House of Henneberg - Counts of Henneberg

Counts of Henneberg

The progenitor Poppo adopted the name in reference to his fortress, Henneberg Castle. A supporter of King Henry IV against Rudolf of Swabia, he died at the 1078 Battle of Mellrichstadt. His successors were:

• Gotebold II († 1144)
  • Poppo IV († 1156)
    • Berthold I († 1159), married Bertha von Putelendorf
      • Irmingard, married Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine
      • Poppo VI († 1190)
        • Poppo VII († 1245), married Jutta, daughter of Landgrave Herman I of Thuringia
          • Herman I († 1290), Count of Henneberg-Coburg, married Margaret, daughter of Floris IV, Count of Holland
          • Heinrich I († 1262)

In 1274 Heinrich's sons divided the county forming the cadet branches:

• Henneberg-Hartenberg, ruled by Heinrich II († 1317) and his successors
  • Poppo X (1317–1348)
    • Berthold (1348–1378), line extinct, acquired by Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild
• Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild, ruled by Herman II († 1292)
  • Henry III (1292–1352)
    • Herman III (1352–1403), acquired Hartenberg
      • Frederick I (1403–1422)
        • George (1422–1465), married Johanetta, daughter of Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg
          • Frederick II (1465–1488)
            • Herman IV (1488–1535)
              • Berthold (1535–1549), line extinct, estates acquired by Saxe-Coburg and County of Stolberg
• Henneberg-Schleusingen, ruled by Berthold III († 1284)
  • Berthold VII (1284–1340), raised to a Prince by Empeor Henry VII in 1310
    • Elizabeth, married John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg
    • Henry IV (1340–1347)
      • Catherine, married Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
      • Elizabeth, married Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg
    • John († 1347)
      • Henry V (1347–1405), married Matilde, daughter of Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
        • William I (1405–1426)
          • William II (1426–1444)
            • William III (1444–1480)
              • William IV (1480–1559), married Anastasia, daughter of Albert Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg
                • George Ernest (1559–1583), married Elizabeth, daughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg