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Hermann II, Margrave of Baden

c. 1060–1130 · 12th century

Hermann II was a member of the house of Zähringen and the first to call himself Margrave of Baden, in 1112, after the castle of Hohenbaden above Baden-Baden. Son of Hermann I, he inherited the margravial title and lands in the Breisgau and northern Black Forest, and his descendants ruled Baden until 1918.

Hermann II, Margrave of Baden
Image: Franz Ludwig Hermann · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Margraviate of Baden

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