William III, Duke of Luxembourg
William III (30 April 1425 – 17 September 1482), called the Brave (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere ), was landgrave of Thuringia (from 1445) and claimant duke of Luxemburg (from 1457). He is actually the second William to rule Thuringia, and in Luxembourg; he was the third Margrave of Meissen named William.
Judenkopf Groschen
He was a younger son of Frederick I the Warlike , elector of Saxony , and Catherine of Brunswick and Lunenburg . On 2 June 1446 he married Anne of Luxembourg , daughter of Albert II, King of Germany, Bohemia and Hungary and Elisabeth of Luxembourg . On behalf of his wife, he became Duke of Luxembourg from 1457 to 1469. They had two daughters, Margaret of Thuringia (1449–1501) and Catherine of Thuringia (1453 – 10 July 1534), who married Duke Henry II of Münsterberg .
William minted a silver groschen known as the Judenkopf Groschen . Its obverse portrait shows a man with a pointed beard wearing a Jewish hat , which the populace took as depicting a typical Jew.
Ancestors
Ancestors of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia 16. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen 8. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen 17. Elizabeth of Lobdaburg-Arnshaugk 4. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia 18. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor 9. Mathilde of Bavaria 19. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau 2. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony 20. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen 10. Henry IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen 21. Adelheid of Hesse 5. Catherine of Henneberg 22. Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 11. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 23. Anna of Austria 1.William III, Landgrave of Thuringia 24. Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 25. Sophie of Brandenburg 6. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 26. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 13. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg 27. Agnes of Saxony 3. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 28. Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania 14. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania 29. Sophie of Werle 7. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast 30. John I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard 15. Anne of Mecklenburg-Stargard 31. Anna of Pinneberg and Schauenburg
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