Herman, Duke of Carinthia
Herman II of Spanheim | |
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Agnes of Austria | |
Issue | Ulrich II, Duke of Carinthia Bernhard, Duke of Carinthia |
Father | Ulrich I, Duke of Carinthia |
Mother | Judith of Baden |
Herman II of Spanheim (died 4 October 1181), a scion of the Rhenish
Family
He was the second son of Duke Ulrich I of Carinthia (d. 1144) and his wife Judith of Zähringen, daughter of Margrave Herman II of Baden.[1]
Rule
In April 1144 Duke Ulrich I died, Herman's elder brother Henry V succeeded him. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of Margrave Leopold of Styria, and died childless on 12 October 1161, whereafter Herman succeeded him as Carinthian duke.[1]
Herman reached the confirmation of his rule by Emperor
With varying degrees of success he tried to consolidate his position in Carinthia by achieving the office of a
About 1173, Herman married
- Ulrich II, Duke of Carinthia (c. 1181–1202)[2]
- Bernhard, Duke of Carinthia (c. 1181–1256).[1]
Herman was the first Sponheim duke to be buried in
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Loud & Schenk 2017, p. xxxii.
- ^ a b Cyrus 2013, p. 225.
References
- Cyrus, Cynthia J. (2013). Received Medievalisms: A Cognitive Geography of Viennese Women's Convents. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Loud, Graham A.; Schenk, Jochen, eds. (2017). The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100–1350: Essays by German Historians. Taylor & Francis.