Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

Hermann ( III.) of Brandenburg " the tall one" (* 1275, † February 1, 1308 at Lübz ) was a son of the Margrave Otto V and Judith of Henneberg and as co-regent with his cousin Margrave Otto IV as a legacy of care Coburg he wore when Hermann II also the title of Count of Henneberg, or Count of Franconia.

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 Schweidnitzer Bolko I. He held the guardianship of the minor children. When he could think of in association with Otto IV, while the North German Margrave War in 1308 in the Principality of Mecklenburg and castle Eldenburg ( Lübz ) besieged, he died. He was buried in the monastery Lehnin.

. 1295 he married Anna of Habsburg ( 1280-1327 ), daughter of the later Roman-German King Albrecht I. The couple had children:

  • Judith ( Jutta ) of Brandenburg- Salzwedel (~ 1301-1353 ), heiress of Coburg, married to Count Henry VIII of Henneberg († 1347 )
  • John V of Brandenburg (1302-1317)
  • Mathilde († 1323), heiress of Lower Lusatia, married Duke Henry IV of Silesia - Glogau († 1342 )
  • Agnes (~ 1298-1334 ), heir to the Altmark, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg married ( 1281-1319 ). 1319 she married in second marriage with Duke Otto of Brunswick- Lüneburg ( 1290-1344 ).
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