Hermann I. (Baden)

Figure of Hermann I in the Church of St. Peter in the Black Forest

Hermann I of Baden (* around 1040 ; † April 25, 1074 in Cluny ) was Margrave of Verona from 1061 to 1074 and Count in Breisgau and ancestor of the line of Margraves of Baden .

origin

Hermann was the eldest son of Berthold I von Zähringen and a brother of Duke Berthold II von Zähringen and the Bishop of Constance Gebhard III. from Zähringen .

Life

His title of Margrave of Verona goes back to the affiliation of the Mark Verona to the then Zähring (titular) Duchy of Carinthia , while the county rights in Breisgau were family property. Only her first name of his wife Judith is known, a classification in one of the southwest German noble families has not yet been successful.

After experiencing the turmoil of the civil war during the investiture dispute , which devastated the Swabian homeland of the Zähringer , Hermann I retired to the Cluny monastery in 1073 , took his religious vows and became a lay brother . He died there the following year. The Catholics commemorate the blessed Margrave Hermann I of Baden on April 25th.

For the same reasons, his younger brother Berthold II of Zähringen shifted the focus of his rule to the Upper Rhine from 1079 .

In the count of the Margraves of Baden, Hermann does not yet have an ordinal number; he is the first in the series of bearers of the name Hermann.

In the following years, the name Hermann seems to have been used as the title of the eldest son, so that a possibly younger son took over this name if the older brother died as the bearer of this name.

From the marriage with Judith there was at least one son, Hermann (II.) . He was the first to call himself Margrave of Baden .

literature

Hansmartin Schwarzmaier u. a .: History of Baden in pictures. 1100-1918 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-17-012088-3 .
Florian Lamke: The early margraves of Baden, the Hessonen and the Zähringer. Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine 154 (2006) ( ISSN 0044-2607 ) pp. 21–42.
Arthur Kleinschmidt : Hermann I . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 120-122.
Otto Gerhard Oexle : Hermann I. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 643 f. ( Digitized version ).
Julius Mayer: Margrave Hermann I, the progenitor of the margravial and grand ducal ducal house of Baden . In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv , Volume 26, 1898, pp. 241–266, freidok.uni-freiburg.de
Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . First part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1764, p. 241–265 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Eduard Heyck : History of the dukes of Zähringen . Aalen 1980 (reprint of the Freiburg i.Br. 1891–92 editions), pp. 97–108, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-97700
Regest of the Margraves of Baden and Hachberg 1050–1515 . First volume. Published by the Baden Historical Commission, edited by Richard Fester . Innsbruck 1900, pp. 1–2, archive.org

Web links

Commons : Hermann I. von Baden - collection of images, videos and audio files

Margraves of Baden on Landeskunde online
Lithography on Landeskunde online

References and comments

↑ It was not until 1112 that his son first called himself Margrave of Baden.
↑ His mother Richwara is sometimes seen in literature as the daughter of Hermann IV from the Babenberg family , but this is controversial.

personal data
SURNAME	Hermann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hermann I of Baden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margrave of Verona (1061-1074) and Baden; Graf im Breisgau
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1040
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1074
Place of death	Cluny

[1] It was not until 1112 that his son first called himself Margrave of Baden.

[2] His mother Richwara is sometimes seen in literature as the daughter of Hermann IV from the Babenberg family , but this is controversial.