HOUSE OF HENNEBERG

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'House of Henneberg': a branch of the 'Franconian Babenbergs' which was very powerful in
Franconia and Thuringia particularly in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries

Contents

Early Origins

Robertians (Robertiner) family branches

The end of the family

Some members of the Henneberg Family

Coats of arms incorporating Henneberg

See also

External links

Early Origins

The distant origins of this family are speculative yet seem to originate in the Rhine Valley, east of modern-day France. Cheribert, a nobleman in Neustria is earliest recorded ancestor of the family, dating before 636. Five generations pass between Cheribert and the next descendant of note, Rutpert I (Robert I), who became a count in the Upper Rhine Valley and in Wormgau. The Capetian dynasty (kings of France, Spain etc.) and the 'Babenberger' (or 'Popponen') are direct male lineal descendants of Robert I and are referred to as Robertians.
Out of the Franconian Babenbergs (or Popponen) came the House of Babenberg
around which whose castle Bamberg formed and a Babenberg family, which claimed to descend from the Franconian Babenbergs, later ruled what became the duchy of Austria. Also a portion of the family adopted the name Henneberg in reference to their fortress, Burg Henneberg.

Robertians (Robertiner) family branches

Noblemen in Neustria and their descendants (dates uncertain):

★ Cheribert (Until 636)

★ Chrodobertus (From 636)

★ Lambert I (Until 650)

★ Chrodobertus (650-653)

★ Lambert II (653-741)
Count in the Upper Rhine Valley and Wormgau:

★ Rutpert I ('Robert I') (741-757)

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★ (Rupert) Cancor, (died after 782), 745 Count Oberrheingau (probably also Thurgau), 758 Count in Breisgau, 775/778 Count in Zürichgau

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★ Heimrich (Heimo), (died May 5, 795 at Lüne on the Elbe) 772/782 Count in Oberrheingau, 778 Count in Lahngau, 784 Abbot of Mosbach

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★ 'Franconian Babenberger (Popponen) including Henneberg'

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★ Thurincbertus (Thuringbert), (died after June 1, 770)

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★ Rutpert II (Hruodbertus), 770 – 12 July 807, 795/807 Count in Worms and Oberrheingau, 795 Lord of Dienheim

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★ 'House of Capet (Kings of France) Capetian dynasty'
See also: House of Capet

The end of the family

Whereas the male line of the House of Babenberg became extinct in 1246, the
Hennebergs lived on until 1583, then its lands were eventually divided among the two branches of the Wettin family).

Some members of the Henneberg Family

★ Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild (1442 - December 21, 1504), Prince-elector and archbishop of Mainz, son of George, count of Henneberg

★ Otto von Botenlauben 'Count Otto von Henneberg', known commonly as Otto von Botenlauben from 1206, (probably born in 1177 in Henneberg, died near Bad Kissingen before 1245) was a German minnesinger, crusader and founded a cloister.

Coats of arms incorporating Henneberg

See also

★ Bertha von Putelendorf

★ Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia

★ Bishopric of Würzburg

★ Conrad of Hohenstaufen

★ Franconian Circle

★ Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden-Baden

★ Römhild

★ Bad Kissingen (district)

★ Sondheim

★ Poppo

★ Münnerstadt

★ Irmelshausen

★ Floris IV, Count of Holland

★ John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg

★ Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg

★ William II, German Emperor/Scraps

★ List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (H)

★ Schmalkalden-Meiningen

★ Wartburgkreis

★ Aura Abbey

★ Otto III, Duke of Swabia

★ Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg

★ Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg

★ Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg

★ Hildburghausen (district)

External links

★ Direct male descent of Babenberger from Robertiner (Capet) family, in the German Wikipedia

★ Early Babenberger genealogy, in the German Wikipedia