Burg Wettin

Castle in Wettin-Löbejün, Germany, dating from 0900

Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling families of the United Kingdom and Belgium. In 982, Dedo I (d. 1009) and Frederick (d. 1017), sons of Theodoric I of Wettin, perhaps count of Hassegau, received lands taken from the Wends, including the county (or Gau) of Wettin on the right bank of the Saale. There is a legend that the family is descended from one Wettekind, but this can not be attested i

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Type:

Castle

Period:

0900

Where:

Wettin-Löbejün, Germany

Coordinates:

51.58°N, 11.81°E

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