Zeichnung des Siegels des Grafen Hermann I

Herman I, Count of Henneberg (1224 – 18 December 1290) was the son of Count Poppo VII of Henneberg and his wife,

Jutta of Thuringia Jutta of Thuringia (1184 – 6 August 1235) was the eldest daughter of Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia and his first wife, Sophia of Sommerschenburg, a daughter of Fredrick II of Sommerschenburg. Before 1197, she married Margrave Dietrich I of ...

(born: 1184; died: 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen), the eldest daughter of Landgrave Herman I of Thuringia. This was Poppo's second marriage and also Jutta's second marriage. Margrave Henry III of Meissen was Herman's half-brother from his mother's side. Herman supported the election of his uncle

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of the Germans. Herman founded the "new lordship" around

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and Eisenburg, which was inherited by the

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via his grand-niece

Catherine of Henneberg Catherine of Henneberg (; c. 1334, in Schleusingen – 15 July 1397, in Meissen) was a Countess of Henneberg by birth and from 1347 by marriage Margravine of Meissen, Landgravine of Thuringia, etc. She was the wife of Margrave Frederick the Sev ...

Marriage and issue

In 1249, Herman married

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(died: 26 March 1276), the sister of Count William II of Holland and

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. They had three children: * Herman (d. 1250) * Jutta (c. 1252 – c. 1312), married Margrave Otto V of Brandenburg-Salzwedel * Poppo (c. 1254 – 1291), married Sophie of Wittelsbach (c. 1264 – 1282), daughter of

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, but they had no issue

References

* Bernhard Grossmann, Thomas Witter and Günther Wölfing: ''Auf den Spuren der Henneberger'', Verlag Frankenschwelle, 1996, *

External links

The poetry of the Tannhäusers – Annotated Kiel edition online

Counts of Henneberg 1224 births 1290 deaths 13th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub