Herman Count of Winzenburg I

• Preferred Name: Herman Count of Winzenburg I^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1137 in Segeberg, Kreis Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prusse, Deutsches Reich at LATI: N3.9346 LONG: E0.3018
  
• FSID: GXFX-VTJ
  
• Birth: 1083 in Deutschland at LATI: N1.5 LONG: E0
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia (Note there are large discrepancies between this and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy)
  
  Herman I, Count of Winzenburg (also known as Herman of Windberg; c.?1083-137 or 1138) was count of Formbach and Radelberg. From 1109 to 1130, he was also Count of Winzenburg and from 1122 to 1138, he was Count of Reinhausen. He was also Landgrave of Thuringia from 1111 to 1130 and Margrave of Meissen from 1124 to 1130. And finally, he was high bailiff of Corvey Abbey.
  
  He was a son of Count Meginhard IV of Formbach, and his wife Matilda, a daughter of Count Elli II of Reinhausen.
  
  At a young age, he moved in with his maternal uncle, Bishop Udo of Hildesheim. In Hildesheim, he attended the cathedral school. At the age of sixteen, he travelled with his uncle to Mainz, to be presented to the emperor on 9 November 1099.
  
  He was the first member of the family to call himself of Winzenburg, after Winzenburg Castle, southeast of Alfeld, which he received as a fief from his uncle Udo.
  
  He was an advisor of Emperor Henry V and became very powerful during Henry's reign. In 1109, Henry V sent him to Rome, as a member of a diplomatic mission. In 1111 or 1112, he became the first Landgrave of Thuringia, after it was split off from the Duchy of Saxony.
  
  He fulfilled his obligations as bailiff of Corvey Abbey from a distance. When the sons of Count Widekind I of Schwalenberg attacked the abbey, Herman remained inactive.
  
  In the Investiture Controversy, he sided with the Pope. This meant that he had to flee to the area where he was born, on the upper Inn. He made a large donation to the Göttweig Abbey.
  
  In 1122, his uncle Herman III of Reinhausen died in Formbach, and thereby the Counts of Reinhausen died out in the male line. As his closest relative, Herman I inherited Reinhausen and he also became bailiff of Reinhausen Abbey, which his maternal ancestors had founded. Later that year, his father died, and Herman I inherited Windberg and Formbach as well. He also became Count of the Leinegau.
  
  In 1130, he came into conflict with Burchard I of Loccum, and advisor of Emperor Lothair III, about the construction of Burchard's castle. Herman I had Burchard assassinated on a cemetery. On 18 August 1130, during the Diet of Quedlinburg, Herman was outlawed for this murder, and all his fiefs were revoked:
  
  * The Landgraviate of Thuringia was given to Louis VII of Bavaria.
  * The Margraviate of Meissen was given in its entirety to Conrad of Wettin.
  * Winzenburg castle and the associated manors fell back to the Bishopric of Hildesheim, because these were fiefs from Hildesheim.
  
  Herman I and his sons Herman II and Henry retreated to Winzenburg Castle, and defended it for several months against the army the Emperor had sent. They surrendered on 31 December 1130. Herman I was arrested and brought the Blankenburg. He was then held in custody in the Rhineland for several years. In 1134, he was released and charged with defensive duties in Holstein. He was commander of Segeberg fortress, where he died in 1137 or 1138. His death was mentioned in a document about the family that founded Reinhausen Abbey, written by abbott Reinhard sometime between 1153 and 1156. Reinhard himself died on 7 May 1156 and was buried in the church of Reinhausen Abbey. The document can be found in the State Archive in Hanover, document nr. 2 in the Reinhausen Abbey file.
  
  Marriage and issue
  Herman married twice. His first wife was a countess of Everstein, whose name has not been preserved. With her, he had two children:
  
  1.) Sophie (c.?1105 - 25 March 1160), married Albert the Bear, Margrave of Brandenburg
  2.) Conrad
  
  His second wife was either Hedwig of Assel-Woltingerode or Hedwig of Carniola-Istria, the niece of Count Ulrich II of Weimar-Orlamünde (d. 1112). With her, he had four more children:
  
  1.) Beatrix, abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 2 April 1160)
  2.) Herman II (c.?1110-20 or 30 January 1152)
  3.) Matilda (also known as Jutta) (d. 22 May 1155), married in 1128 to Count Udo IV of Stade, Margrave of the Nordmark
  4.) Henry (c.?1110/1115 -1146), Count of Assel
  
  === Graf von Ratelnburg1107, von Winzenburg ===
  Graf von Ratelnburg1107, von Winzenburg 1109, Markgraf von Meißen 1113, Markgraf von Sachsen 1114, Stifter des Benediktinerklosters Göttweig mit seinem Bruder Ulrich und des Klosters Reinhausen 1108.
  
  === Gf.1097 Gf. v. Windberg, 1107 Gf. v. Rat ===
  Gf.1097 Gf. v. Windberg, 1107 Gf. v. Ratelnberg, 1109 Gf. v. Winzenburg, 1112 Markgf., 1114 Markgf. v. Sachsen, stiftet 1108 Kloster Reinhausen, stiftet mit Bruder Ulrich 1083 Kloster Kloster Göttweig, Vogt daselbst
  
  === Børn & begivenheder ===
  Graf von Windberg, Ratelberg, Winzenburg. Død i Kloster Vornbach, Passau, Bayern, Germany
  
  Børn:
  
  Hermann II. von Winzenburg, d. 30 jan. 1152, Germany (Deutschland)
  + 2. Graf Heinrich III. von Assel, d. 1146
  + 3. Sophia von Winzenburg, f. ca. 1100, d. 8 jul. 1160 (Age ~ 60 år)
  
  === Graf von Windberg 1075, Vogt von Formbac ===
  Graf von Windberg 1075, Vogt von Formbach 1109,von Gottweig 1121.
  
