Herman VI (c. 1226 – 4 October 1250) was Margrave of Baden and titular margrave of

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from 1243 until his death.Johann Christian Sachs: Einleitung in die Geschichte der Marggravschaft und des marggrävlichen altfürstlichen Hauses Baden. Erster Theil. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1764 A descendant of the Swabian

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, he was the son of Margrave Herman V and

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, daughter of Count Palatine Henry V of the Rhine. He succeeded his father in

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on 16 January 1243. In 1248, he married Gertrude of Austria, the niece of the last male member of the

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, Duke Frederick II of Austria (1230–1246), and on the basis of that marriage claimed the duchies of

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and

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, leaving the rule over Baden to his younger brother Rudolf. However, he had a mighty rival in King

Ottokar II of Bohemia Ottokar II ( cs, Přemysl Otakar II.; , in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his deat ...

, who in 1252 married Frederick's sister

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to legitimize his claims. According to the '' Privilegium Minus'' issued by Emperor

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in 1156, the Austrian lands could be bequeathed in the female line, and Herman even obtained the explicit consent by Pope Innocent IV. Nevertheless, the margrave and his son Frederick could not establish themselves in Austria and Styria against the resistance of the local nobility, who preferred Ottokar. Both rivals finally did not prevail, as the duchies were seized as reverted fiefs by the

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king

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after Ottokar's death at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278.

Family

The Margrave and his wife had the following children: * Frederick I (born 1249, died 1268). * Agnes (born 1250, died 1295), married firstly Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia and secondly Count Ulrich of Heunberg.

References

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