Herman I, Duke of Swabia

Hermann I († December 10 949) from the noble Conradines was 926-949 as the first of his family Duke of Swabia.

Life

Hermann was the son of lotharingischen Duke Gebhard and a cousin of King Conrad I ostfränkenischen

When in the year 926 Duke Burchard II of Swabia fell in Italy, broke out again the fight for - not yet hereditary - title of Duke of Swabia; This was decided by King Henry I., by forgiving the duchy at the Diet of Worms in the same year to an outside relatives - and thus finally made ​​clear, was that responsible for the investiture of the Dukes of Swabia, the king and not the nobility of the country.

Heinrich certain the Franks and Conradines Hermann duke.

Hermann Burchard married widow Linda regulation and thus came towards the emerging because of the approach of the king front of the Swabian nobility.

However, Hermann had to make more concessions: St. Gallen was finally placed under the protection of the Roman-German king, the Diocese of Chur received imperial awarded, which had previously used the Duke himself.

On the other hand, became the country due to the political interests of the Ottos to the focal point of European power politics: the domination of the Alpine passes supported the interests in Italy, rule over the Belfort Gap interests in Burgundy.

In addition to his title of Duke Hermann Graf was 939 in Lahngau and 948 Count in Auelgau; he was 947 lay abbot of Echternach and founded the monastery of St. Florin in Koblenz.

Hermann counted together with his brother Udo 's closest advisers Otto. Otto's son Liudolf was around the turn of the year 947/948 only with Hermann's daughter and heiress Ida ( Ita) († May 17 986 ) married.

After Hermann's death on December 10, 949 King Otto the Great rendered at the Diet of Worms 950 the Duchy his own son Liudolf.

Hermann was in the - buried Erasmus chapel of the church of the monastery of Reichenau on the nearby island of Reichenau in Lake Constance - no longer exists today.