Henry III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg

Henry III of Baden-Hachberg (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1260 – 1330) was the Margrave of Hachberg and Lord of Kenzingen from 1289 to 1330.

Life

Henry was the second son of Margrave Henry II of Baden-Hachberg and his wife, Anna of Üsenberg (d. 1286).

After his father's abdicated in 1289, Henry initially took over the rule of all Baden-Hachberg, which he jointly ruled with his brother Rudolf. In 1297 they jointly confirmed their father's donation of the city of Heitersheim to the Order of St. John, which their late father had requested.

In 1306, the brothers divided their land, with Henry receiving the town of Emmendingen, its ancestral seat of Hochburg and the possessions in the lower Breisgau, while Rudolf received Sausenburg castle, Saint Blaise Abbey and the possessions in the upper Breisgau. Henry thus continued the Baden-Hachberg line, while Rudolf founded the Hachberg-Sausenberg branch.

Marriage and issue

Henry married Agnes of Hohenberg (d. April 14, 1310) and had three children with her:

• Henry <abbr>IV</abbr>, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg;
• Rodolphe (d. 1343), Commander of the Order of St. John;
• Herman (d. 1356), Master of the German Knights of St. John.

References

• Thomas Alfried Leger: Hochberg, Hachberg. In: A.G. Hoffmann: Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Zweite Section, Neunter Teil, Leipzig 1832, S. 114–115 Google Digitalisat
• Regesten der Markgrafen von Baden und Hachberg 1050–1515, herausgegeben von der Badischen Historischen Commission, bearbeitet von Richard Fester, Innsbruck 1892, S. h9–h18 im Internet Archive
• Hermann Flamm: Die Todesdaten der Markgrafen Heinrich II. und Hermann III. von Baden-Hachberg. In: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Beförderung der Geschichts-, Altertums- und Volkskunde von Freiburg, dem Breisgau und den Angrenzenden Landschaften, Band 28, 1912, S. 224–228 UB Freiburg

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