Poppo VII Graf von Henneberg

Poppo VII Graf von Henneberg

• Son of Poppo VI von Henneberg, Burggraf von Würzburg, Domvogt von Würzburg and Sophie von Andechs-Meranien

Project MedLands THURINGIAN NOBILITY

POPPO [VII] von Henneberg, son of POPPO [VI] Graf von Henneberg & his wife Sophie von Andechs-Merano (-21 Aug 1245, bur Vessra). Graf von Henneberg. “Popbo comes in Hennenberg” restored property to Kloster Vessra by charter dated 1212, witnessed by “...Liuggardis palatina...”[405]. Vogt von Kloster Bildhausen. "Henricus…Thuringie lanthgravius Saxonie comes palatinus…" settled a dispute between Hermann Bishop of Würzburg and "comitem Bopponem de Hennenberch et filios suos Henricum et Hermannum" by charter dated 8 May 1240[406]. married firstly ELISABETH, daughter of ? (-[1220]). The primary source which confirms her marriage has not been identified.
married secondly (Leipzig 3 Jan 1223) as her second husband, JUTTA von Thüringen, widow of DIETRICH von Meissen Herr zu Weissenfels, daughter of HERMANN I Landgraf of Thuringia & his first wife Sophie --- ([1183]-Schleusingen 6 Jul 1235). The Genealogica Wettinensis names "Iuditam" as the daughter of "Hermannus tunc comes palatinus Saxonie, postmodem etiam comes provincialis Thuringie" and his wife Sophie, naming her husband "Tiderici marchionis Misnensis et Orientalis, filii Othonis marchionis"[407]. The Cronica Reinhardsbrunnensis records the first marriage of "filia prima Iutta" and "Theoderici marchioni Misnensi" and her second marriage to "Bopponem comitem de Hennenberg patruum comitis Bertoldi de Henneberg" as well as her son by her second marriage "Hermannum comitem de Hennenberg" who was father of "Bopponem iuniorem de Hennenberg et Bertoldum episcopum"[408], although "Hermannum" appears to be an error for "Popponem".

Poppo [VII] & his first wife ELISABETH had four children:

• 1. LUITGARD (-14 Jun 1267, bur Doberan). “Johannes...dominus Magnopolensis et dominus Henricus suus filius” confirmed the privileges of Lübeck Cathedral by charter dated 17 Mar 1257, attached the seal of “---tgardis domina Magnopolensis” which displays the arms of Henneberg[409]. The primary source which confirms her parentage more precisely has not been identified, although it is suggested by the name Poppo given to one of the couple’s children. “Henricus...dominus de Magnopoli” donated revenue to Kloster Doberan, for the souls of “patris nostri...domini Johannis de Wismaria et matris nostre domine Luthgardis, fratrisque nostri domini Alberti”, by charter dated 14 Jun 1267[410]. married ([1229]%29 JOHANN [I] von Mecklenburg, son of HEINRICH BORWIN [II] Herr von Mecklenburg zu Rostock & his wife Christine of Scotland (-1 Aug 1264).
• 2. ADELHEID (-before 1259). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the charter dated 1261 under which [her sons] “Ludewicus, Gerhardus et Heinricus fratres comites de Rienecke” protested the destruction of Schloß Esch, naming “avunculo nostro comite Hermanno de Hennenberg” as mediator[411]. The chronology of her first husband indicates that Adelheid must have been born from her father’s first marriage. The primary source which confirms her second marriage has not been identified. married firstly LOUIS [Ludwig] de Looz Graf von Rieneck, son of GERARD [III] de Looz Graf von Rieneck & his wife Kunigunde von Zimmern (-before 11 Aug 1236). married secondly HEINRICH [II] Graf von Stolberg, son of --- (-after 20 May 1272).
• 3. BERTHA (-after 1254). “Fridericus comes de Chastel et uxor sua domina Bertha dicta de Hennenberc” sold “bona sua in Stammheim” to five named knights in Würzburg by charter dated 10 Apr 1250[412]. “Bertha comitissa de Castele cum Friderico et Hermanno comitibus filius suis” donated property “in Svebeheim” to “monasterio Ebracensi”, for the salvation of “mariti Friderici quondam comitis”, by charter dated 1254[413]. married FRIEDRICH [I] Graf von Castell, son of RUPRECHT [II] Graf von Castell & his wife Hedwig --- (-[1251/54]).
• 4. HEINRICH [I] (-9 Apr 1262). "Henricus…Thuringie lanthgravius Saxonie comes palatinus…" settled a dispute between Hermann Bishop of Würzburg and "comitem Bopponem de Hennenberch et filios suos Henricum et Hermannum" by charter dated 8 May 1240[414]. Graf von Henneberg.

