Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde


Herman III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde was a member of the Weimar-Orlamünde branch of the House of Ascania.

Life

Herman III was a son of Herman II and his wife, Beatrix of Andechs-Merania. Hermann and his brother Otto III jointly inherited the Franconian possessions of their maternal uncle Otto II. They resided at the Plassenburg.
In 1278, Hermann and Otto divided their inheritance. Otto III took the County of Weimar and the Plassenburg; Hermann III took the County of Orlamünde.
Hermann III died of the plague in 1283.

Marriage and issue

His wife, whose name is unknown, died after 21 July 1279. They had four children:
  1. Elisabeth "the Elder", married:
  2. # Hertmann I of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
  3. # Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
  4. Herman V
  5. Henry III, succeeded his father as Count of Orlamünde, married Irmgard of Schwarzburg
  6. Elisabeth "the Younger", a nun at the Weißenfels monastery