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Birth:          ABT  990 
Death:          19 Nov 1034 
Cause of Death: murdered

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric_II,_Margrave_of_Lower_Lusatia
Theodoric II (German: Dietrich; c.?990 – 19 November 1034) was Margrave of Lusatia 
from 1032 to 1034, the first of the Wettin dynasty.
Life[edit]

He was the only son of Count Dedo I, Count of Wettin (c.?950 – 1009) and his wife 
Thietburga, a daughter of Count Dietrich of Haldensleben, the first margrave of the 
Northern March.[1] Theodoric thereby was a grandson of the Wettin progenitor 
Theodoric I.

At Christmas 1009, after his father was killed in a fierce struggle with Margrave 
Werner of the Northern March, Theodoric was vested with the County of Wettin in the 
Saxon Hassegau (ruling as Theodoric II) by King Henry II of Germany at Pöhlde. From 
1015, he also appeared as a and count in the neighbouring Schwabengau. Upon the 
death of his uncle Frederick I, who had died without male issue in 1017, he inherited 
Eilenburg and Brehna. In 1018, Theodoric and his brother-in-law, Margrave Herman I 
of Meissen acted as witnesses when the Peace of Bautzen was concluded between 
Emperor Henry II and the Polish ruler Boleslaw I the Brave, ending a lengthy German–
Polish War.

From 1029, Emperor Conrad II again waged war against Poland. Boleslaw's son and 
successor Mieszko II lost Lusatia and finally had to renounce his claims in the 1033 
Treaty of Merseburg. According to the Annalista Saxo chronicles, Theodoric played a 
key role in the emperor's campaign and in turn could succeed the Lusatian margrave 
Odo II in 1032. However, he earned the hatred of his brother-in-law Eckard II of 
Meissen and was killed by his henchmen, whereafter Eckard became his successor in 
Lusatia.

Theodoric's possessions were divided among his sons. As Count of Eilenburg, he was 
succeeded by his eldest son Dedi,[2] who also became Margrave of Lusatia upon the 
death of Margrave Eckard II of Meissen in 1046.

Marriage and issue[edit]

Dietrich II of Wettin married Mathilda, daughter of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen.[3] 
They had seven children:
Dedi (ca. 1010–1075) the eldest son, who eventually became his successor as 
Margrave of Lusatia.
Frederick (ca. 1020–1084), elected Bishop of Münster in 1063.
Thimo (ca. 1034– ca. 1101), count of Wettin.
Gero (ca. 1020–1089), count of Brehna.
Konrad (died 1040), count of Camburg.
Rikdag
Ida (Hidda), married to Duke Spytihnev II of Bohemia.

Parents
____ Dedo I (ABT  950 - 13 Nov 1009)
VON HADENSLABEN Thietburga (ABT  962 - )

Siblings
VON WETTIN Dietrich II (ABT  990 - 19 Nov 1034)

Marriage To VON MEISSEN Mathilda (ABT  980 - )
    m. ABT 1005 

Notes

Parents
____ Ekkhard I (ABT  960 - 30 Apr 1002)
____ Swanhilde (ABT  945 - 26 Nov 1014)

Children by VON MEISSEN Mathilda ABT  980 - 
____ Dedi (Dedo) (Dedon) II (ABT 1006 - Oct 1075)
____ Thiemo I (ABT 1020 - ABT 1091)

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