Hermann II (Ravensberg)

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Hermann II of Ravensberg († April 22, 1221 ) was Count of Ravensberg from 1170 .

He was a son of Count Otto I von Ravensberg and Oda. Hermann II went over to the opponents of Henry the Lion and was particularly against Lippe. In 1198 he was the only Westphalian count to stand firmly with the Hohenstaufen in the war of the throne . Around 1215 he gained the office of Vlotho from the Archbishop of Cologne. He (or Otto I?) Founded the Flaesheim monastery . Around 1214 he made Bielefeld a city. He continued the devastating feuds against Tecklenburg, suffered a heavy defeat in 1202 and thereby lost many episcopal fiefs and rights.

Marriage and children

In his first marriage he married Jutta von Thuringia, documented in 1200, († April 2nd (12th)), daughter of Landgrave Ludwig II. In his second marriage he married Adelheid NN († after 1221). They had the following offspring:

  • [I] Otto II. († April 1, 1244), Count of Vlotho and Vechtal
  • [I] Hermann, documented from 1200 to 1217, canon of Münster
  • [I] Ludwig († January 15, 1249)
  • [not in European family tables] Gottfried, Provost of Cologne, († around 1259)

literature

  • Winkelmann, Eduard: Yearbooks of German history, Philipp von Schwaben and Otto IV. Von Braunschweig 1st book published by Duncker & Humblot Leipzig 1873, page 149, 247.
  • Toeche, Theodor: Emperor Heinrich VI. WBG Darmstadt 1965, page 70.

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Hermann II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Ravensberg
DATE OF BIRTH before 1170
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1221