'Herman IV' (died
1038) was the
Duke of Swabia (
1030–
1038). He was the second son of
Ernest I and
Gisela of Swabia. He was one of the
Babenberg dukes of Swabia.
Herman became duke in 1030 following the death of his older brother
Ernest II. At the time he was still a minor.
Seven years later, his stepfather, the
Emperor Conrad II, married him to
Adelaide of Susa, the
marchioness of Turin, in January
1037. In July of the next year, while campaigning with Conrad in
Southern Italy, he was struck down by an epidemic near
Naples. Conrad then transferred rule of the duchy to his own son,
Henry I, while Adelaide remarried to
Henry of Montferrat.
Children
Herman IV and Adelaide had at least three children:
★
Gebhard I, Count of Sulzbach
★
Adalbert I, Count of Windberg
★ Adelaide, married
Hermann von Peugen
External links
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A listing of descendants of Leopold I, Margrave of Austria