Margrave of Meißen and landgrave of Thuringia. After his cousin Konradin had died in 1268, he became the legitimate heir to the Hohenstaufen claims. His mother suffered in her marriage and feared for her life. When she fled the Wartburg she supposedly bit Friedrich when she said goodbye.
In 1321 he suffered a stroke that paralyzed him. He died two years later at the Wartburg and was buried in the Katharinenkloster. When this monastery was pulled down in 1552 the princely coffins were brought to the Grimmenstein in Gotha, while his gravestone was brought to the monastery in Reinhardsbrunn. His bones remained in Gotha until 1615 and were then brought to Reinhardsbrunn. Today they are located in a small box at the base of the cross in the choir of this church. His gravestone and those of the other margraves were also brought from Reinhardsbrunn in 1952.∼He called himself in the year 1269 Friedrich III., King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Swabia, Landgraf of Thuringia and count Palatine of Saxony. A century after his death, the legend nicknamed of the "Freidige", which means as much as "the brave" gave him, sometimes called him the "Bitten".
Friedrich of Freidige was born in the year 1257. His mother Margaret was the daughter of Emperor Frederick II., his father was Albert the degenerate, Landgrave of Thuringia. For some time, it seemed that Friedrich could continue the series of powerful ruler of the Hohenstaufen dynasty with the sonorous name of his ancestor Barbarossa and his grandfather. The Ghibellines carried him the Crown of the southern Italian Hohenstaufen Empire. But the death of his mother in 1270, and the resistance of the Pope failed all plans to make Friedrich, King of Germany.
In 1307 the tide turned after many setbacks permanently in favour of Friedrich: in the battle of Lucka he won a great victory against the Royal Army, which advanced in the direction of the Mark Meißen. After the death of his brother, he inherited his dominions Diezmann, and his opponent King Albrecht was murdered in 1308.
After suffering a stroke Friedrich died on 16 November 1323.
In 1321 he suffered a stroke that paralyzed him. He died two years later at the Wartburg and was buried in the Katharinenkloster. When this monastery was pulled down in 1552 the princely coffins were brought to the Grimmenstein in Gotha, while his gravestone was brought to the monastery in Reinhardsbrunn. His bones remained in Gotha until 1615 and were then brought to Reinhardsbrunn. Today they are located in a small box at the base of the cross in the choir of this church. His gravestone and those of the other margraves were also brought from Reinhardsbrunn in 1952.∼He called himself in the year 1269 Friedrich III., King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Swabia, Landgraf of Thuringia and count Palatine of Saxony. A century after his death, the legend nicknamed of the "Freidige", which means as much as "the brave" gave him, sometimes called him the "Bitten".
Friedrich of Freidige was born in the year 1257. His mother Margaret was the daughter of Emperor Frederick II., his father was Albert the degenerate, Landgrave of Thuringia. For some time, it seemed that Friedrich could continue the series of powerful ruler of the Hohenstaufen dynasty with the sonorous name of his ancestor Barbarossa and his grandfather. The Ghibellines carried him the Crown of the southern Italian Hohenstaufen Empire. But the death of his mother in 1270, and the resistance of the Pope failed all plans to make Friedrich, King of Germany.
In 1307 the tide turned after many setbacks permanently in favour of Friedrich: in the battle of Lucka he won a great victory against the Royal Army, which advanced in the direction of the Mark Meißen. After the death of his brother, he inherited his dominions Diezmann, and his opponent King Albrecht was murdered in 1308.
After suffering a stroke Friedrich died on 16 November 1323.
Margrave of Meißen and landgrave of Thuringia. After his cousin Konradin had died in 1268, he became the legitimate heir to the Hohenstaufen claims. His mother suffered in her marriage and feared for her life. When she fled the Wartburg she supposedly bit Friedrich when she said goodbye.
In 1321 he suffered a stroke that paralyzed him. He died two years later at the Wartburg and was buried in the Katharinenkloster. When this monastery was pulled down in 1552 the princely coffins were brought to the Grimmenstein in Gotha, while his gravestone was brought to the monastery in Reinhardsbrunn. His bones remained in Gotha until 1615 and were then brought to Reinhardsbrunn. Today they are located in a small box at the base of the cross in the choir of this church. His gravestone and those of the other margraves were also brought from Reinhardsbrunn in 1952.∼He called himself in the year 1269 Friedrich III., King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Swabia, Landgraf of Thuringia and count Palatine of Saxony. A century after his death, the legend nicknamed of the "Freidige", which means as much as "the brave" gave him, sometimes called him the "Bitten".
Friedrich of Freidige was born in the year 1257. His mother Margaret was the daughter of Emperor Frederick II., his father was Albert the degenerate, Landgrave of Thuringia. For some time, it seemed that Friedrich could continue the series of powerful ruler of the Hohenstaufen dynasty with the sonorous name of his ancestor Barbarossa and his grandfather. The Ghibellines carried him the Crown of the southern Italian Hohenstaufen Empire. But the death of his mother in 1270, and the resistance of the Pope failed all plans to make Friedrich, King of Germany.
In 1307 the tide turned after many setbacks permanently in favour of Friedrich: in the battle of Lucka he won a great victory against the Royal Army, which advanced in the direction of the Mark Meißen. After the death of his brother, he inherited his dominions Diezmann, and his opponent King Albrecht was murdered in 1308.
After suffering a stroke Friedrich died on 16 November 1323.
In 1321 he suffered a stroke that paralyzed him. He died two years later at the Wartburg and was buried in the Katharinenkloster. When this monastery was pulled down in 1552 the princely coffins were brought to the Grimmenstein in Gotha, while his gravestone was brought to the monastery in Reinhardsbrunn. His bones remained in Gotha until 1615 and were then brought to Reinhardsbrunn. Today they are located in a small box at the base of the cross in the choir of this church. His gravestone and those of the other margraves were also brought from Reinhardsbrunn in 1952.∼He called himself in the year 1269 Friedrich III., King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Swabia, Landgraf of Thuringia and count Palatine of Saxony. A century after his death, the legend nicknamed of the "Freidige", which means as much as "the brave" gave him, sometimes called him the "Bitten".
Friedrich of Freidige was born in the year 1257. His mother Margaret was the daughter of Emperor Frederick II., his father was Albert the degenerate, Landgrave of Thuringia. For some time, it seemed that Friedrich could continue the series of powerful ruler of the Hohenstaufen dynasty with the sonorous name of his ancestor Barbarossa and his grandfather. The Ghibellines carried him the Crown of the southern Italian Hohenstaufen Empire. But the death of his mother in 1270, and the resistance of the Pope failed all plans to make Friedrich, King of Germany.
In 1307 the tide turned after many setbacks permanently in favour of Friedrich: in the battle of Lucka he won a great victory against the Royal Army, which advanced in the direction of the Mark Meißen. After the death of his brother, he inherited his dominions Diezmann, and his opponent King Albrecht was murdered in 1308.
After suffering a stroke Friedrich died on 16 November 1323.
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