Poppo [VII] & his second wife JUTTA von Thüringen had [five] children:

• 5. HERMANN [I] (-Aschach 18 Dec 1290, bur Kloster Frauenrod). "Henricus…Thuringie lanthgravius Saxonie comes palatinus…" settled a dispute between Hermann Bishop of Würzburg and "comitem Bopponem de Hennenberch et filios suos Henricum et Hermannum" by charter dated 8 May 1240[415]. Graf von Henneberg. “Hermannus comes de Hennenberch” protected the church of Bamberg, excepting against “episcopo Herbipolensi et fratre suo comite Henrico de Hennenberch et sororio suo Friderico comite de Kastel...”, by charter dated Sep 1249[416]. "Hermannus…comes de Hennenberc" granted privileges to the church of Vessra by charter dated 1259[417]. "Henricus et Hermannus comites de Hennenberg" made an alliance with Iring Bishop of Würzburg against Schweinfurt by charter dated 6 Feb 1259[418]. "Hermannus…comes de Henninberg" granted Schloß Dornberg to "Ditero…comiti de Katzenelnbogen, Margarete comitisse uxori sue" by charter dated 22 Sep 1270[419]. "Hermannus...comes de Hennenberg", in accordance with the request of “patruo nostro Bertoldi comiti de Hennenberg”, confirmed that “dominus Bertoldus frater noster Herbipolensis episcopus” would grant rights over certain properties to “patruus noster prefatus...fratres sui Hermannus et Heinricus” by charter dated 3 Jun 1273[420]. "Hermannus comes de Hayneburg...Boppone", on his behalf and on behalf of “Boppone filio nostro...Othone marchione Brandenburgensi et Jutta filia nostra eiusdem marchionis uxore”, the hereditary rights of “domina Margareta quondam uxor nostra materque dictorum Bopponis et Jutte” in “comitatu Hollandie” to “domino Johanni de Avesnis comiti Hannonie” by charter dated Aug 1281[421]. married MARGARETA of Holland, daughter of FLORIS IV Count of Holland & his wife Mathilde de Brabant (-26 Mar 1277, bur Kloster Losduinen). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names "Willelmum regem Romanorum et Florentium et Aleydem comitissam Hanonie et Margaretam comitissam de Hinneberga" as children of "Florentius comes Hollandie" & his wife Mathilde[422]. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke names (in order) "Wilhelmum Romanorum regem, Florencium presidem, Adelheidim Hannonie, et Machtildim Hennenbergie comitissas" as children of Count Floris IV & his wife, "Machtildim" presumably being an error for "Margaretam"[423]. "Wilhelmus…Romanorum rex" granted property to "comiti Hermanno de Henneberg…sororio nostro Margaretam…sororem nostram" on their marriage by charter dated 12 Jul 1249[424]. Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "ipso die parasceve" in 1276 of "Margreta de Hennenbergh comitissa, soror regis Wilhelmi peperit filios et filias 364…sepulta in Lausdunis"[425].

Hermann [I] & his wife MARGARETA of Holland had three children:

• a) HERMANN (-24 Oct 1250, bur Losduinen). Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records that "comitisse Margarete et Hermanni comitis primogenitus" died in 1250 and was buried "in Lausdunis", his epitaph reading "hic iacet Hermannus…puer…qui obiit anno 1250 IX Kal Nov"[426].
  
• b) POPPO [VIII] (-4 Feb 1291, bur Kloster Vessra). "Hermannus comes de Hayneburg...Boppone", on his behalf and on behalf of “Boppone filio nostro...Othone marchione Brandenburgensi et Jutta filia nostra eiusdem marchionis uxore”, the hereditary rights of “domina Margareta quondam uxor nostra materque dictorum Bopponis et Jutte” in “comitatu Hollandie” to “domino Johanni de Avesnis comiti Hannonie” by charter dated Aug 1281[427]. Graf von Henneberg. married (Landshut 8 Nov 1277) SOPHIE von Niederbayern, daughter of HEINRICH I Duke of Lower Bavaria & his wife Erszébet of Hungary ([1264]-4 Feb 1282, bur Kloster Vessra). The Notæ Altahenses record the marriages "1277 VI Id Nov" of "filias Heinrici ducis Bavariæ Caterinam et Sophiam" with "Fridericus marchio de Lantsperch et Boppo filius comitis de Henneberch"[428]. The necrology of Aldersbach records the death "IX Kal Mai" of "Sophiæ coma de Heneberg, filiæ Heinrici ducis Bavariæ"[429].
  
