Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg, also knwon as Herman the Tall (c. 1275 – 1 February 1308 at Lübz) was Margrave and co-ruler of Brandenburg with his cousin Otto IV. He was the son of Margrave Otto V and Judith of Henneberg-Coburg.

Life

In 1299, he succeeded his father as co-regent of Brandenburg, which he ruled jointly with his cousin Otto IV. After the death of Duke Bolko I of Jawor, he exercised the guardianship over Bolko's children.

In 1308, war broke out between Brandenburg and 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 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 by Brunswick-Lüneburg-Göttingen (1290-1344).

References

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

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.