House of Henneberg

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Henneberg Coat of Arms
Henneberg Coat of Arms
Family tree (click to enlarge)
Family tree (click to enlarge)
Henneberg map dated 1594 but probably reflecting an earlier time
Henneberg map dated 1594 but probably reflecting an earlier time
Henneburg around 1350
Henneburg around 1350

House of Henneberg: a branch of the Franconian Babenbergs which was very powerful in Franconia and Thuringia particularly in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries

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[edit] Early Origins

The distant origins of this family are speculative yet seem to originate in the Rhine Valley, east of modern-day France. Charibert, a nobleman in Neustria is earliest recorded ancestor of the family, dating before 636. Five generations pass between Charibert and the next descendant of note, Rutpert I (Robert I), who became a count in the Upper Rhine Valley and in Wormgau. The Capetian dynasty (kings of France, Spain etc.) and the Babenberger (or Popponen) are direct male lineal descendants of Robert I and are referred to as Robertians. Out of the Franconian Babenbergs (or Popponen) came the House of Babenberg around which whose castle Bamberg formed and a Babenberg family, which claimed to descend from the Franconian Babenbergs, later ruled what became the duchy of Austria. Also a portion of the family adopted the name Henneberg in reference to their fortress, Burg Henneberg.

[edit] Robertians (Robertiner) family branches

Noblemen in Neustria and their descendants (dates uncertain):

  • Charibert (Until 636)
  • Chrodobertus (Robert) (From 636)
  • Lambert I (Lantbertus) (Until 650)
  • Chrodobertus II (Robert) (650-653)
  • Lambert II (653-741)

Count in the Upper Rhine Valley and Wormgau:

  • Rutpert I (Robert) (Robert I) (741-757)
    • (Rupert) Cancor, (died after 782), 745 Count Oberrheingau (probably also Thurgau), 758 Count in Breisgau, 775/778 Count in Zürichgau
      • Heimrich (Heimo), (died May 5, 795 at Lüne on the Elbe) 772/782 Count in Oberrheingau, 778 Count in Lahngau, 784 Abbot of Mosbach
    • Thurincbertus (Thuringbert), (died after June 1, 770)

See also: House of Capet

[edit] The end of the family

Whereas the male line of the House of Babenberg became extinct in 1246, the Hennebergs lived on until 1583, then its lands were eventually divided among the two branches of the Wettin family.

[edit] Some members of the Henneberg Family


[edit] Coats of arms incorporating Henneberg

Coat of arms of Berthold von Henneberg

Stadt Suhl
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Wartburgkreis

Landkreis Hildburghausen

Ilm-Kreis

Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Suhl

Schleusingen

Meiningen

Themar

Schmalkalden

[edit] See also

[edit] Literature

  • Schwennicke, Detlev. Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge. [European Family Trees: Family Trees for the History of European States, New Series.] BAND II, Tafel 10:Die Robertiner I und die Anfänge des Hauses Capet, 922-923 König der Westfranken, Marburg, Verlag von J.A. Stargardt (1984)
  • Historische Landkarte: Grafschaft Henneberg 1755 mit den Ämtern Schleusingen, Suhl, Kühndorf mit Bennshausen, Reprint 2003, Verlag Rockstuhl, ISBN 3-936030-15-4
  • Johannes Mötsch: Regesten des Archivs der Grafen von Henneberg-Römhild. Volumes 1 und 2. Böhlau, Köln etc. 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-35905-8

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