Lausitz Margraviate

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Was a polity of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern-day eastern Germany. It was one of the several polities that originated from the division of the Marca Geronis.

Establishment

January 966: The Mark Lausitz, also Margraviate of Lausitz (occasionally Ostmark in the 12th century) was formed in 965 as the eastern border mark in the Roman-German Empire after the former Saxon Ostmark was divided.

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 984: The rebellion of 983, initiated by the Lutici, led to a factual disestablishment of the Northern and Billung marches as well as the corresponding bishoprics.

January 1033: Establishment of Orlamünde County.

January 1054: Brene County first appeared in 1053 under the name Brehna (Brene). Even before 1053, Count Thimo I had a castle built in Brehna.

January 1131: Schönburg Lordship is mentioned for the first time in 1130.

January 1139: The Zossen monastery, founded in 1137/1138, was able to expand its privileges and position within the order considerably in the late Middle Ages.

January 1167: The Lobdaburg family established itself in the 12th century as part of the expansion of the state on the Limes Sorabicus in eastern Thuringia and can be traced back to 1166, based in Camburg an der Saale.

January 1176: The origin of the Waldenburg lordship dates back to the 12th century. In the course of the expansion of the state and the German settlement in the east, the noble-free lords of Wartha, who had their ancestral seat in Warta in the diocese of Naumburg, left the area on the Unstrut on behalf of Emperor Friedrich I (called Barbarossa) and founded between 1165 and 1175 south-east of Altenburg a new reign.

January 1187: Dahme was first mentioned in 1186 as the center of a castle district mentioned for the first time and was acquired around this time by Archbishop Wichmann of Magdeburg.

January 1201: In the 12th century, the Wettin margraves of Meissen began to expand into Lusatia.

January 1205: Establishment of the Torgau Lordship.

January 1210: In 1209 Ladislaus lost Lubusz, taken by Conrad II of Landsberg, Margrave of Lusatia (his brother-in-law), who defeated the Duke in the battle of Lubusz.

April 1211: Finally Henry I the Bearded [Silesia], in the campaign between August 1210 and March 1211 would have taken Lubusz from the Germans, taking advantage of the confusion after the death of Conrad II (6 May 1210) and the disputes over his inheritance among the members of the Wettin's Room.

January 1215: In 1214, Gebhard of Arnstein acquired Ruppin, establishing a line that eventually led to the territory going to Lindow Lordship. Gebhard of Arnstein was a nobleman and landowner in the region during the medieval period.

January 1221: The castle of Wolkenstein was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century.