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Hermann III. Otto III. Father. Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde. Mother. Sophie of Denmark. Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde ( c. 1184 – 27 December 1247) was a member of the House of Ascania. He ruled the County of Weimar-Orlamünde from 1206 until his death.
- c. 1184
- House of Ascania
- 27 December 1247
- Beatrix of Andechs-Merania
Apr 8, 2023 · Death: October 19, 1176 (45-46) Weimar-Orlamünde, Deutschland (HRR) Immediate Family: Son of Albrecht I "The Bear", Margrave of Brandenburg; Albrecht I (The Bear) von Brandenburg; Sophie von Bayern und Sachsen and Sophie von Winzenburg. Husband of Irmgard von Weimar-Orlamünde and Unknown Unknown. Father of Siegfried III.
When Hermann I. Graf von Weimar-Orlamünde was born on 1 January 1130, in Saxe-Altenburg, Germany, his father, Albrecht I. 'der Bär' Markgraf von Brandenburg, was 30 and his mother, Sophie von Winzenburg, was 22. He married Beatrix II. von Winzenburg Äbtissin von Quedlinburg. He died on 19 October 1176, in Germany, at the age of 46.
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- Irmgard
Graf Herman von Orlamünde II was born about 1184, in Saxe-Altenburg as the son of Siegfried von Weimar Orlamünde III and Estrid Valdemarsdatter. He married Beatrix von Andechs-Meranien about 1231, in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died about 27 December 1247, in his hometown, at the age ...
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- Beatrix Von Andechs-Meranien
In 1080 he married Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde († 1100), widow of Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt. She was a daughter of Otto of Orlamünde, count of Weimar and margrave of Meissen in Thuringia, and Adela of Brabant. Together they had two children who had died by 1085.
Herman III was a son of Herman II (d. 1247) and his wife, Beatrix of Andechs-Merania (d. 1265). Hermann and his brother Otto III jointly inherited the Franconian possessions of their maternal uncle Otto II. They resided at the Plassenburg . In 1278, Hermann and Otto divided their inheritance. Otto III took the County of Weimar and the ...
In 1214, Herman of Thuringia took Herman of Weimar-Orlamünde prisoner at Weimar Castle. Landgrave Louis IV of Thuringia also fought against the brothers Herman and Albert. Despite the continuing troubles with Thuringia, Herman II managed to expand his territorial sovereignty. He founded the city of Weimar and a Cistercian monastery at Oberweimar.
