Jutta of Thuringia


Jutta of Thuringia was the eldest daughter of Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia and his first wife, Sophia of Sommerschenburg, a daughter of Fredrick II of Sommerschenburg.
Before 1197, she married Margrave Dietrich I of Meissen.
After her husband's death in 1221, she had a dispute with her brother, Landgrave Louis IV of Thuringia, who was very eager to act as regent and guardian for her three-year-old son Landgrave Henry III.
In 1223, she married her second husband, Count Poppo VII of Henneberg.
Jutta of Thuringia died on 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen.

Marriages and issue

Children from her marriage to Dietrich I of Meissen:
  1. Hedwig married Count Dietrich V of Cleves
  2. Otto
  3. Sophia married Count Henry of Henneberg-Schleusingen
  4. Jutta
  5. Henry the Illustrious Margrave of Meissen
Children from her marriage with Poppo VII of Henneberg:
  1. Herman I of Henneberg