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Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia

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Noble family
  
Ludowingians

Mother
  
Sophia of Wittelsbach

Name
  
Henry Landgrave


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Spouse(s)
  
Elisabeth of Brandenburg Gertrude of Babenberg Beatrice of Brabant

Father
  
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

Died
  
February 16, 1247, Eisenach, Germany

Parents
  
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Sophia of Wittelsbach

Siblings
  
Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

Grandparents
  
Agnes of Loon, Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, Judith of Hohenstaufen

Nieces
  
Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant

Great-grandparents
  
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia

Henry Raspe (German: Heinrich Raspe) (1204 – 16 February 1247) succeeded his nephew Hermann II as Landgrave of Thuringia in central Germany in 1241; he later was elected anti-king in 1246–1247 in opposition to Conrad IV of Germany.

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Biography

In 1226, Henry's brother Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, died en route to the Sixth Crusade, and Henry became regent for his under-age nephew Hermann II, Landgrave of Thuringia. He managed to expel his nephew and the boy's young mother, St. Elisabeth of Hungary, from the line of succession and ca. 1231 formally succeeded his brother as landgrave.

In 1242 Henry, together with King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, was selected by Emperor Frederick II to be administrator of Germany for Frederick's under-age son Conrad.

After the papal ban on Frederick imposed by Pope Innocent IV in 1245, Raspe changed sides, and on 22 May 1246 he was elected anti-king in opposition to Conrad. The strong papal prodding that led to his election earned Raspe the derogatory moniker of "Pfaffenkönig" (priests' king). Henry defeated Conrad in the Battle of Nidda in southern Hesse in August 1246, and laid siege to Ulm and Reutlingen. Having suffered a mortal wound, he died February 1247 in Wartburg Castle near Eisenach in Thuringia.

Marriages

In 1228, he married Elisabeth (1206-1231), the daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg. After her death, he married Gertrude (c. 1210/1215 – 1241), the daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria. After her death, he married Beatrix (1225-1288), the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant.

All three of his marriages were childless. After his death, the Emperor enfeoffed Thuringia to Henry III, the son of his sister Jutta.

References

Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia Wikipedia


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