Henry I, German: Heinrich I (after 1180 - 2 July 1231) from the
House of Zähringen
The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation ...
was margrave of Baden-Hachberg. He was the founder of the Baden-Hachenberg branch.
Life
He was the second son of
Herman IV, Margrave of Baden
Hermann IV, Margrave of Baden (1135 – September 13, 1190) was titular Margrave of Verona and Margrave of Baden from 1160.
He was the son of Hermann III and Bertha of Lorraine, daughter of Simon I of Lorraine. Around 1162 he was married to Be ...
and
Bertha of Tübingen, daughter of Ludwig, Count Palatine of Tübingen. His elder brother was
Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Herman V, Margrave of Baden (c. 1180 – 17 January 1243) ruled Verona and Baden from 1190 until his death.
He was the son of Herman IV and his wife Bertha of Tübingen. He married in 1217 to Irmengard, Countess Palatine by the Rhine (born 1 ...
(born c. 1180). Younger siblings were Friedrich (c. 1187 - 1217), Jutta and Bertha.
His father joined
Frederick I Frederick I may refer to:
* Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht.
* Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978)
* Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105)
* Frederick I, Count of Zoller ...
in his Italian campaigns and in the
Third Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by ...
. He travelled through Asia Minor to Antioch, where he died in camp from disease in 1190. Herman V succeeded him in Baden-Baden, while Henry I received Baden-Hachberg. Herman V followed
Frederick II in Italy, in Egypt (where he went into captivity), and in the
Fifth and
Sixth Crusade
The Sixth Crusade (1228–1229), also known as the Crusade of Frederick II, was a military expedition to recapture Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade and involved very little actua ...
.
Henry I was the first in his line of the House of Zähringen to style himself Margrave of Hachberg. He died in 1231 and succeeded by his son Henry II who was a minor at the time. Henry II initially stood under the guardianship of his mother. In 1232, he purchased the Lordship of Sausenburg from St. Blaise Abbey and soon afterwards, he built Sausenburg Castle, which was first mentioned in 1246.
[Hans Jakob Wörner: Das Markgräflerland — Bemerkungen zu seinem geschichtlichen Werdegang, in: Das Markgräflerland, vol. 2 (jubilee edition), 1994, p. 58-59]
Family
He married to Agnes of Urach, daughter of Egino IV count of Urach, and had issue:
*
Henry II, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg & Sausenberg (before 1231-c.1297/98), married to Anne of Üsingen-Ketzingen.
* Hermann, margrave of Hachberg (ruled 1232-1239).
Sources
* ,
genealogie-mittelalter.de
Footnotes
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Margraves of Baden-Hachberg
1231 deaths