Hermann (Carinthia)

Hermann (Hermann II.) († October 4, 1181 ) from the Spanheim family was Duke of Carinthia from 1161 to 1181.

Live and act

Hermann was the younger son of Duke Ulrich I and Judith, daughter of Margrave Hermann II of Baden .

After the death of his brother Heinrich in 1161, he followed in the Carinthian ducal office . He took over the bailiwick over Gurk , acquired the bailiwick over the Bamberg estates in Carinthia and fought over the bailiwick over Tiffen and meetings from the Patriarch of Aquileia . He had arguments with Margrave Ottokar III. von Styria for the inheritance of great-uncle Bernhard von Trixen and with the Heunburgers and Ortenburgers for dominance in the country.

Duke Hermann died in 1181 and was succeeded by his son Ulrich .

family

Hermann was with Agnes († 1182), the daughter of Duke Heinrich II. , Widow after Stephan III. of Hungary . From this marriage grew:

• Ulrich II. (* 1176; † 1202), Duke of Carinthia (1181–1202)
• Bernhard II (* 1180; † 1256), Duke of Carinthia (1202–1256)

literature

• Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
• Gotbert Moro:  Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 634 ( digitized version ).
• Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts' entire house of Ortenburg - Part 1: The ducal house in Carinthia. , Vilshofen 1931.

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry V.	Duke of Carinthia 1161–1181	Ulrich II.