Vogtland Margraviate
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Was a margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire.
Establishment
January 1001: Around the year 1000, German settlers came to the area of today's Vogtland. The German Emperor appointed the bailiffs as ministerials to administer newly developed areas that had previously only been sparsely populated by Sorbs.
Chronology
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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.
January 1243: In 1242, the Imperial City of Eger received Nuremberg city rights. This granted the city certain privileges and freedoms, similar to those enjoyed by the city of Nuremberg in Germany.
January 1330: The bailiffs quickly rose to the status of lords, and Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian confirmed them the rank of prince in 1329.
January 1332: In 1329, the Margraves of Brandenburg sold Aš Land to the Luxembourg king John of Bohemia. John of Bohemia, also known as John the Blind, was a member of the Luxembourg dynasty and ruled as King of Bohemia from 1310 until his death in 1346.
January 1358: As a result of the Vogtland War, the town and Voigtsberg Castle came from the possession of the Plauen bailiffs to the Wettin family.
January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.
Disestablishment
January 1467: The Vogtland Margraviate is acquired by the Electorate of Saxony (Wettines) led by Saxon Elector Ernst.
Selected Sources
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31
Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67
