Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

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Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
Spouse(s) Anna of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Noble family House of Wettin
Father Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Mother Margaret of Nuremberg
Born before 30 November 1384
Died 7 May 1440(1440-05-07)
Runneburg Castle in Weißensee

Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, nicknamed Frederick the Peaceful or Frederick the Simple, the peaceful one, and the Fool (before 30 November 1384 – 7 May 1440 at Runneburg Castle in Weißensee) was a member of the House of Wettin and was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia.

Life

Frederick was the son of Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia and his first wife, Margaret of Nuremberg. In 1407, he married Countess Anna (d. 1431), the daughter of Count Günther XXX of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg. This marriage remained childless.

Frederick is considered a relatively weak ruler, who was at times very dependent on the influence of his wife and her relatives. To finance his lavish court, he sold more and more land and titles. In 1436, he expelled all Jews from the Landgraviate of Thuringia.

Frederick died childless in 1440. After his death, Thuringia was inherited by his two nephews, Frederick II and William III. He had sold them the more remote areas of Meissen some years earlier for 15000guilders.

Ancestors

Family of Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Margaret of Sicily
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Hartmann XI, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Elisabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Elisabeth, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Matilda of Habsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Mathilde of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Bolko I the Strict
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Beatrice of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Helen of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Albert of Nuremberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Albert of Gorizia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Margaret of Gorizia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Agnes of Hohenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Margaret of Nuremberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Henry IV, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Adelheid of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Sophie of Henneberg-Schleusingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
Born: before 30 November 1384 Died: 7 May 1440
Preceded by Landgrave of Thuringia
1406-1440
Succeeded by
Frederick II


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