Hermann VI. (Weimar-Orlamünde)
Hermann VI. , according to a different way of counting Hermann VIII. († 1372 ), was a Count of Weimar-Orlamünde from the Ascanians .
Hermann VI. was a son of Count Hermann IV and his wife Mechthild († after 1339), a daughter of Count Friedrich von Rabenswalde († 1315) and his wife Elisabeth, Countess of Mansfeld and Osterfeld († 1320). In 1328 he married Katharina, a daughter of Otto II von Anhalt and Elisabeth von Meißen, who had married his brother Friedrich for the second time in 1322 .
Hermann succeeded his brother Friedrich as heir of the county in 1365, although he submitted to the feudal rule of the Wettins . His marriage to Katharina had two daughters.
literature
- C. Chl. Freiherr von Reitzensten : Regesta of the Counts of Orlamuende from the Babenberger and Ascan tribe . Historical association for Upper Franconia in Bayreuth. 1871.
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| SURNAME | Hermann VI. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hermann VI. from Weimar-Orlamünde; Hermann VI. Count of Weimar-Orlamünde; Hermann VI. from Orlamünde; Hermann VIII Count of Weimar-Orlamünde; Hermann VIII of Orlamünde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count from the Weimar-Orlamünde family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1372 |