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Albert I, Duke of Saxony (1175-1261)

"Albert I (German: Albrecht I.) (c. 1175 – 7 October 1260) was a Duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia; Lord of Nordalbingia; Count of Anhalt; and Prince-elector and Archmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Even though his grandfather Albert the Bear had held the Saxon dukedom between 1138 and 1142, this Albert is counted as the first." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.10.2019)

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Background

Husband of Agnes von Babenberg (Sachsen) 1222-1226
died 1261
Husband of Agnes von Thüringen
Husband of Helene von Brunswick-Lüneburg
Member Askanier
brother of Henry I, Count of Anhalt
father of Albert II, Duke of Saxony [son of], Helene von Brunswick-Lüneburg [mother of]
father of John I, Duke of Saxony [son of], Helene von Brunswick-Lüneburg [mother of]
son of Bernhard, Count of Anhalt [father of], Jutta von Polen [mother of]

Biography

bridegroom Agnes von Babenberg (Sachsen) 1222
official Duke Saxony 1212-1261

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