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:

• Judith (Jutta) (1297-1353), 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 (in German), vol. 12, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 123–124