Herman VIII, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim | |
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| Died | 1300 |
| Noble family | House of Zähringen |
| Father | Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden |
| Mother | Agnes of Truhendingen |
Herman VIII, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim was a son of Margrave Herman VII and his wife Agnes of Truhendingen. From 1291 until his death, he ruled Baden-Pforzheim, the northern part of the Margraviate of Baden, jointly with his brother Rudolf IV.
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Pforzheim is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany.
The Margraviate of Baden was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Spread along the east side of the Upper Rhine River in southwestern Germany, it was named a margraviate in 1112 and existed until 1535, when it was split into the two margraviates of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden. The two parts were reunited in 1771 under Margrave Charles Frederick. The restored Margraviate of Baden was elevated to the status of electorate in 1803. In 1806, the Electorate of Baden, receiving territorial additions, became the Grand Duchy of Baden. The rulers of Baden, known as the House of Baden, were a cadet line of the Swabian House of Zähringen.
Jacob I of Baden, was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1431 to 1453.
Bernard I of Baden was Margrave of the Margraviate of Baden from 1391 to 1431.
Charles I of Baden was a Margrave of Baden-Baden during 1454–1475.
Christopher I of Baden was the Margrave of Baden from 1475 to 1515.
Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, nicknamed Charles with the bag, governed the Margravate of Durlach from 1552 to 1577. On 1 June 1556 Charles issued a new Church Order, which made Lutheranism the official religion in Baden-Durlach.
Herman V, Margrave of Baden ruled Verona and Baden from 1190 until his death.
Herman(n) VIII may refer to:
Margrave Philip I of Baden took over the administration of his father's possessions Baden (Baden-Baden), Durlach, Pforzheim and Altensteig and parts of Eberstein, Lahr and Mahlberg in 1515 and ruled as governor until he inherited the territories in 1527. From 1524 till 1527, he also acted as an imperial governor in the second Imperial Government.
Margrave Ernest I of Baden-Durlach was the founder of the so-called "Ernestine" line of the House of Baden, the line from which the later Grand Dukes descended. He was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim from 1533 and resided in Pforzheim from 1537. In 1565, his son Charles II moved the capital to Durlach and thereby changed the name of his country to Baden-Durlach. He had to deal with the upcoming Reformation and the frequent Ottoman wars in Europe. In this turbulent time, he tried to maintain a neutral position between the Protestants and Catholics. He did not participate in the Schmalkaldic War.
Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach was a princess of Brandenburg-Kulmbach by birth and by marriage Margravine of Baden-Durlach.
Catherine of Lorraine was Margravine of Baden-Baden by marriage to Margrave Jacob of Baden-Baden.
Bernard IV, Margrave of Baden-Durlach was Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim from 26 September 1552 until his death.
Margrave James III of Baden-Hachberg was margrave of Baden-Hachberg from 1584 to 1590 and resided at Emmendingen. He converted, in 1590, from Lutheranism to the Roman Catholic confession, causing some political turmoil.
Rudolf Hesso of Baden-Baden was a son of Hesso, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife, Adelaide of Rieneck. He succeeded his father as Margrave of Baden-Baden in 1297, and ruled jointly with his uncle, Rudolf III. From 1332 to 1335, he ruled alone.
Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim was a son of Margrave Herman VII of Baden and his wife, Agnes of Truhendingen.
Rudolf V, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim was a son of Margrave Rudolf IV and his second wife Maria of Oettingen. In 1348, he succeeded his father as Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim.
Countess Palatine Irmengard of the Rhine, also known as Irmengard of Baden was Margravine of Baden by her marriage to Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden. She brought the city of Pforzheim into the marriage.
