Herman IV, Duke of Swabia

Hermann IV ( perhaps * 1015, † Summer 1038 ) from the family of Babenberg was Duke of Swabia from 1030 to his death.

Origin and heritage

He was the younger son of Duke Ernst I and the later Empress Gisela of Swabia, the younger brother of Duke Ernst II, whose revolt against the Emperor Conrad II, the step-father of the brothers, in 1030 ended with his death.

The Kingdom of Burgundy, for its heritage Ernst II and thus Hermann IV came into question, but that the Emperor the half-brother of the two, the later Emperor Henry III. was intended, went as planned to the latter, and Hermann, who still immature middle son Gisela was lucky that he was left the duchy of Swabia. His guardian was Warmann Bishop of Constance. He died only eight years later, whereupon the emperor moved the Duchy and ruled until 1045 itself.

Family

Hermann perhaps married Adelaide of Turin in 1036 ( probably * 1015, † December 27, 1091 ), the mistress of Turin and daughter of Margrave Udalrich Manfred of Turin from the family of Arduine and the Berta, and led since then even the title of his father.

Research

Following a later Austrian source, the latest research has accustomed in uncritical way to resolve the traditionally regarded as childless Duke a daughter Richwara, ancestress of Zaehringen while the force applied by Franz Tyroller thesis, the Counts of Kastl and Sulzbach were also descendants of the Duke is generally rejected. Neither is the possession of the historical argument Richwara thesis convincing nor the solution to the question of Nahehen and age ratios. The lexicon of the Middle Ages is the marriage of Hermann in 1036 and on the genealogy of Zaehringen annexed the birth of the eldest son of Richwara to 1040. Richwara At this time would be no older than four years have been. 2006 Hlawitschka see (Berthold I. ( Zahringen ) ) rejected this Richwara lineage.

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