Herman III, Margrave of Baden
Hermann III of Baden | |
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Hermann II of Baden[1] | |
| Mother | Judith von Hohenberg |
Hermann III of Baden (c. 1105 – 16 January 1160), nicknamed the Great, was
He was the son of
from 1130 until 1160.Faithfully devoted to the Staufens, Hermann III came in conflict with his relatives from Zähringen-Swabia. In 1140 he participated in the siege of Weibtreu castle, and received the bailiwick of Selz in Alsace.
In 1151 the margravate of
Hermann III fought in the first Italian campaign of Emperor Frederick I, and gained the title margrave of Verona.[2]
Hermann III took part in the Second Crusade.[3]
Marriage and children
He married Bertha von Lothringen (d. after 1162), in 1134; she was the daughter of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife Adelaide of Leuven. He had the following children:
- Hermann IV (d. September 13, 1190)[4]
- Gertrud(d. before 1225) who married in 1180 Graf Albrecht von Dagsburg (d. 1211)
Secondly, he married
Hermann III was buried in the Augustine Monastery in Backnang.
References
- ^ a b Loud & Schenk 2017, p. xxxv.
- ^ Arnold 1991, p. 124.
- ^ Berry 1969, p. 506.
- ^ Freed 2016, p. 98.
Sources
- Arnold, Benjamin (1991). Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany. Cambridge University Press.
- Berry, Virginia G. (1969). "The Second Crusade". In Baldwin, Marshall W. (ed.). A History of the Crusade. The University of Wisconsin Press.
- Freed, John B. (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.
- Loud, Graham A.; Schenk, Jochen, eds. (2017). The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350: Essays by German Historians. Routledge.
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