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Heinrich I. von Brandenburg
- Preferred Name: Heinrich I. von Brandenburg[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Alternate Name: Heinrich Van HESSEN
- Alternate Name: Heinrich II Count von Brandenburg
- Alternate Name: Heinrich II von Brandenburg
- Alternate Name: of Hesse
- Alternate Name: Heinrich Margrave of Brandenburg II
- Gender: M
- Birth: 21 MAR 1256 in Kurfürstentum Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire at LATI: N2.5 LONG: E3.5 with note: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Stendal
- Nickname:
- Familie: in Askanier with note: GEDCOM data
- Death: 14 FEB 1318 in Brandenburg, Germany at LATI: N2.5 LONG: E3.5 with note: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Stendal
- Fact+5: in Ohneland with note: GEDCOM data
- Burial: in Elisabethkirche, Marburg, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany. at LATI: N0.8021 LONG: E0.7658 with note: GEDCOM data
- Markgraf: BET 1293 AND 1318 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: LZRT-BM5
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Margrave Henry I (nicknamed Henry Lackland; 21 March 1256 – 14 February 1318) was a member of the House of Ascania and Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal and Landsberg.
Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
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Henry I and Otto IV
Born
21 March 1256
Died
14 February 1318 (aged 61)
Noble family
House of Ascania
Spouse(s)
Agnes of Bavaria
Father
John I, Margrave of Brandenburg
Mother
Jutta of Saxony
Life
Henry was a son of Margrave John I of Brandenburg and his third wife, Jutta, the daughter of Duke Albert I of Saxony. The origin of his nickname "Lackland" is not known. Henry was more than fifteen years younger than his brothers John II, Otto IV "with the arrow" and Conrad I and was therefore likely to be excluded from governing when his brothers inherited the Margraviate.
It was not until 1294 he began to participate in the government of the country. When he did, he received — according to an excerpt from the Bohemian chronicler Přibík Pulkava — Delitzsch as his seat. Delitzsch was located in the Margraviate of Landsberg, which Margrave Albert II of Meissen had sold to the Margraves of Brandenburg. From then on, Henry used the title of Margrave of Landsberg in addition to Margrave of Brandenburg in almost all documents. As Margrave of Landsberg, he fought several feuds with neighbouring princes. He was excommunicated by archbishop Burchard II of Magdeburg.
In 1311, Henry lost a feud to Duke Rudolf I of Saxony and had to hand over the County Palatine of Saxony with the castles Grillenberg Castle in Sangerhausen and Raspenburg Castle in Rastenberg to Rudolf I. He also lost a feud to Margrave Dietrich IV of Lusatia.
After Emperor Henry VII, Henry's nephew Margrave Waldemar proposed to elect Henry I as King of the Romans. Henry I appears to have declined the proposal, and his promised by deed to vote for Duke Frederick the Fair or his brother Leopold I. However, in the end, Henry voted for Duke Louis IV of Bavaria.
Henry died on 14 February 1318 at the age of 61 years.
Marriage and issue
Henry was married to Agnes, the daughter of Duke Louis II "the Strict" of Bavaria and widow of Landgrave Henry the Younger of Hesse. Henry and Agnes had three children:
Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg
Sophia (1300-1356), married Duke Magnus I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Judith, married in 1318 to Duke Henry II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
References
Otto von Heinemann (1880), "Heinrich I. (Markgraf von Brandenburg und Landsberg)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 11, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 482–483
=== ?? Line 215526: (New PAF RIN=14272) 1 NA ===
?? Line 215526: (New PAF RIN=14272) 1 NAME Heinrich "Der Jungere", Prince Of/HESSE/ ?? Line 215534: (New PAF RIN=14272) 1 BURI 2 PLAC Bei St. Elisabeth, Marburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
=== ?? Line 218844: (New PAF RIN=14509) 1 NA ===
?? Line 218844: (New PAF RIN=14509) 1 NAME Heinrich I, Margrave Of/BRANDENBURG/
=== !#552-V1-T69; !#18-V1-T59; ===
!#552-V1-T69; !#18-V1-T59;
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== Markgf. v. B. zu Havelland 1293, Markgf. ===
Markgf. v. B. zu Havelland 1293, Markgf. v. Landsberg 1303
=== ?? Line 1081: (New PAF RIN=48203) 1 NAME ===
?? Line 1081: (New PAF RIN=48203) 1 NAME Heinrich "Der Jungere", Prince Of /HESSE/ ?? Line 1089: (New PAF RIN=48203) 1 BURI 2 PLAC Bei St. Elisabeth, Marburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
=== Landgrave of Hessen * ===
Landgrave of Hessen *
=== BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER ===
BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 460;
=== !#135-1893-p152; ===
!#135-1893-p152;
=== ?? Line 4388: (New PAF RIN=49597) 1 NAME ===
?? Line 4388: (New PAF RIN=49597) 1 NAME Johann II, Margrave Of /BRANDENBURG/
Preferred Parents:
Father: Johann I. von Brandenburg, b. um 1213 d. nach 3. Juni 1266
Mother: Jutta von Sachsen, b. 1228 in Wittenberg, Sachsen, Prussia d. 23 DEC 1287
Family 1: Agnes von Bayern Markgräfin von Brandenburg, b. 1276 d. 1345
- m. 1303
- m. 15 JAN 1290 in Munchen, Oberbayern, Bavaria
- Sophia of Brandenburg , b. 1303 in Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany d. 1356 in Göttingen, Hanover, Preußen, Germany
- Agnes von Hessen, b. ABT 1292 in Hessen, Prussia, Germany. d. 11 JAN 1332
Sources:
- Title: Heinrich von Hessen, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-9DXS : 12 June 2020), Heinrich von Hessen, 1298; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-9DXS;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Heinrich II Brandenburg Margrave of Brandenburg -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Heinrich II Brandenburg Margrave of Brandenburg -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Heinrich I Brandenburg -
Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members., Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247126682
- Title: Wikipedia
Author: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_von_Bayern
Publication: Name: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_von_Bayern;
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