• c) JUTTA (-before 13 Sep 1295). Pulcawa's Bohemian Chronicle records the marriage of "Otto longus filius Ottonis tercii" and "Gittam filiam comitis de Hennenberg"[430]. Her parentage is more precisely indicated by the charter dated 1277 under which "Jutta...marchionissa Brandenburgensis" confirmed the donation to Rijnsburg abbey made by “matris nostre...comitisse de Hennenberg felicis memorie”[431], linking her mother with the family of the counts of Holland. "Hermannus comes de Hayneburg...Boppone", on his behalf and on behalf of “Boppone filio nostro...Othone marchione Brandenburgensi et Jutta filia nostra eiusdem marchionis uxore”, the hereditary rights of “domina Margareta quondam uxor nostra materque dictorum Bopponis et Jutte” in “comitatu Hollandie” to “domino Johanni de Avesnis comiti Hannonie” by charter dated Aug 1281[432]. She was heiress of Coburg and Schmalkalden in 1291[433]. An undated memorial of the foundation of Kloster Arendsee names "Ottonis et Jutte uxoris eius" among donors to the monastery[434]. married OTTO [V] "der Lange" von Brandenburg, son of ([1245/53]-[23/24] Aug 1298, bur Kloster Lehnin).
  * 6. KUNIGUNDE (-1257). "Albertus dictus de Hoenloch" donated property to Kloster Schäftersheim, for the soul of "nostre coniugis Cunegundis iam defuncte", by charter dated 1258 "in primo anniversario nostre…uxoris"[435]. Her parentage is confirmed by the history written by Michael de Leone, canon at Würzburg, which records a battle 8 Aug 1266 between "Alberti de Hohenloch" and "Hermanni comitis de Hennenberg…cum sororium suum Henricum comitem in Kastel" resulting from a dispute in the court of the bishop of Würzburg over the dowry of "conthoralis ipsius de Hohenloch, germane…eiusdem de Hennenberg tunc mortue"[436]. married as his first wife, ALBRECHT von Hohenlohe, son of GOTTFRIED von Hohenlohe & his wife Richeza [von Bocksberg] (-[1269/71]).

• 7. BERTHOLD' (-1312). Bishop of Würzburg. “Hermannus comes de Hennenberch” protected the church of Bamberg, excepting against “episcopo Herbipolensi et fratre suo comite Henrico de Hennenberch et sororio suo Friderico comite de Kastel...”, by charter dated Sep 1249[437]. "Hermannus...comes de Hennenberg", in accordance with the request of “patruo nostro Bertoldi comiti de Hennenberg”, confirmed that “dominus Bertoldus frater noster Herbipolensis episcopus” would grant rights over certain properties to “patruus noster prefatus...fratres sui Hermannus et Heinricus” by charter dated 3 Jun 1273[438].
• 8. MARGARETA (-after 26 Aug 1271). “Cunradus...comes de Wildberg” confirmed property of “uxori nostre Margarete filie comitis Popponis de Hennenberg” by charter dated 26 Aug 1271, witnessed by “comes Hermannus de Hennenberg...”[439]. married KONRAD Graf von Wildberg, son of --- (-[1305]). 9. [--- von Henneberg The charter dated 13 Apr 1287, under which "Henricus comes de Kastelle et C. de Tekke" settled disputes with "Hermannum, Henricum fratres necnon Bertoldum comites de Hennenberg avunculos nostros"[440], indicates that the wife of Konrad von Hohenlohe was related to the Grafen von Henneberg. The word "avunculos" suggests that the brothers were the maternal uncles of the issuers of the charter. However, from a chronological point of view, this is unsatisfactory: the marriage date of Konrad von Teck [Hohenlohe], son of Konrad von Hohenlohe, suggests that he was born in [1245/60]. This would place the birth of his mother in [1225/45], indicating that she was of the same generation as the Henneberg brothers. It is therefore likely that "avunculos" in the 1287 document should be interpreted as meaning "older first cousins". If this is correct, the mother of Konrad von Teck was probably the paternal aunt of the Henneberg brothers, and a sister (more likely half-sister, given the chronology) of Bertha von Henneberg who was the mother of Heinrich Graf von Castell, the other issuer of the 1287 charter. married KONRAD von Hohenlohe, son of KONRAD von Hohenlohe Conte di Molise & his wife Petrissa von Büdingen (-after 1251).]

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