedi began to manage the Meissen mark on behalf of the young Ekbert II, the grandson of his wife Adele.

Starting in 1073, the Saxon nobility, led by Otton Nordheim, began to rebel against Emperor Henry IV. In particular, Dedy participated in the Saxon uprising , however, remembering the experience of 1069, he belonged to the temperate wing, trying to reconcile the rebels with the emperor. And even before the conclusion of peace between the rebels and the emperor, which occurred in February 1074, Dedi went over to the side of the emperor. In subsequent rebellions of the Saxon nobility, Dedy kept aloof, preferring not to intervene in them.

In 1075, the Grand Duke Izyaslav Yaroslavich, who fled from Kievan Rus, ended up in the empire. According to Lampert, the emperor entrusted the care of the “King of Russia” to Margrave Dady ^[4] , whose stepdaughter, Kunigund , was married to the eldest son of Prince Izyaslav Yaropolk ^[1] .

Grandfather died in October 1075 after a long illness. His ancestral possessions were inherited by the eldest son from his second marriage, Heinrich, however, the Saxon eastern mark was transferred to the Czech prince Vratislav II .

Marriage and children

1st wife: after April 1039 Oda (d. Before 1068), daughter of Titmar (IV) , Margrave of the Saxon East (Luzhitsky) mark , widow of William III , Count of Weimar . Children:

• Matilda (c. 1040-1075)
• Grandfather III (d. 1069, until October 26), Margrave Luzhitsky in 1069
• Adelheid (d. 1071); husband: Ernst (d. June 9, 1075), Margrave of Austria

2nd wife: from 1069, Adele of Louvain (d. 1083), daughter of Count Louvain Lambert II and Oda of Lorraine, widow of Otton , Earl of Weimar and Margrave Meissen . Children:

• Henry I the Elder (c. 1070-1103), Earl of Eilenburg from 1075, Margrave Luzhitsky from 1081, Margrave of Meissen from 1089
• Conrad , Count of Brena

The Saxon Annalist reports that Dedy also had a daughter named Agnes, who was married to Count Frederick ^[5] . From the context, it becomes clear that this count was the Palatine of Saxony Frederick I von Goseck , but this is impossible for chronological reasons: Adelheida could not be born before the end of 1039, and Frederick died in 1042. According to the Chronicon Gozecense , Agnes, the wife of Frederick, was the daughter of Count Weimar Wilhelm II the Great ^[6] . Although it is possible that the Grandfather from his first marriage had a daughter named Agnes, who was married to some Saxon count named Frederick ^[7] .

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