Jutta of Thuringia

Jutta of Thuringia (1184 – 6 August 1235) was the eldest daughter of Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia and his first wife, Sophia of Sommerschenburg,^[1] a daughter of Fredrick II of Sommerschenburg.

Jutta of Thuringia
Born	1184
Died	(1235-08-06)6 August 1235 Schleusingen
Noble family	Ludovingians
Spouse(s)	Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen Poppo VII of Henneberg
Issue Detail	Henry the Illustrious Herman I of Henneberg
Father	Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Mother	Sophia of Sommerschenburg

Before 1197, she married Margrave Dietrich I of Meissen.^[2]

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.^[3]

Jutta of Thuringia died on 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen.

Marriages and issue

Children from her marriage to Dietrich I of Meissen:

1. Hedwig (d. 1249) married Count Dietrich V of Cleves (1185–1260)
2. Otto (died before 1215)
3. Sophia (d. 1280) married Count Henry of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1262)
4. Jutta
5. Henry the Illustrious (1218–1288) Margrave of Meissen^[4]

Children from her marriage with Poppo VII of Henneberg:

1. Herman I of Henneberg (1224–1290)^[5]