Hesso, Margrave of Baden-Baden (c. 1268 – 13 February 1297) was a son of
Rudolf I and his wife, Kunigunde of Eberstein.
After his father died in 1288, he ruled the
Margraviate of
Baden
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Ba ...
jointly with his brothers
Rudolf II
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the H ...
,
Herman VII and
Rudolf III.
Family
Hesso married three times:
* Clara (d. before 10 June 1291), a daughter of Count
Walter III of Klingen. With her, he had a son:
**
Herman VIII (d. 1338)
* Irmengard (1261/64 – before 1295), a daughter of Count
Ulrich I of Württemberg and Agnes of Legnica
* Adelaide (d. 1299), a daughter of Count Gerhard IV of
Rieneck
Rieneck () is a town in the Main-Spessart, Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Location
Rieneck lies in the Würzburg region between the southern foothills ...
. With her, he had another son:
**
Rudolf Hesso (d. 13 August 1335)
References
Margraves of Baden-Baden
1297 deaths
13th-century German nobility
1260s births
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