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{{ infobox nobilityroyalty
| name = Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
| image = Landgraf balthasar wartburg.JPG
| caption = Landgrave Balthasar in his fight against the robber barons (fresco by [[Moritz von Schwind]] in the Landgrave's room in the [[Wartburg]] in [[Eisenach]])
| noblehouse family = [[House of Wettin]]
| father = [[Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen]]
| mother = [[Mathilde of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen|Mathilde of Bavaria]]
| spouse = Margaret of Nuremberg<br/>[[Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg]]
| issue = [[Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia]]
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1336|12|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Weißenfels]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1406|5|18|1336|12|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Wartburg]] in [[Eisenach]]
}}
Landgrave '''Balthasar of Thuringia''' (born 21 December 1336 in [[Weißenfels]]; died:– 18 May 1406 at the [[Wartburg]] in [[Eisenach]]) was [[Margrave]] of [[Margraviate of Meissen|Meissen]] and Landgrave of [[Thuringia]] from the [[House of Wettin]].
 
== Life ==
Balthasar was the second son of [[Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen|Frederick the Serious]]. After his father's death in 1349, his elder brother [[Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen|Frederick the Austere]] acted as regent and guardian for Balthasar and his brothers [[William I, Margrave of Meissen|William I]] and [[Louis of Meissen|Louis]]. After they came of age, William and Balthasar ruled joinlyjointly with Frederick.
 
After Frederick's death, a conflict arose between the brothers Balthasar and William on the one hand, and their nephews, [[Frederick I, Elector of Saxony|Frederick the Warlike]], [[William II, Margrave of Meissen|William the rich]] and George on the other hand. This was resolved on November 1382, with the so-called [[Division of Chemnitz]] in which Balthasar received the Landgraviate of [[Thuringia]].
 
== Marriage and issue ==
Balthasar first married, in the spring of 1374, with Margaret, the daughter of Burgrave Albert of Nuremberg (d. 1390). With her, he had a son and a daughter:
* [[Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia|Frederick the Peaceable]], who succeeded him as Landgrave of Thuringia.
* Anna of Meissen (d. 4 July 1395), who married [[Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg]]
 
After Margaret's death, Balthasar married [[Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg]] (d. 1426), the widow of Duke [[Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]. This marriage remained childless.
 
==Ancestry==
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{{Persondata
| NAME = Balthasar of Thuringia
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Balthasar of Meissen; Balthasar of Wettin; Balthasar von Thüringen und Meißen (German)
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Landgrave of Thuringia (1349-1406)
| DATE OF BIRTH = 21 December 1336
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Weißenfels]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 May 1406
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Wartburg]] at [[Eisenach]]
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