Herman I, Margrave of Meissen
| Herman I | |
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| Margrave of Meissen | |
Donor portrait at Naumburg Cathedral
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| Spouse(s) | Regelinda |
| Noble family | Ekkeharding dynasty |
| Father | Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen |
| Mother | Suanhild of Billung |
| Born | c. 980 |
| Died | 1 November 1038 |
Herman I (German: Hermann; c. 980 – 1 November 1038) was Margrave of Meissen from 1009 until his death.
He was the eldest son of Margrave Eckard I of Meissen and his wife Swanehilde, a daughter of Margrave Hermann Billung. On 30 April 1002 his father was murdered at the Kaiserpfalz of Pöhlde, after he had raised claims to the German throne in the royal election. The new king Henry II passed the Margraviate of Meissen to Herman's uncle Gunzelin, while he and his brother had to retire to their allods.
In the summer of 1002, Herman married Regelinda, a daughter of the Polish prince Bolesław I the Brave. While Bolesław, who had supported the candidacy of Margrave Eckard I, occupied the eastern March of Lusatia and the adjacent Milceni lands (later Upper Lusatia) in the south, the matrimonial alliance with the Polish Piast dynasty added to Herman's gain in power. During the ongoing German–Polish War in 1007, he was created count of Bautzen (Budusin). He and his younger brother Eckard II feuded with their uncle Gunzelin in what was one of 11th-century Germany's ugliest civil wars. The feud concerned "the insult and humiliation entailed in taking and destroying a fortified residence."
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