Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Hermann I (* 1155, † April 25, 1217 in Gotha ) from the family of Ludowinger was Count Palatine of Saxony and Landgrave of Thuringia.
Life
Hermann was the younger son of Louis II of Hungary and his wife Jutta, a half-sister of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Together with his older brother, the future Louis III. , He was brought up among others at the court of Louis VII of France. 1181 was Hermann von Ludwig III. the County Palatine of Saxony. After Louis died in 1190 was the Third Crusade, Hermann also inherited the land county.
1197 Hermann took part in the crusade of his cousin the Emperor Henry VI. , Which was canceled after the sudden death of Henry.
After the death of Henry VI. 1197 wrestled the two selected kings Philip of Swabia and Otto IV, the "German" throne dispute over the recognition of their kingdom. Landgraf Hermann moved here several times the pages. He struggled through this exchange to enlarge his territory and to make closed. The same goal was continued by him marriage policy of the Thuringian: He was the cousin of King Ottokar of Bohemia, his son Ludwig married Hermann with the Hungarian Princess Elizabeth. In 1211 he decided to support Barbarossa's grandson Frederick II in his bid for the German crown.
Through his time as education in Paris, he was acquainted with contemporary French literature, which he promoted German revision. On Landgrafenhof among others Henry of Veldeke Eneasroman, Wolfram von Eschenbach Willehalm emerged, possibly parts of Parzival and Herb town of Fritzlar Liet of Troye. The Wartburg was under his rule definitively to the headquarters of Ludowinger. 1206 is there to the Singers' have taken place, attended by such important minstrel as Walther von der Vogelweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach.
On April 25, 1217 Hermann I. died in Gotha. He was buried in Eisenach Catherine's Monastery. Was succeeded by his son Ludwig IV
Marriages and descendants
Hermann married in 1182 in first marriage of Sophia Sommerschenburg († 1189/90 ) that of Count Henry I of Wettin, with whom he had two daughters widow:
- Jutta (* 1184, † 1235 )
- Hedwig († 1247 )
In 1196 he married Sophia ( * 1170, † 1238 ), daughter of Duke Otto I of Bavaria. The marriage produced six children:
- Irmgard (* 1196, † 1244)
- Hermann ( * before 1200, † 1216 )
- Louis IV ( * 1200, † 1227 ), 1217-1227, Landgrave of Thuringia
- Henry Raspe (1204-1247), 1227-1247, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1246/47 Roman- German anti-king
- Agnes (* 1205, † before 1247 )
- Konrad ( * 1206/ 07, † 1240), 1239/40 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order