Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen

Frederick I
Grave slab of Landgrave Frederick the Brave (Parish Church of St. George, Eisenach, Thuringia; 14th century).
Margrave of Meissen
Reign1291–1323
PredecessorFrederick Tuta
SuccessorFrederick II
Landgrave of Thuringia
Reign1298–1323
PredecessorDiezmann
SuccessorFrederick II
Count Palatine of Saxony
Reign1280–1292
King of Jerusalem and Sicily
Claimed1269–?
PredecessorConradin
SuccessorNone
Duke of Swabia
Claimed1269–?
PredecessorConradin
SuccessorNone
Born1257
Wartburg, Eisenach, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died16 November 1323(1323-11-16) (aged 65–66)
Eisenach, Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, Holy Roman Empire
SpouseAgnes of Gorizia-Tyrol
Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
IssueFrederick the Lame
Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
HouseWettin
FatherAlbert II, Margrave of Meissen
MotherMargaret of Sicily

Frederick I, known as the Brave, the Bitten or the Cheek-Bitten (German: Friedrich der Freidige; Friedrich der Gebissene; mit der gebissenen Wange; 1257 – 16 November 1323), was Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony.

In 1269, following the death of Conradin, he styled himself as 'Frederick III, King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Swabia, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Count Palatine of Saxony,' thereby asserting his claim as the cognatic successor of his grandfather, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.