Henry III of Baden-Hachberg (
c. 1260 – 1330) was the
Margrave of Hachberg and Lord of
Kenzingen
Kenzingen () is a town in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Elz, 23 km north of Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by po ...
from 1289 to 1330.
Life
Henry was the second son of Margrave
Henry II
Henry II may refer to:
Kings
* Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014
*Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154
*Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...
of Baden-Hachberg and his wife, Anna of Üsenberg (d. 1286).
After his father's abdicated in 1289, Henry initially took over the rule of all Baden-Hachberg, which he jointly ruled with his brother
Rudolf. In 1297 they jointly confirmed their father's donation of the city of
Heitersheim
Heitersheim is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The name of the school located in Heitersheim is Johanniterschule.
It was the seat of the Grand Prior of Germany of the Knights Hospitaller ...
to the
Order of St. John
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and had headquarters there u ...
, which their late father had requested.
In 1306, the brothers divided their land, with Henry receiving the town of
Emmendingen
Emmendingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the Emmendingen (district), district Emmendingen of Germany. It is located at the Elz (Rhine), Elz River, north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The town contains more than 26,000 residents, ...
, its ancestral seat of
Hochburg and the possessions in the lower
Breisgau
The Breisgau () is an area in southwest Germany extending along the Rhine River and enveloping portions of the Black Forest. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, it centers on the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The district of Breisgau-Hoch ...
, while Rudolf received
Sausenburg castle,
Saint Blaise Abbey and the possessions in the upper Breisgau. Henry thus continued the Baden-Hachberg line, while Rudolf founded the
Hachberg-Sausenberg
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, when Henry III. and his brother Rudolf I. shared the heritag ...
branch.
Marriage and issue
Henry married Agnes of
Hohenberg (d. April 14, 1310) and had three children with her:
*
Henry IV, Margrave of
Baden-Hachberg;
* Rodolphe (d. 1343), Commander of the
Order of St. John
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and had headquarters there u ...
;
* Herman (d. 1356), Master of the German Knights of St. John.
References
*
* Thomas Alfried Leger: ''Hochberg, Hachberg.'' In: A.G. Hoffmann: ''Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste'', Zweite Section, Neunter Teil, Leipzig 1832, S. 114–11
Google Digitalisat* ''Regesten der Markgrafen von Baden und Hachberg 1050–1515'', herausgegeben von der Badischen Historischen Commission, bearbeitet von Richard Fester, Innsbruck 1892, S. h9–h1
im Internet Archive* Hermann Flamm: ''Die Todesdaten der Markgrafen Heinrich II. und Hermann III. von Baden-Hachberg.'' In: ''Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Beförderung der Geschichts-, Altertums- und Volkskunde von Freiburg, dem Breisgau und den Angrenzenden Landschaften'', Band 28, 1912, S. 224–22
UB Freiburg
Notes
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1330 deaths
Margraves of Baden-Hachberg
13th-century births
13th-century German nobility