father predecessor successor succession house mother death_date death_place image_size birth_date spouse image article_title name reign
otto ii , margrave of meissen otto ii emperor henry vi margrave of meissen house of wettin hedwig of brandenburg 24 june 1195 krummenhennersdorf 80px 1158 sophie , daughter of frederick , duke of bohemia hrobka3.jpg albert i , margrave of meissen
 albert i 18 february 1190 -- 1195
albert i , margrave of meissen

albert i , the proud -lrb- de : `` albrecht i der stolze '' -rrb- -lrb- 1158 -- 24 june 1195 -rrb- , was the margrave of meissen from 1190 until his death in 1195 .
his father was otto ii , his mother hedwig of brandenburg .
he was a member of the house of wettin .
his father did not intend to let albert succeed him , preferring his younger brother dietrich .
albert did not accept this and started a war against his father and brother .
in 1188 , he even took his father prisoner .
under the orders of frederick i , he had to set him free but he was able to obtain the title .
nevertheless , the conflict with his brother continued as he tried to regain the margraviate .
after albert died in 1195 with no children to succeed him .
meissen , with its rich mines , was seized by the emperor henry vi as a vacant fief of the empire .
dietrich finally came into possession of his inheritance in 1198 , following henry 's death in 1197 .
