Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

Herman the Tall
Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel by Anton Boys
Born	c. 1275
Died	(1308-02-01)1 February 1308 Lübz, Duchy of Mecklenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Buried	Lehnin Abbey
Noble family	House of Ascania
Spouse(s)	Anne of Austria
Father	Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
Mother	Judith of Henneberg-Coburg

Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg, also known as Herman the Tall (c. 1275 – 1 February 1308), a member of the House of Ascania, was Margrave and co-ruler of Brandenburg with his cousin Margrave Otto IV of Brandenburg-Stendal.

Life[]

Herman was the son of Margrave Otto V of Brandenburg-Salzwedel and his wife Judith, daughter of the Franconian count Herman I of Henneberg. In 1299, he succeeded his father as co-regent of Brandenburg, which he ruled jointly with his cousin Otto IV. After the death of the Piast duke Bolko I of Jawor, he exercised the guardianship over Bolko's children.

In 1308, war broke out between Brandenburg and the Duchy of Mecklenburg, the so-called North German Margrave War. Herman and Otto invaded Mecklenburg and Herman died during the siege of Lübz. He was buried in the Lehnin Abbey.

Marriage and issue[]

In 1295 he married Anne of Austria (1280-1327), the daughter of the late Habsburg king Albert I of Germany. They had four children:

• Jutta (1301-1353), heiress of Coburg, married to Count Henry VIII of Henneberg (d. 1347)
• John V (1302-1317), his successor
• Matilda (d. 1323), heiress of Lower Lusatia, married Duke Henry IV "the Faithful" of Glogau (d. 1342)
• Agnes (1297-1334), heiress of the Altmark, married Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg (1281-1381). In 1319, she married her second husband, Duke Otto of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Göttingen (1290-1344).

References[]

• Otto von Heinemann (1880), "Hermann (Markgraf von Brandenburg)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 12, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 123–124