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Wiprecht III. von Groitzsch, 1087 - 1117
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1087
Born as son of
Wiprecht von Groitzsch
and (Ludmila) von Böhmen.
1109
Wiprecht supports his uncle Boriwoi of Behemia in his attempts to reach back
the crown of Bohemia and on December 23. they capture Prague.
1110
King Heinrich V. invades in Bohemia and captures Boriwoi and Wiprecht. They become
arrested in Hammerstein castle.
1112
In exchange for the towns Morungen und Leisnig as well as the lands Nisan (Neiße) and
Budissin (Bautzen) Wiprechts father bought him free from prison. Wiprecht got Eckartsberga
by the Emporer and now he fights together with the emporer (who trapt him before) agains
the oppositional nobility in Saxony including his father (who spend all this land to safe him).
Shortly after his imprisoning he attacks togehther with royal forces the castle of his
father. After a loss of 500 man the attackers went back.
1113 / 1114
Wiprechts father
is caught by Hoyer von Mansfeld and shall be executed. Wiprecht offers all
the lands to the emporer to change this into imprisoning in the emporers castle Trifels.
11. 02. 1115
Lothar von Sachsen (LOWER SAXONY!!!), the later king Lothar III., defeats the emporer. With him
fights Wiprecht who kills in the battle Hoyer von Mansfeld who got all the land Wiprecht offered
to the king. Now the family may went back to Groitzsch.
1117
Death of Wiprecht
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