Henry Raspe
Henry Raspe | |
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Elisabeth of Brandenburg | |
| Father | Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia |
| Mother | Sophia of Wittelsbach |
Henry Raspe (German: Heinrich Raspe; c. 1204 – 16 February 1247) was the
, but his contested reign lasted a mere nine months.Biography
Henry Raspe was born c. 1204 to Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia and Sophia of Wittelsbach. In 1226, Henry's brother
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, he was selected by Emperor Frederick II to be administrator of Germany for Frederick's under-age son Conrad.
After
Personal life
In 1228, Henry Raspe married
Elisabeth (1206-1231), the daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg.[7] After her death, he married Gertrude (c. 1210/1215 – 1241),[8] the daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria. After Gertrude of Babenberg's death, he married Beatrice of Brabant (1225-1288),[8] the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant
.
All three of his marriages were childless.enfeoffed Thuringia to Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, the son of his sister Jutta.
References
- ^ Van Cleve 1969, p. 446.
- ^ Cox 1974, p. 180.
- ^ Stubbs 1908, p. 36.
- ^ Van Cleve 1972, p. 494.
- ^ a b Knodler 2010, p. 184.
- ^ Rogers, Caferro & Reid 2010, p. 110.
- ^ Lyon 2013, p. 241.
- ^ a b Lyon 2013, p. 243.
- ^ Rasmussen 1997, p. 63.
Bibliography
- Cox, Eugene L. (1974). The Eagles of Savoy. Princeton University Press.[ISBN missing]
- Knodler, Julia (2010). "Germany:Narrative (1125–1250)". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press.
- Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100–1250. Cornell University Press.
- Rasmussen, Ann Marie (1997). Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815603894.
- Rogers, C.J.; Caferro, W.; Reid, S. (2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533403-6.
- Stubbs, William (1908). Germany in the Later Middle Ages, 1200–1500. Longmans, Green and Co.
- Van Cleve, Thomas C. (1969). "The Crusade of Frederick II". In Wolff, Robert Lee; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades. Vol. II. The University of Wisconsin Press.
- Van Cleve, Thomas C. (1972). The Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen: Immutator Mundi. Clarendon Press.
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