Herman I, Count of Henneberg

{{Short description|Count of Henneberg}}

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| name = Herman I, Count of Henneberg

| title = Count of Henneberg-Coburg

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| noble family = House of Henneberg

| father = Poppo VII of Henneberg

| mother = Jutta of Thuringia

| spouse = Margaret of Holland

| issue = Herman
Poppo
Jutta

| birth_date = 1224

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| death_date = {{death date|1290|12|18|df=y}}

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| burial_place = Frauenroth, Bavaria

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File:Zeichnung des Siegels des Grafen Hermann I. von Henneberg-Coburg im Jahre 1260.png

Herman I, Count of Henneberg (1224 – 18 December 1290) was the son of Count Poppo VII of Henneberg and his wife, Jutta of Thuringia (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 Henry Raspe as anti-king of the Germans.

Herman founded the "new lordship" around Coburg and Eisenburg, which was inherited by the House of Wettin via his grand-niece Catherine of Henneberg.

Marriage and issue

In 1249, Herman married Margaret (died: 26 March 1276), the sister of Count William II of Holland and King of the Germans. 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 Elizabeth of Hungary, but they had no issue

References

  • Bernhard Grossmann, Thomas Witter and Günther Wölfing: Auf den Spuren der Henneberger, Verlag Frankenschwelle, 1996, {{ISBN|978-3-86180-054-5}}
  • {{De-ADB|12|124|125|Hermann|Georg Gerland|ADB:Hermann I. (Graf von Henneberg)}}

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