Margraviate of Landsberg
Margraviate of Landsberg Markgrafschaft Landsberg | |||||||||
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| 1261–1347 | |||||||||
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Margraviate of Landsberg (Osterland) after 1261 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Weißenfels | ||||||||
| Government | Margraviate | ||||||||
| Margraves | |||||||||
• 1265–1285 | Theodoric of Landsberg | ||||||||
• 1285–1291 | Frederick Tuta | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Theodoric I, "Margrave of Landsberg" | 1156 | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Lusatia | 1261 | ||||||||
• Acquired by Margrave Otto IV of Brandenburg | 1291 | ||||||||
• Inherited by Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal | 1318 | ||||||||
• Sold to Margrave Frederick II of Meissen | 1347 | ||||||||
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The Margraviate of Landsberg (German: Mark Landsberg) was a march of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the 13th to the 14th century under the rule of the Wettin dynasty. It was named after Landsberg Castle in present-day Saxony-Anhalt.