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| | The House of Wettin, Thuringia |
 | | By the marriage of Conrad's grandson, Dietrich, Margrave of Meissen (1162-1221) and the heiress of Thuringia, Jutta (d.1235) daughter of Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia, the Wettins inherited Thuringia, which served as the base for their later prosperity. |
 | | Thuringia was originally a small area between Saxony and Franconia with the large Thuringian forest along its southern border. |
 | | The Ernestine line inherited Wittenberg, Thuringia and Vogtland, and was ancestor of the Saxon ducal houses, which later divided by way of succession into 7 branches (Gotha, Coburg, Meiningen, Eisenberg, Römhild, Hildburghausen, Saalfeld). |
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