  === Marriages and children ===
  Hermann von Winzenburg war vermutlich zweimal verheiratet:
  
  ∞ 1.) eine Eversteinerin
  Sophie (um 1105–25. März 1160) ∞ evtl. Albrecht I. der Bär, Markgraf von Brandenburg
  Konrad
  ∞ 2.) entweder Hedwig von Assel-Woltingerode, Tochter des Grafen,
  oder Hedwig von Krain-Istrien, der Nichte des Ulrich II. von Weimar-Orlamünde († 1112),
  Beatrix († 2. April 1160), 1123 Äbtissin von Neuenheerse und 1138 auch von Quedlinburg
  Hermann II. von Winzenburg (um 1110–29./30. Januar 1152)
  Mathilde (Jutta) († 22. Mai 1155) ∞ 1128 Lothar Udo IV. Markgraf der Nordmark (aus der Grafschaft Stade)
  Heinrich Graf von Assel / Asselburg[5] (um 1110/15–1146)
  
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• m. um 1107 in Deutschland

1. Sophie of Winzenburg , b. 1108 in Winzenburg, Alfeld, Provinz Hannover, Preußen, Deutsches Reich     d. 7 JUL 1160 in Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany

1. Title: Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_I,_Count_of_Winzenburg;
   
2. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Note: HERMANN von Windberg, son of MEGINHARD IV Vogt von Niederaltaich [Formbach] & his wife Mathilde von Reinhausen (-Vornbach 1122). According to the 14th century Genealogia comitum Neuburgensium sive Formbacensium, "Meginhardus frater senioris Tiemonis genuit Oudalricum, Hermannum provincie comitem et Chunradum"[1557], although it appears incorrect that their father was brother of "senioris Tiemonis". Graf von Windberg 1097. The Codex Traditionum of Formbach monastery records a donation by "domnus Odalricus de Windeperge frater domni Herimanni", and names "Thiemo avus suus"[1558]. The Codex Traditionum of Formbach monastery records a dispute with Suben monastery, and names "due…sorores Touta et Himildrud…nobilissimis" and "filios Meginhardi comitis Odalricum et Hermannum ac filios Tiemonis Ekkebertum et Heinricum et domnam Itam"[1559]. Graf von Windberg 1097. Graf von Ratelberg 1107. Graf von Winzenburg 1109. Markgraf 1112. Markgraf von Sachsen 1114. He founded Kloster Reinhausen 1108. The Annales Reicherspergenses record the death in 1122 of "Hermannus comes provincialis"[1560]. The Auctarium Claustroneoburgense records the death in 1122 of "Hermannus comes provincialis de Saxonia"[1561]. The Annales Stadenses record that "comitis Burchardi de Lucken" killed "lantgravius Hermannus de Wincenburg"[1562]. m firstly ---. The primary source which confirms this first marriage has not been identified. m secondly HEDWIG, daughter of --- (-Kloster Windberg 1 Dec 1162). The Codex Traditionum of Formbach monastery records a donation by "Comes Chonradus de Ratelinberg…per manum patrui sui comitis Hermanni de Windeperge", which names the latter´s wife "cometissa Haedewic cum filio suo Herimanno"[1563]. Wegener records that Hadewich, widow of Graf Heriman, donated property to Göttweig with her son Heriman by charter dated [1122], witnessed by Adalbert son of Markgraf Luitpold[1564]. The necrology of Windberg records the death "Kal Dec 1162" of "Hadewich coma et fundatrix loci huius"[1565]. The necrology of Oberaltaich records the death "Kal Dec" of "Hadewic coma"[1566]. It is possible that she was Hedwig of Carniola and Istria, daughter of Poppo II Marchese di Carniola e Istria & his wife Richgard von Sponheim, who married [secondly] ([1123]) as his second wife, Adalbert [II] Graf von Bogen. The Historia Welforum refers to the two daughters of "Poponem marchionem", specifying that they married "unam Bertholfo comiti de Andehse, aliam Alberto comiti de Bogen"[1567]. The De Advocatis Altahensibus names "Hadwigam" as wife of "Aschwinus…comes de Bogen…dicitur Adilpertum comitem", specifying that her husband was "advocatus Altahensis ecclesie"[1568]. The primary source which specifies clearly that the wife of Graf Adalbert was the widow of Graf Hermann has not so far been identified, although the [1122] charter referred to above suggests that this might be correct. Graf Hermann & his [first] wife had four children: 1. KONRAD von Winzenburg . 2. BEATRIX von Winzenburg (-2 Apr 1160). 3. DIETRICH von Winzenburg (-28 Feb 1127). 4. GOTTFRIED von Winzenburg . Graf Hermann & his second wife had five children: 5. HERMANN [II] von Winzenburg (-murdered Winzenburg 30 Jan 1152). 6. MECHTILD von Winzenburg (-23 May 1155). 7. SOPHIA von Winzenburg (-25 Mar 1160, bur Lamspringe). 8. HEINRICH [III] von Windberg (-1146 after 3 Aug). 9. WOLFGANG von Windberg (-before 1188).