Hermann (Brandenburg)

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Hermann (III.) Of Brandenburg "the Tall One"

The Ascanian Hermann "the Tall One " (* around 1275 ; † February 1, 1308 near Lübz ) was a Margrave of Brandenburg . Andreas Thiele calls him Hermann III. von Brandenburg, in other counts he can also be found as Hermann II von Brandenburg. He was the son of the Brandenburg co-regent Margrave Otto V. "the Tall One" and Judith von Henneberg . From 1298 until his death in 1308, co-regent at the side of the cousin of his deceased father, the Margrave Otto IV. "With the arrow". In 1300 he also inherited the separate territory of his uncle, Margrave Albrecht III. († 1300), whose two sons died in 1299. In 1291 Hermann's father Otto inherited the Coburg foster family ; With the death of his father, he also became the head of care for Coburg. He also carried the title Graf von Henneberg or Graf von Franken.

Life

His mother Judith was a daughter of Hermann I , Count zu Henneberg. The possessions included Strauf, Steinach, Kalenberg, Irmelshausen, pillows and half of Schweinfurth and Münnerstadt. His wife was Margaret of Holland-Zealand. Hermann I inherited properties around Hildburghausen , Rodach and Coburg as well as Schmalkalden in 1248/49 . The rule of Hermann I was also known as the New Rule or later New Care . His son Poppo VIII. The possessions inherited his father, but died in 1291. Therefore, the legacy of Hermann's sister Judith and her husband Otto fell V. Since Otto mainly stayed in the Mark Brandenburg, he continued to manage administrators or nurse a thing the later reign of Hermann brought the designation care Coburg .

As early as 1290, Hermann appears for the first time in a document together with his father Otto V, when he compared himself with Bishop Manegold of Würzburg because of the castles of Kissingen , Steinach, Rotenstein and Königshofen, which he inherited .

In 1297 he succeeded his father as co-regent of Brandenburg, which he then ruled after his father's death - one year later - together with his cousin Otto IV. He inherited the maintenance of Coburg from his father. In the Brandenburg documents, he referred to himself as dominus de Henneberg .

After the death of the Schweidnitzer Duke Bolko I in 1301, Hermann exercised guardianship over his underage children. In 1302, the Wettin margrave of Lausitz, Dietrich IV. , Initially sold the eastern half of the margraviate Lausitz (= Niederlausitz) to Margrave Hermann, and in 1304 he also sold the western part to the margraves Hermann and Otto IV. In 1303 (without date and month), Hermann referred to himself as Margrave of Lusatia for the first time in a document, but it wasn't until 1307 that Hermann and his new co-regent, Margrave Waldemar , received the imperial enfeoffment with the Margrave of Lusatia.

In 1304 Hermann and Otto signed the Vietmannsdorf Treaty with Heinrich II of Mecklenburg, which granted the Mecklenburg prince the Land of Stargard for life.

Chroniclers describe Hermann as a wise and bold man who was feared by his opponents. He was of sturdy build, but no less intelligent. He is said to have ruled his country in peace, but was also adamant against nobles who revolted against him. He also loved the comforts of life. So he had costly knight tournaments organized. In July 1306 Hermann and his nephew Waldemar were by the Polish King Wenceslaus III. enlivened with pomerelles . Wenceslaus was murdered soon afterwards and his successor did not recognize the enfeoffment.

Hermann died when he and Otto IV invaded the Mecklenburg principality during the North German Margrave War in 1308 and besieged Eldenburg Castle (near Lübz ). He was buried in the Lehnin monastery .

family

In 1295 he married Anna of Austria , daughter of the later Roman-German King Albrecht I. The marriage had the following children:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Thiele: Narrative genealogical family tables for European history, Volume 1, Part I. 3rd revised and expanded edition, 333 tables, RG Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt (Main) 1997, tables 277, 290.
  2. ^ Gudrun Pischke: Agnes, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 29-30 . ( online )
  3. ^ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis B. Second main part or collection of documents for the history of foreign affairs, 2nd volume. 540 S., Berlin, FH Morin 1845 Online at Google Books (p. 193)
  4. ↑ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel : Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis A. First main part or collection of documents on the history of the spiritual foundations, the noble families, as well as the towns and castles of the Mark Brandenburg, 22nd volume. Die Altmark (continuation of the 17th volume) 508 p., Berlin, Reimer 1862 Online at Google Books (p. 16)
  5. ^ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis B. Second main part or collection of documents for the history of foreign affairs, 2nd volume. 540 S., Berlin, FH Morin 1845 Online at Google Books (p. 246)
  6. ↑ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel : Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis Collection of documents, chronicles and other sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its rulers. A. First main part or collection of documents for local and special regional history, 1st volume. 506 S., Berlin, FH Morin, 1841 Online at Google Books (p. 125, Certificate No. VI)
  7. ^ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis B. Second main part or collection of documents for the history of foreign affairs, 2nd volume. 540 pp., Berlin, FH Morin 1845 Online at Google Books (p. 143)
personal data
SURNAME Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann of Brandenburg; Hermann the Long
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margrave and co-regent in Brandenburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1275
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1308
Place of death Luebz