Noble family House of Henneberg Died December 18, 1290 Name Herman Count | Mother Jutta of Thuringia Father Poppo VII of Henneberg Parents Jutta of Thuringia | |
Spouse Margaret of Holland, Countess of Henneberg (m. 1249) Grandparents Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia Great-grandparents Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia, Judith of Hohenstaufen People also search for Margaret of Holland, Countess of Henneberg | ||
Herman I, Count of Henneberg (1224 – 18 December 1290) was the son of Count Poppo VII of Henneberg and his wife, Jutta of Thuringia (born: 1184; died: 6 August 1235 in Schleusingen), the eldest daughter of Landgrave Herman I of Thuringia. This was Boppo's second marriage, and also Jutta's second marriage. Margrave Henry III of Meissen was Herman's half-brother from his mother's side. Herman supported the election of his uncle Henry Raspe as anti-king of the Germans.
Herman founded the "new lordship" around Coburg and Eisenburg, which was inherited by the House of Wettin via his grand-niece Catherine of Henneberg.
Marriage and issue
In 1249, Herman married with Margaret (died: 26 March 1276), the sister of Count William II of Holland and King of the Germans. They had three children: