Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (nicknamed ''the Wise'', born: 1272 in

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; died: 13 April 1340, Schleusingen) was

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of Henneberg- Schleusingen from 1284 to 1340. He was the son of Count Berthold V of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1284) and his wife Sophie of Schwarzburg (d. 1279), the daughter of Count Günther VII of Schwarzburg. He was confirmed as

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by Emperor Henry VI in 1310. From 1323 to 1330, he was guardian and regent of

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, the eldest son of Emperor Louis IV "the Bavarian", who had appointed his son as

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and

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at the age of eight years.

Marriage and issue

Berthold VII married Adelheid (1268–1317), the daughter of Henry I of Hesse. They had three children: *

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. She was the paternal grandmother of

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, the first

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from the House of

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References

* * Counts of Henneberg 1272 births 1340 deaths 13th-century German nobility 14th-century German nobility {{Germany-count-stub