The House of Hachberg-Sausenberg ''(medieval: House of Hachberg-Susenberg)'' was a German royal family that was first documented in 1306 as carve-out from the House of

Baden-Hachberg The Margraviate of Baden-Hachberg was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire, in the upper Rhine valley, which existed from 1212 to 1415. History The Margraviate came into being around 1212 by splitting off from the Margraviate of Baden. Henry ...

, when Henry III. and his brother Rudolf I. shared the heritage of their father Henry II. The family maintained an own territory in

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...

within the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...

of the German Nation from 1306 until 1503. The house was historically related to the royal

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 ...

. The last Margrave was

Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg Margrave Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1454 – 9 September 1503) was the son of the Margrave Rudolf IV of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Margaret of Vienne. Philip reigned in 1487–1503 as Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Count of Neuchâtel. ...

, who died without sons in 1503. His daughter

Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1485 – 23 September 1543), was a noble feudal lord, countess regnant of Neuchâtel in 1503–1512 and again from 1529 to 1543. She was the daughter of Philip of Hochberg and Maria of Savoy. Life Johanna inherite ...

succeeded him as Countess of Neuchâtel, while the Landgraviate of Sausenberg, the lordship of Badenweiler, the lordship of Rötteln and Schopfheim went to Margrave

Christopher I of Baden Christopher I of Baden (13 November 1453 – 19 April 1527) was the Margrave of Baden from 1475 to 1515. Life Christopher was the eldest son of Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catherine of Austria, a sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman E ...

Family Name

Many medieval documents and sources state the name of the family as Hachberg-Susenberg. The name Susenberg was related to the prevailing medieval Alemannic dialect, which spelled an pronounced the letters "au" (as in Haus) as "u" (as in "Huus"). The current spelling Sausenberg, which is used in today's

Standard German Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (not to be confused with High German dialects, more precisely Upper German dialects) (german: Standardhochdeutsch, , or, in Switzerland, ), is the standardized variety ...

literature, has not been used in official medieval documents.

Notable Family Members

Rudolf I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg Margrave Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenberg (d.1313) was the son of Margrave Henry II of Hachberg and Anne of Üsenberg. He married in 1298 or 1299 to Agnes, the heiress of Otto of Rötteln. In 1306 he founded the side-line Hachberg-Sausenberg at ...

(died 1313) *

Otto I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg Otto I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1302 – 1384) was a member of the House of Zähringen. He was the ruling Margrave of Rötteln and Sausenberg from 1318 until his death. Life He was the son of Margrave Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenberg a ...

(1302–1384) *

Rudolf II, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg Margrave Rudolf II of Hachberg-Sausenberg ''(medieval: Rudolf II of Hachberg-Susenberg)'' (1301–1352) was the son of Margrave Rudolf I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenberg and his wife Agnes, the heiress of Otto of R� ...

(1301–1352) *

(1454-1503), last Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg.

References

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