Hermann III. (Weimar-Orlamünde)
Hermann III. von Weimar-Orlamünde (* around 1230 , † 1283 ) was a count from the Weimar-Orlamünde branch of the Ascanians .
Life
Hermann III. was a son of Hermann II of Weimar-Orlamünde and Beatrix of Andechs-Meranien . With his Franconian possessions, Hermann III. together with his brother Otto III. through his mother the legacy of Otto VIII from Meran . The residence was the Plassenburg . After the death of his father in 1278 Otto III. Weimar and the Plassenburg alone, Hermann III. received the county of Orlamünde . He died of the plague in 1283.
progeny
His wife died after 1279. Their children were:
- Elisabeth “the elder” († before March 24, 1333); ∞ I: Hartmann von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk († February 20, 1289); ∞ II: Albrecht "the degenerate" († November 20, 1315)
- Hermann V. 1287 to 1312
- Henry III. († after March 26, 1354), his successor as Count of Orlamünde; ∞ Irmgard von Schwarzburg († July 13, 1354)
- Elisabeth “the Younger” († March 17, 1319), nun in the Weissenfels Monastery
literature
- Hermann Grote , family tables, Leipzig 1877, p. 221.
- Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables , New Series, Volume I.2, Plate 185, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1999.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Hermann II. |
Count of Weimar-Orlamünde 1247–1283 |
Henry III. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hermann III. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count from the Weimar-Orlamünde family |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1230 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1283 |