Herman I, Count of Henneberg | |
Count of Henneberg-Coburg | |
Noble Family: | House of Henneberg |
Father: | Poppo VII of Henneberg |
Mother: | Jutta of Thuringia |
Spouse: | Margaret of Holland |
Issue: | Herman Poppo Jutta |
Birth Date: | 1224 |
Burial Place: | Frauenroth, Bavaria |
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 Poppo'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.
In 1249, Herman married Margaret (died: 26 March 1276), the sister of Count William II of Holland and King of the Germans. They had three children: